Emily Margaretten

  Emily Margaretten

Personal website: www.margaretten.info

Education

  • B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology, Colgate University
  • M.A. in Anthropology, Yale University
  • Ph.D. in Anthropology, Yale University

Current Courses Taught

  • ANT 110  The Human Experience: How to Think Anthopologically
  • ANT 175  First Year Seminar: Africa!
  • ANT 210  Societies of Africa
  • ANT 215  Anthropological Research Methods
  • ANT 300  Youth Cultures

 

 

Awards and Honors

  • Ethical Leadership Faculty Summer Grant, 2011
  • Andrew Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2008-2010
  • Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, 2005
  • Fulbright-Hays: Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant, 2003-2004
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Cultural Anthropology Dissertation Grant, 2003-2004
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS): Summer Fellowship, 2001

 

Recent Publications and Presentations

  • 2011.  Standing (K)in: Street Youth and Street Relatedness. City and Society. 23(S1):44-64.
  • 2011.  uGogo: Residing with the Spectral in South Africa. Transition. Spring Issue 104:2-27.
  • 2009.  Street Life under a Roof. Anthropology and Humanism.  34(2)163-178.

 

 

Areas of Interest

  • Sub-saharan Africa
  • Youth Cultures
  • Kinship, Gender, and Sexuality
  • Post-colonial Development