Legacies and Genealogies in Feminist Anthropology

Bianca Williams began Duke’s Ph.D. program in Cultural Anthropology in 2002, the same year John Jackson and I began our jobs there as Assistant Professors. We were, in a way, [...]

I became what I call a “practicing feminist” in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the late 1990s while working for a local women’s NGO that was founded to support and empower women survivors [...]

  Around Halloween 2020, a cartoon made its way into the group text where my advisor and all of her advisees communicate. The cartoon (above) by Tim Hamilton in The New [...]

I first met Augusta Lynn Bolles in 1980 when I was working on my doctoral dissertation research with a fellowship from the Inter-American Foundation. Lynn was also a Fellow and [...]

In the twenty-first century, graduate schools ponder the ways they can enhance the educational experience of their students beyond the seminars where students learn to build good study habits, craft [...]

When A. Lynn Bolles invited me to write this piece, so many thoughts ran through my mind about the different feminist anthropological mentors I have had throughout my career. Following [...]

Elizabeth Brumfiel was among the first group of scholars in archaeology to explore gender roles and ideologies in the past. Her article “Weaving and Cooking in Aztec Mexico” in the [...]

There’s a story Rayna Rapp recounts from her graduate school days at the University of Michigan of encountering Gayle Rubin as an anthropology major enrolled in her recitation section. In [...]

Forman tribute book cover PreambleA few years ago I enjoyed one of those impromptu conference meals we all know so well. Crashing a table for two to indulge in Portland’s [...]