Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology Faculty
David Dinwoodie
Associate Professor
Areas of Research:
Sociocultural anthropology; Linguistic anthropology; theory and history, ethnonationalism, neoliberalism, and historical consiousness; 19th century British colonialism; Pacific Northwest, Native North America, Canada.
Les Field
Professor
Director, Graduate Committee
Areas of Research:
Indigenous Identities; Nationalist Ideologies and the State; Resources and Development; Social Transformations and Landscapes; Conflict Zones; Licit and Illicit; Collaborative Research Methods and Epistemologies Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Indigenous California, Palestine
Suzanne Oakdale
Professor
Editor, Journal of Anthropological Research
Areas of Research:
Sociocultural anthropology, personhood and agency, ritual and religion, autobiographical narrative; Amazonia, Brazil.
Catherine Rhodes
Assistant Professor
Latin American and Iberian Institute; Educational Linguistics; Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences
Areas of Research:
Linguistic anthropology, semiotics, language diversity and cognition, bi- and multilingualism, social identification, discursive self-making, narrative, discourse analysis, scale, knowledge production, the production of expertise, indigeneity, modernity, relationship between cultural practices and cognitive development. Research regions: Yucatan, Mexico; Central Mexico; (new) Latino diaspora in the U.S.
Joshua Shapero
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research:
Language and environment, linguistic anthropology, cognitive psychology, environmental anthropology, psychological anthropology, linguistic relativity, environmental justice, glaciers and climate change, indigenous languages, language rights, South America, Peru, Quechua, Ancash/Cordillera Blanca
