Education

BA 1981 Anthropology, Stanford University. with Distinction, Honors in Humanities

MA 1985, Anthropology, Cornell University

PHD 1990 Anthropology, Cornell University.

Courses Taught

• U ANTY 102H (X): Introduction to South and Southeast Asia
• U ANTY 220S (X): Culture and Society 
• U ANTY 227: Human Sexuality 
• U ANTY 330X: Indonesia and the Philippines
• U ANTY 336: Myth, Ritual and Religion
• U ANTY 403: Public Anthropology       
• UG ANTY 400: History of Anthropology           
• UG ANTY 422: Mind, Culture and Society     
• UG ANTY 427: Anthropology of Gender          
• UG ANTY 430: Social Anthropology                
• UG ANTY 431: Ethnographic Field Methods   
• UG ANTY 440: Contemporary Issues of South and Southeast Asia
• UG ANTY 492: Independent Study
• G ANTY 500: Contemporary Anthropological Thought  
• G ANTY 520: Contemporary Ethnography             
• G ANTY 596: Independent Study                    
• G ANTY 598 Internship                                       

Field of Study

Anthropology, Southeast Asian Studies, Women's Studies

Affiliations

Association of American Anthropologists  (Fellow, Life Member since 2001, member since 1988)

Association for Asian Studies  (Committee for the Study of Indonesia and East Timor, 2002-2018)

American Institute for Indonesian Studies (Vice President Executive Board, 2019-2025)

Association of American University Women  (Montana State President 2006-2008, 2018-2022)

Honors / Awards

1986 Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation fellowship

1992 Post-doctoral Fellowship, Center for the Study of Economic Culture, Boston University

2000 Fulbright Hays faculty research fellowship (deferred)