Dressler, William W.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Dressler, William W.
Other forms of name
Dressler, William W., 1951-
Date of birth
1951
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 16262281
Wikidata: Q66781528
Library of congress: n 86821019
HAI10: 000090721
Sources of Information
  • nuc86-34990: His Hypertension and culture change, c1982(hdg. on InU rept.: Dressler, William W.; usage: William W. Dressler)
  • His Stress and adaptation in the context of culture, 1990:CIP t.p. (William W. Dressler) CIP data sheet (b. 1951)

Wikipedia description:

William W. "Bill" Dressler (born 1951) is an American anthropologist known for his concept of cultural consonance and work on cultural models especially in the context of biocultural medical anthropology. He has done fieldwork in Mexico, Brazil, the West Indies, and the United States, and worked at the University of Alabama since 1978. He is now professor emeritus. In 2023, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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