| Alan C. Swedlund | |
| Birth Date: | 1943 1, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sacramento, California |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Anthropology Biocultural anthropology |
| Workplaces: | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Alma Mater: | University of Colorado Boulder |
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Alan C. Swedlund (born 1943) is a biological anthropologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1] Early in his career he was an assistant professor at Prescott College, Prescott, AZ.[2] His research focuses primarily on the history of the human population, and on health and disease. He is the author of Shadows in the Valley: A cultural history of Illness, Death and Loss in New England, 1840-1916.[3] [4]
Swedlund was born in Sacramento, CA and grew up in Colorado. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder.[5]
Swedlund was hired as assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1974 and joined George Armelagos in developing a curriculum and Ph.D. degree in biological anthropology.[6] Swedlund served as Chair of the Department of Anthropology from 1990 to 1995, completed his academic career at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and is Professor Emeritus in the Department.[7]