The HEAL Group

Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, Dr. Owens is invested in research related resource security, resilience, and well-being in rural communities. A biocultural anthropologist by training, her work broadly focuses on inequality and human well-being using access to basic resources and healthcare as avenues of inquiry. Her work strives to elevate and center the lived experiences of people living with food insecurity and chronic health conditions. She has conducted mixed-methods research internationally in Ethiopia and domestically in the United States on these themes. 

Dr. Owens welcomes opportunities to mentor and collaborate both within UNCW and across institutions.