Faculty & Staff

John J. Bodinger de Uriarte
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Phone: 570-372-4759
Email: bodinger@susqu.edu
Office Location: Fisher Hall - Rm 326

Academic Credentials:
PHD, University of Texas At Austin
MA, University of Texas At Austin
BA, Vassar College

Bodinger de Uriarte has several research specialties including the formation of ethnic and cultural self-definition and self-representation in the public sphere. Specifically, he focuses on questions of identity, representation, and Native American sovereignty, and how such issues are engaged in contemporary museum, casino, and photographic practice.

Bodinger de Uriarte’s research interests also include social theory; the histories of anthropology and photography in the United States; identity politics; visual anthropology; museum studies; war and violent conflict; new reproductive technologies; and questions of family, kinship and relatedness.

Courses:

• ANTH-152 Public Culture
• ANTH-222 Life During Wartime
• ANTH-227 Native America North of Mexico
• ANTH-237 Museums and Anthropology
• ANTH-341 Family and Kinship
• ANTH-413 Race, Ethnicity & Minorities
• ANTH-501 Independent Research
• DIVS-400 Diversity Encounters Changing World
• ENGL-100 Writing and Thinking
• HONS-240 Thought and Social Diversity
• JWST-500 Independent Study
• SOCI-341 Family and Kinship
• SOCI-413 Race, Ethnicity & Minorities
• SOCI-501 Independent Study
• THEA-502 Individual Investigation