Jillian De Gezelle
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant & Microbial Biology
North Carolina State University
United States of America
Biography
Courses taught: Plants in Folklore, Myth, and Religion (fall); Economic Botany (fall); Plants and Civilization (spring); Medical Ethnobotany (spring).
Research Interest
My research focuses on medicinal plants, traditional medical systems, plants of spiritual significance, and biocultural diversity conservation in Central America and the Caribbean.
Publications
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Balick, Michael J., Jillian M. De Gezelle, and Rosita Arvigo. 2008. Feeling the Pulse in Maya Medicine: An Endangered Tool for Diagnosis, Therapy, and Tracking Patients’ Progress. EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing 4(2):113-119.
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De Gezelle, Jillian. 2014. Q’eqchi’ Maya Reproductive Ethnomedicine. Springer Briefs in Plant Sciences. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.
