Kelsey Armeni

(BA Naropa, 2015) Kelsey is a cultural anthropologist interested in topics around medicine, the environment, and science and technology studies. She focuses broadly on psychedelic science and spirituality, women's health and healing, and plant medicines. Her current masters research focuses on how Guatemalan health laws shape care and violence against Maya midwives. Her dissertation research will examine emerging psychedelic futures in the United States through psychedelic research, care practices, and local laws. Before coming to CU, Kelsey was doing research with people who use drugs at the People, Place, and Health Collective through Brown University, and interning for Cultural Survival, an NGO dedicated to advancing Indigenous Peoples' rights and cultures worldwide. Beginning in 2013 at Naropa University, she started studying and working in the psychedelic field sitting for people in deep non ordinary states of consciousness and teaching psychedelic harm reduction. Kelsey's advisor is Donna Goldstein.