Ethnology

The Ethnology/Linguistics Program emphasizes comparative and historical perspectives on critical social issues, focusing on both the social and cultural aspects of class, gender, ethnicity, nationalism, and territoriality. Power and difference as they are expressed in language, the politics of representation, the cultural construction of identity, expressive culture, political economy, immigration, and tourism are key areas of concern. Issues of social justice, human rights, and applied ethics inform faculty research and teaching in all of these areas. The Ethnology/Linguistics Program is also concerned with the study of language and language use from a distinctly anthropological perspective, recognizing the roles of social, cognitive, symbolic, and biological factors. There is particular focus on forms of linguistic interaction in their sociocultural settings.

Graduate degrees offered: MA or MS in Anthropology; PhD in Anthropology.

Faculty


Ethnology Faculty

Ronda Brulotte
Assistant Professor
of Anthropology
(Ethnology)
Faculty Profile
Curriculum Vitae
brulotte@unm.edu
505-277-4524
Erin Debenport
Assistant Professor
of Anthropology
(Ethnology)
Faculty Profile
erindeb@unm.edu
505-990-8213
David Dinwoodie
Associate Professor
of Anthropology
(Ethnology)
Faculty Profile
Curriculum Vitae
ddinwood@unm.edu
505-277-5211
Steven Feld
Distinguished Professor
of Anthropology and Music
(Ethnology)
Faculty Profile
feld@unm.edu
505-277-4524
Les Field
Professor of Anthropology
(Ethnology)
Faculty Profile
Curriculum Vitae
lesfield@unm.edu
505-990-6852
Suzanne Oakdale
Associate Professor
of Anthropology
(Ethnology)
Faculty Profile
Curriculum Vitae
soakdale@unm.edu
505-
277-9746
Beverly R. Singer
Associate Professor
of Anthropology
(Ethnology)
University Regents
Lecturer
Director,
Institute for American
Indian Research
Faculty Profile
Curriculum Vitae
mesa@unm.edu
505-277-3027
Lindsay Smith
Assistant Professor

(Ethnology)
Faculty Profile
Curriculum Vitae
lindsaysmith@unm.edu
Cristobal Valencia R.
Assistant Professor

(Ethnology)
Faculty Profile
Curriculum Vitae
cvalen02@unm.edu
505-
369-5896
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