May 2022 - Present | Chair, Parkland College ‐ Department of Arts, Media, and Social Sciences | |
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2021 - Present | Professor of Anthropology, Parkland College ‐ Department of Arts, Media, and Social Sciences | |
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August 2017 - Present | Faculty Affiliate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Center for Global Studies | |
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2020 - May 2022 | Assistant Chair, Department of Social Sciences, Parkland College ‐ Social Sciences and Human Services | |
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2015 - May 2021 | Associate Professor and Program Director of Anthropology and Sociology, Parkland College ‐ Social Sciences and Human Services | |
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2012 - 2015 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Program Director, Anthropology (2013-present), Parkland College ‐ Social Sciences and Human Services | |
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2007 - 2010 | Teaching Assistant (2007, 2009-2010); Instructor (2009), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Department of Anthropology | |
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2000 - 2003 | Adjunct Instructor, Universidad de Aquino Bolivia ‐ Department of Social Sciences, Social Science Research Institute | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2021 - Present | Cultural Heritage Research and Pedagogy: A Case Study from Bolivia |
American Council of Learned Societies | |
Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship | |
Role: Fellow | |
2018 - Present | Development of Global and International Studies in Social Science Courses with Community College Faculty at Parkland College |
Center for Global Studies, European Union Center, Russian Eastern European and Eurasian Center, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, UIUC | |
Department of Education Title VI Grant | |
Role: Principal Investigator (PI) |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2019 - Present | Secretary of the Board, Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges |
Honors and Awards
- Tinker Field Research Award for Graduate Student Research in Latin America and Iberia. Awarded by the Tinker Foundation, through the Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Summer 2005.
- Due and Ferber International Research Award. Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, UIUC. Academic Year 2006–2007.
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award. Fellowship awarded by the United Stated Department of Education. Academic Year 2007–2008.
- Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant. Awarded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. 2008.
- Wenner-Gren Enganged Anthropology Grant. Awarded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. 2013
- Illinois Consortium for International Studies Program, Short-term Faculty Exchange Program Awardee. Joensuu, Finland Exchange. Summer 2016.
Courses
- Anthropology 200: Introduction to Archaeology and Heritage Studies
- Anthropology 101: Introduction to Anthropology
- Anthropology 103: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- Anthropology 289: Topics in Anthropology
- LAS 189: Introduction to Liberal Arts and Sciences
May 2011 | PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ‐ Department of Anthropology | |
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1993 | BA, Bryn Mawr College ‐ Anthropology | |
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Contact Information
Department of Arts, Media, and Social Sciences
2400 W. Bradley Avenue, Room C-120
Champaign, IL 61821
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