CONTRIBUTOR:

Christine Heyes LaBond

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

Research Associate

DEPARTMENT:

News and Media Research Centre

INSTITUTION:

University of Canberra

BIOGRAPHY:

Christine Heyes LaBond is a Research Associate at the University of Canberra’s News and Media Research Centre. She received her PhD in Anthropology from Michigan State University in 2015. Her dissertation explored the cultural dimensions of employersponsored health insurance in the United States, and the Affordable Care Act, with a focus on concepts of morality, responsibility, and deservingness. Christine has also held a research appointment at Michigan State University, where she studied anthropological approaches to formal organizations, business, and industry, including the organizational cultures of General Motors and IBM.