Louise Lamphere (born 1940[1]) is an American anthropologist who has been distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico since 2001.
[4] Lamphere was the co-editor, with Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo, of Woman, Culture, and Society, the first volume to address the anthropological study of gender and women's status.
In 2015, Brown announced a series of events (including a symposium) examining the important impact of the suit and its settlement.
In her introduction, she emphasized the impact of increased bureaucratization on women workers in health care clinics, emergency rooms and small doctors offices.
On May 24, 2015, Brown University awarded Lamphere an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) for her "courage in standing up for equity and fairness for all faculty and [her] exemplary examinations of urban anthropology, healthcare practices and gender issues.