Livy Drexler

Livy Drexler is a medical and educational anthropologist that specializes in disability studies, special education, and Native American and Indigenous studies. As a researcher they specialize in qualitative methodologies, but are capable of doing mixed methods research. In their professional research they utilize institutional ethnography, and visual methods.

Livy occupies two roles at MSU. They teach as a fixed-term instructor in the Department of Anthropology, where they provide instruction for some of the medical anthropology courses. They are also employed in the C.S. Mott Department of Public Health’s CAPACITY Lab as a postdoctoral scholar. At the CAPACITY Lab, a psychology lab that focuses on mental health outcomes for youth involved in the family court or criminal justice system, Livy manages projects and assists in various capacities within the lab.

Livy graduated from MSU where they earned their PhD in Anthropology in 2025, and is an alum of Central Michigan University where they completed their Bachelor of Science in Anthropology and Sociology in 2017. They are also an alum of Delta College, a community college in Saginaw County Michigan, where they completed an Associates of Arts degree in 2015.