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education

  • Temple University: PhD student, Visual Anthropology

  • 2005

    Brown University: MA Anthropology

    concentrations: gender, embodiment, discourse, media, East Africa, Latin America.

    committee: Marida Hollos, William Beeman, Catherine Lutz

  • 2002

    Oberlin College: BA Anthropology

    minor: Jewish Studies

research & professional experience

  • 2006

    Teacher, English Grammar, English Skills, Aspect Language Program at Dean College. Franklin, Massachusetts.

  • 2006

    Adjunct Instructor, English Writing, English Language Institute, Roger Williams University.

  • 2005

    Adjunct Instructor, Critical Writing for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Writing Studies Program, Roger Williams University.

  • 2005

    Visiting Lecturer, The Anthropology of Women and Indigenous Peoples of the World, Department of Anthropology, Bridgewater State College.

  • 2005

    Ethnographer, SmartRevenue. Ridgefield, Connecticut.

  • 2005

    Assistant Photographer/Videographer, Ostow Photography. Boston, Massachusetts.

  • 2005

    Librarian, Giddings Anthropology Library, Brown University.

  • 2005

    Field Researcher, pre-dissertation study, Jewish Women and Cosmetic Surgery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • 2004

    Teaching Assistant, Culture and Human Behavior, Department of Anthropology, Brown University.

  • 2004

    Field Researcher, Master’s study, Gender, Discourse, and Pedagogy in Nabagoye, Uganda. Mbale, Uganda.

  • 2004

    Field Collector, Abayudayan textiles, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University. Collecting done in Mbale, Uganda.

  • 2004

    Curatorial Intern, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.

  • 2003

    McGregor Research Assistant, Dr. Ana Cara, Department of Latin American Studies, Oberlin College.

  • 2003

    McGregor Research Assistant, Dr. Valentina Pagliai, Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College.

  • 2001

    Delegate, Santa Elena Project of Accompaniment delegation to Guatemala. Santa Elena de Vingte Octobre, Guatemala.

conferences & invited talks

  • 2005

    What’s Wrong with that Girl?: Emerging Femininities in Nabagoye, Uganda. at National Women’s Studies Association Conference. Orlando. (unable to attend).

  • 2005

    Debating the Educated Body: Gender Discourse, and Pedagogy in an Abayudayan Village. at Thinking Gender Conference. University of California, Los Angeles.

  • 2005

    The Abayudaya Jews of Uganda. Audio-video slide show and panel discussion. at Hillel, Brown University.

  • 2002

    Performing Hierarchies: Language and Gender in Italian Verbal Art. at Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture. University of California, Los Angeles. co-presented with Dr. Valentina Pagliai.

publications

  • 2006

    Singing Gender: Contested Discourses of Womanhood in Tuscan-Italian Verbal Art. with Valentina Pagliai. in Pragmatics.

  • 2004

    Bayudaya Children with Window. in Week in Photos, BBCNews.com (photograph).

  • 2003

    Performing Hierarchies: Language and Gender in Italian Verbal Art. with Valentina Pagliai. in Crossroads of Language, Interaction, and Culture Vol 5.

  • 2002

    Summaries of fifteen articles and obituaries from American Anthropologist. in publicanthropology.com.

awards

  • 2006

    University Fellowship, Temple University.

  • 2005

    Conference Travel Award, National Women’s Studies Association.

  • 2004

    Tinker Travel Grant, Tinker Foundation for Latin American Research.

  • 2004

    Tuition Award, Department of Anthropology, Brown University.

  • 2004

    Joukowsky Research Fellowship, Graduate School, Brown University.

  • 2004

    Fieldwork Grant, Department of Anthropology, Brown University.

  • 2004

    Field Collecting Grant, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.

  • 2003

    Tuition Award, Department of Anthropology, Brown University.

  • 2003

    Comfort Starr Award, Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College.

  • 2001

    Travel Award, Hillel, Oberlin College.

languages

varying degrees of fluency in French, Spanish, Hebrew (classical, modern), Yiddish, Kiganda

professional service

  • Secretary, Graduate Association of Visual Anthropologists (GAVA)
  • Board Member, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Bridgewater State College

professional memberships

  • American Anthropological Association
  • Society for Visual Anthropology
  • Latin American Jewish Studies Association

technical skills

Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, FinalCut Pro, SPSS, HTML, DSS audio transcription, Quickbooks, N’Vivo data analysis, Argus, internet research