Results for "race and ethnicity"

Projects

Religion, Race, and Place Project

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Description:

A multimethod project that examines the role of religious beliefs and institutions in shaping health guidance among marginalized populations. This project seeks to illuminate the multidimensional role of religion in…

Faculty

Stephen Marshall

Affiliated Departments:
John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, American Studies, Government, African and African Diaspora Studies
Research Interests:

Ancient and modern political theory, the history of political thought, 20th century political and social thought, African American political thought; current research focuses on political evil, democratic theory, and…

Madeline Maxwell

Affiliated Departments:
Communication Studies
Research Interests:

Ethnography of communication; the study of the interaction of language and culture; adaptations to communication technology; talk in conflict mediation

Eric L. McDaniel

Affiliated Departments:
College of Liberal Arts, Government, John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, Population Research Center
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Prof. McDaniel's work focuses on political behavior, with an emphasis on racial and ethnic politics, religion and politics, and health behavior. His first book, Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization…

Ruth McRoy

Affiliated Departments:
School of Social Work
Research Interests:

open adoptions; outcomes for birthmothers; adoptive parents and adopted children; trans-racial adoptions; family preservation; special needs adoptions; post adoption services; female sexual abuse perpetrators; racial…

Martha Menchaca

Affiliated Departments:
Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies
Research Interests:

Social anthropology; ethnicity, critical race theory, legal anthropology, history and oral traditions, US/Mexican culture; Latin America; Mexico

Scott Myers

Affiliated Departments:
Linguistics
Research Interests:

Professor Myers applies experimental methods to issues in phonetics and phonology, particularly in the Bantu languages of Africa.

Mary Neuburger

Affiliated Departments:
Center for European Studies, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Research Interests:

Modern southeastern Europe, food studies, alcohol and tobacco, ethnic conflict, nationalism, material culture, and gender

Robert Oppenheim

Affiliated Departments:
Asian Studies, Center for East Asian Studies
Research Interests:

Korean culture and history, Objects/space/place, History of anthropology