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Betchen Barber teaches basic courses in linguistic analysis, historical linguistics, and Bronze Age archaeology of the Old World. Her research includes interfaces between archaeology and linguistics; prehistoric textiles, costume, myth, ritual, and dance, especially in Greece and Eastern Europe; Indo-European Studies; decipherment theory and practice; origins of language and other human communication; second language acquisition. | |||||
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Elizabeth Chin Associate Professor B.F.A. New York University Ph.D. City University of New York Email: ejc@oxy.edu |
Elizabeth Chin is a cultural anthropologist who teaches courses concerned with children, the Caribbean (with emphasis on Haiti), consumerism, urban culture, and the anthropology of dance. She has done extensive research on the spending habits of inner city African American children, the cultural semiotics of the Barbie Doll, and traditional Haitian dance. | ||||
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Deborah Mindry |
Deborah Mindry is a feminist and political anthropologist whose research and teaching focuses on the politics of development; nationalism, race and ethnicity; the politics of women’s international organizing; topics concerning women in Africa; colonialism and postcoloniality. She writes about gender and politics, philanthropy and feminized modes of power. She is currently working on a book manuscript based on her dissertation “Good Women”: Philanthropy, Power, and the Politics of Femininity in Contemporary South Africa. | ||||
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Jeff Tobin is a cultural anthropologist who teaches courses concerned with gender and sexuality, ethnographic research methods, Latin America (with an emphasis on Argentina), Hawai'i, and the anthropology of food. He has done research on manly activities in Buenos Aires, such as preparing asado (barbecue), attending soccer games, and dancing tango. | |||||
