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Melanie Medeiros is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at SUNY Geneseo. She is also the coordinator for the Sociomedical Sciences major and minor. In addition to teaching for the Anthropology department, Melanie teaches courses for the Black Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Native American Studies programs. Melanie is the author of the book Marriage, Divorce and Distress in Northeast Brazil: Black Women’s Perspectives on Love, Respect and Kinship. She earned her PhD (2014) and MA (2010) in Anthropology from the University of Arizona’s School of Anthropology, and a BA in International Studies from American University (2001).