Jan Hogle

Jan Hogle was born in Ohio and raised in Upstate New York and South Florida. She studied at the University of Florida in Gainesville and the University of Connecticut in Storrs earning multiple degrees in anthropology, including a doctorate in medical anthropology. For most of her career, she worked as an applied-research anthropologist in international public health, followed by work as a program evaluator at an institute dedicated to improving biomedical research. Now retired, she writes, hikes, and photographs in rural Virginia with her husband. Her first memoir, Risking Wreckage: A Memoir of Adventuring Out and Settling In, was published in 2021. Seven Years in Africa: A Memoir of Sahel and Savannah, jointly written with her husband, was published in 2024.