Carin Wallace
Graduate & Professional Student Association manager
Carin Wallace manages the Graduate and Professional Student Association. She is responsible for overseeing the graduate/professional student study facility located in the Lied Library. Carin supervises graduate student activity and works in collaboration with the GPSA Council and Executive Board. She organizes and assists in the GPSA’s monthly meetings in which representatives from 49 departments join to address issues critical to the graduate/professional experience. Carin further oversees the GPSA Grants Program, which is the largest supporter of graduate/professional student research and conference travel. She also organizes graduate and professional student events, the largest of which is the annual Graduate & Professional Student Research Forum which is a showcase for graduate/professional student research achievement.
Carin has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology awarded from Northern Arizona University, and a Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Before managing the GPSA, she was a Research Scientist for the Center for Health Disparities Research, a part-time instructor for the Anthropology Department, and an Academic Advisor. Her master's research focused on elucidating Explanatory Models, or beliefs about illness, held by Hispanics about type 2 diabetes - and their negotiation of these beliefs with medical practitioners.