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faculty

Isabel Rodrigues, PhD she/her

Professor / Chairperson

Sociology / Anthropology

Contact

508-999-8408

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Liberal Arts 392B

Education

Brown UniversityPhD

Teaching

Courses

An introduction to the basic concepts of social and cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize the comparative study of societies at different levels of socio-cultural integration and from different areas of the world. This may include a brief introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology.

Directed readings and analysis in selected sociological topics. Cross-listed as WGS 350 with appropriate topic.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Students will discuss and write papers on aspects of a subject chosen for the semester.
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Isabel P. B. Fêo Rodrigues received a PhD in Anthropology from Brown University and is currently a Professor and Chairperson of the department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.  Her research and publications primarily engage processes of change and power asymmetries brought about by European colonialism and globalization, including consumption and commodification of nature, food insecurity and coping mechanisms, cultural and linguistic creolization.  She has conducted ethnographic and applied participatory research in the USA, Cabo Verde, Brazil, and Ecuador.

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