Arthur Kleinman

Arthur Kleinman is an American psychiatrist and social anthropologist, born on March 11, 1941, who is professor of medical anthropology, psychiatry, and global health and social medicine at Harvard University. His research in medical anthropology has focused largely on China, beginning with fieldwork in Taiwan in 1968 and expanding to mainland China in 1978. At Harvard he has taught and mentored students at every level, from undergraduates through anthropology graduate students, medical students and postdoctoral fellows, helping to integrate psychiatry, anthropology and global health as a combined field of study.