Sondra Hale
Sondra Hale, born to a working-class family in Des Moines, Iowa, graduated from secondary school in Omaha, Nebraska, and went on to the University of Omaha for a year before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She worked her way through high school and university in various jobs, an important one of which was as a professional comic (namely a ventriloquist). She was also active in theater and the visual arts.
Carole Browner
I am a Professor in the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Women’s Studies, and in the Center for Culture and Health, which is based in the David Geffen School of Medicine’s NPI-Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. I became Chair of the Anthropology Department in July 2010. My training as a medical anthropologist combines a doctorate in socio-cultural anthropology with a Master’s degree in public health.
David Shorter
Dr. David Delgado Shorter joined the faculty as tenured professor…
Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Professor Alicia Gaspar de Alba is a celebrated writer and scholar.…
Lieba Faier
I am an ethnographer whose research explores the relationships…
Jessica Cattelino
I study and teach about sociocultural life in the contemporary…
Elizabeth Marchant
Elizabeth Marchant is the Chair of the Department of Gender Studies and Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Comparative Literature.
