Patten teaches Medical Anthropology, Archaeology and Human Evolution, Anthropology of Tourism and Cultural Anthropology at Macalester. She is an expert on culture as a factor in health and can discuss the cultural definitions of illness. She can also talk about the critical link between agricultural development programs, especially those which focus on income-generating projects for rural women and the health of families. Patten has been teaching at Macalester since 1987. EDUCATION: B.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.S., Iowa State University