Sasha Golla (formerly David) is a cultural anthropologist with interests that extend across the four subfields of the discipline. The past decade of her career has been dedicated to serving the working class, predominantly Latinx communities of Long Beach and San Pedro, California through a hybrid teaching practice that integrates social justice activism into education. Her research has ranged from sorority culture, to aspiring Hollywood actors, and lupus patients in Los Angeles. The latter project was supported by the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (T32), granted by the National Institutes of Health.
Sasha Golla
Multispecies ethnography, environmental anthropology, the ethnography of genetics and autoimmunity, ethnographic photography, public anthropology, feminist studies, commodity cultures, teaching as social justice activism, the history of science, Hollywood, Los Angeles and the USA.
“What Is Medical Anthropology?” podcast, hosted by Melissa Maldonado-Salcedo:
"Disparities and Inequality"
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gJydSDxUpRV6w0k4HpJ2q?si=4d1a2e79a2c540e1
"Local Traditions in a Global World"
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KqpwKQohntvvIowxoJtUx?si=99243b9b5a7f485f
Cultural Anthropology (3rd ed.) Ancillary Editor, W. W. Norton & Co. 2020
David, S. 2011 (2007). “Self for Sale: Notes on the Work of Hollywood Talent Managers.” Ethnography in Context. Ed. Richard Hobbs. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications.
David, S. 2009. Review of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Critical Practice in Film and Television, by John Caldwell. American Ethnologist 36(4), pp. 808-809.
David, S. 2007. “Self for Sale: Notes on the Work of Hollywood Talent Managers.” Anthropology of Work Review 28(3), pp. 6-16.