Originally from middle Tennessee, Dr. McClure has worked, and studied in the Midwest (Missouri and Ohio), for most of her adult life. She sees her 2018 return to the South for a faculty position at the University of Alabama as a unique opportunity to put her diverse educational background (physical therapy, public health and anthropology) to work for the benefit of students and the community in which she lives. She studies how the biocultural nature of human bodies manifests itself in various physical, structural and relational contexts, and the health outcomes associated with those manifestations. Three lines of inquiry flow from that larger concern: physicality, identity and wellbeing; positive youth development; and history as a social determinant of health (health disparities). When she is not teaching, conducting research or writing, or reading in her area of interest or related areas, Dr. McClure enjoys gardening, cooking, traveling, and yoga.