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Dr. Thu received his BA in anthropology from the University of California, Irvine and his PhD in anthropology in 1992 from the University of Iowa. From 1993 to 1999 he was the Associate Director of Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, a Research Scientist for the Institute for Rural and Environmental Health, and was an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. In the fall of 1999 he joined the faculty at Northern Illinois University where he is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology. Dr. Thu was appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman to the National Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, on which he served from 1999-2000. He is a Fellow in the Society for Applied Anthropology and is President of the Culture and Agriculture section of the American Anthropological Association. His current research focuses on industrial food systems, including: 1) environmental health, public health, and rural socioeconomic change; 2) policy and agricultural politics; and 2) risk factors for farm-related health and injuries. Dr. Thu has published a broad range of articles on challenges facing the U.S. swine industry. |
