Publications
Nelson, R. G., Connors, C., Sturtz Sreetharan, C., Gleason, L., Bernard, H. R., & Dillon, S. J. (2024). Launching New Research: Highlights From Faculty-Fellow Collaborations at CAMP. Practicing Anthropology, 46(2), 88–90. https://doi.org/10.1080/08884552.2024.2345801
Wutich, A., Nelson, R., DuBois, L.Z., Astorino, C.M., Knudson, K., Reynolds, A.W., Riley, E.P., Smith, R.W.A., VanSickle, C., Carroll, S.R., Connors, C.K., Jankovic-Rankovic, J., Mitchell, C., Roque, A.D. and Tsosie, K.S. (2024), “Rigorous and Systematic Qualitative Data Analysis in Biological Anthropology”. Am J Biol Anthropol, 186: e70008. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70008
Ca'la (Far Left) presenting at the African Studies Association annual conference (2025) as part of an organized panel on migration and Cameroon, organized by the North American Association of Scholars of Cameroon. Pictured: Prof. Womai Song (Middle), Earlham College, and Prof. Sarah Ruchie (Far Right), Muhlenberg College
Presentations
Connors, C.K. (2025, November 21), The Politics of Care, the Realities of Displacement: How the Anglophone Question Shapes Anglophone Women’s Experiences of Prenatal Care in Douala. African Studies Association.
Invited Panel Presentation (Pictured Above) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Koning S., Connors C.K., Hargrove T., McDade T., Mullan Harris K. (2025, April 13). Underlying mechanisms of racialized inequities in US birth outcomes: Uncovering the role of maternal early-life disadvantage, adolescent contexts, and pre-pregnancy stress using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Population Association of America.
Invited Seminar Talk
Connors, C.K., & Kuzawa, C.W. (2025, March 12). The Weathering Hypothesis meets the “Anglophone Problem”: Pregnancy Outcomes within a Sociolinguistic Minority Group in Cameroon. Human Biology Association.
Conference Poster Presentation in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Connors, C.K. (2025, February 23). Embodying the Anglophone Question: Displacement and Reproductive Health in Cameroon. Frontiers of Belonging.
Invited Conference Presentation in Douala, Littoral, Cameroon
Connors, C.K., & Nelson, R.G. (2024, March 24). Birthing Across the Diaspora: Understanding Embodiment through Black Women’s Pregnancy. American Association of Biological Anthropology.
Invited Podium Presentation in Los Angeles, California, USA
Connors. C. K., Kuzawa C. (2023, April 19). Will birthweight predict HPA axis activity later in life? Human Biology Association.
Conference Poster Presentation in Reno, Nevada, USA
Connors, C. K., & Bernstein, R. M. (2022, March 28). Neonatal hair as a record of maternal and fetal exposure. American Association of Biological Anthropology.
Invited Panel Discussion - Virtual
Connors, C. K., & Bernstein, R. M. (2021, April 7). Newborn hair cortisol, zinc, and iron: Impacts on respiratory infection across the first two years of life. American Association of Biological Anthropology Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Conference Poster Presentation - Virtual