Associate Professor Shari Jacobson

Why I Like Anthropology:

I've always been curious about different cultures and eager to experience life in other places around the world. Anthropology has allowed me to pursue these interests while alerting me to the power differentials within and between cultures.

Biography:

Ph.D. in Anthropology 1999, Stanford University
M.A. in Anthropology, 1994, Stanford University
Ed.M. in International Development, 1990, Harvard University
A.B. in French, Grinnell College
Interests: religion, modernity, science and technology studies, globalization, social theory, Latin America, Jewish Diaspora

Courses:

ANTH:162 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH:200 Topics in Anthropology (Myth, Symbol, and Ritual)
ANTH:211 Latin American Cultural Studies
ANTH:220 Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
ANTH:310 National, Transnational, and Diasporic Communities
ANTH:320 Cultures of Science and Technology
ANTH:400 History of Anthropological Theory
Seminar: Marxian Approaches to the Study of Culture
Seminar: Christian Fundamentalism, the Islamic Revival, and Normative Secularism

Research:

My research examines how global, national, and political-economic discourses structure the meanings of religion in the modern world. I am particularly interested and conservative religious movements in the Americas, and have explored these topics in most depth in the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of Buenos Aires.

Curriculum Vitae

Contact:

Office: Steele 206
Office Hours: Sabbatical Leave 2007-2008 academic year
Office Phone: 372-4754
E-mail: jacobson@susqu.edu

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