Jillian De Gezelle

Assistant Professor
Department of Plant & Microbial Biology
North Carolina State University
United States of America

Professor Plant Sciences
Biography

Courses taught: Plants in Folklore, Myth, and Religion (fall); Economic Botany (fall); Plants and Civilization (spring); Medical Ethnobotany (spring).

Research Intrest

My research focuses on medicinal plants, traditional medical systems, plants of spiritual significance, and biocultural diversity conservation in Central America and the Caribbean.

List of Publications
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.
De Gezelle, Jillian. 2014. Q’eqchi’ Maya Reproductive Ethnomedicine. Springer Briefs in Plant Sciences. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.