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Anthropology Graduate Students @ USC

gaelyn aguilar
christian anderson
erica angert
brian bartelt
sharon berman
michelle besaw
upjeet chandan
yoon cho
kaarina cleverly
claudia cuevas
lori federman
jeanne fitzsimmons
gisela fosado
scott frank
arianne gaetano
susan gautsch
patricia gilson
elan glasser
christian hammons
jay hasbrouck
erika hatva
adriana hernandez
michael hickey
ilda jimenez
sarah johnson
teresa kuan
sadie moore
courtney mykytyn
jean Paul Popoff
terrelita price
sean roberts
steve schindler
charlie scull
quinta seward
anita slominska
christine snyder
zhifang song
pushpa tulachan
todd white
david yamamoto

Each student's USC web space can be reached by clicking on their name (in red) below. USC's student directory can be found here. Information about the anthropology department's graduate student association can be found here.

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Gaelyn Aguilar

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Christian Anderson

Christian Anderson's current research is on betel nut culture in Taiwan and Hainan, China, visual anthropology, medical anthropology, and Austronesian studies. His most recent publication is "Austronesian Voyaging from Taiwan: Amis Folk Songs on the International Stage" in Austronesian Taiwan, David Blundell, Ed. (Berkeley: Phoebe Hearst Museum Monographs, 2002).

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Erica Angert

Erica Angert is pursuing her professional interests in Medical and Visual Anthropology, and has spent eighteen months in Havana, studying the performative and political dimensions of Afrocuban healing practices. She is currently writing a dissertation and editing an ethnographic film based on her Cuban experiences.

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Brian Bartelt

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Sharon Berman

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Michelle Besaw

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Upjeet Chandan

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Yoon Cho

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Kaarina Cleverly

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Claudia Cuevas

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Lori Federman

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Jeanne Fitzsimmons

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Gisela Fosado

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Scott Frank

Scott Frank recoived his B.A. in Anthropology from Emory University and M.A. in Anthropology from the Unioversity of Massachusetts - Amherst. He has recently completed writing his dissertation, "Lab Coats in the Dream Factory" about the Hollywood's commodification and utilization of scientific knowledge in the entertainment mass media. Other research interests include the culture of Hollywood, Science and Technology Studies, and folklore.

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Arianne Gaetano

Arianne's research area is East Asia and specifically mainland China, where she has spent over 6 years teaching, studying, and conducting research. Her interests include social, cultural and political change in post-1949 China; migration and citizenship; gender relations and the women's movement; feminist anthropology; gender and development; globalization and cultural
identity; feminist theory; and modern Chinese language. She conducted ethnographic fieldwork among young rural migrant women working in Beijing's service sector during 1999-2000, and is currently she is completing her dissertation, "Woman, Peasant, Outsider: Dagongmei Identity in Reform-Era Beijing," which analyzes the construction of identity and agency of this new category of worker in Post-Mao China.

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Susan Gautsch

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Patricia Gilson

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Elan Glasser

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Christian Hammons

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Jay Hasbrouck

Jay's research interests center around the cultural contexts, motivations and practices that drive and shape ecotourism, including the ways in which the principles of science and conservation are related to the history of Western utopianism as they are developed, positioned and negotiated within destination cultures and landscapes. He received his M.A. in Visual Anthropology from USC in May of 2000. His thesis, Utopian Imaginaries and Faerie Practice, focused on a gay counterculture collective in rural New Mexico, and included a video installation he produced, filmed and edited about their lives.

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Erika Hatva

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Adriana Hernandez

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Michael Hickey

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Ilda Jimenez

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Sarah Johnson

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Teresa Kuan

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Sadie Moore

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Courtney Mykytyn

medical anthropology, anthropology of aging, science and technology studies, anti-aging medicine in the US

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Jean Paul Popoff

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Terrelita Price

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Sean Roberts

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Steve Schindler

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Charlie Scull

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Quinta Seward

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Anita Slominska

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Christine Snyder

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Zhifang Song

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Pushpa Tulachan

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Todd White

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David Yamamoto

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