Faculty & Staff - Spring 2012

Name Phone Number Office Email Address Office Hours
Dr. Sandra Faiman-Silva
Chairperson
508-531-2369 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100E
sfaimansilva@bridgew.edu WR 10:00-12:00
& by appointment
Dr. Louise Badiane 508-531-2166 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100D
louise.badiane@bridgew.edu
 
TR 12:30-1:45
& by appointment
Dr. Diana Fox
 
508-531-2847 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100B
d1fox@bridgew.edu ON SABBATICAL
Contact by e-mail.
Dr. Curtiss Hoffman 508-531-2249 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100A
c1hoffman@bridgew.edu
 
M 3:15-4:00; TR 12:30-1:45
& by appointment
Dr. Ellen Ingmanson 508-531-2799 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100C
eingmanson@bridgew.edu    MWF 11:00-12:00
& by appointment
Dr. Justin Armstrong* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
justin.armstrong@bridgew.edu By appointment
Dr. Elise Brenner* Contact by e-mail.
 
Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
ebrenner@bridgew.edu  7:30-8:00 in Burnell 123B
& at 11:00 by appointment
Dr. Stephen Cabral* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
stephen.cabral@bridgew.edu By appointment
Prof. Linnea Carlson* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
linnea.carlson@bridgew.edu  By appointment
Dr. Joshua Irizarry* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
joshua.irizarry@bridgew.edu MW 2:00-3:00
& by appointment
Dr. Jessica Levai* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
jessica.levai@bridgew.edu By appointment
Dr. Justin Patch* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
justin.patch@bridgew.edu By appointment
Prof. Yasar Ozan Say* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
yasar.say@bridgew.edu By appointment
Dr. Frank Spaulding* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
frank.spaulding@bridgew.edu
 
By appointment
Dr. Tracy Thorpe* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
tracy.thorpe@bridgew.edu TR 11:45-12:15
& by appointment
Dr. Lara Watkins* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
lara.watkins@bridgew.edu By appointment
Dr. Michael Zimmerman* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F
michael.zimmerman@bridgew.edu By appointment
Patricia Dyer
Administrative Assistant
508-531-1799 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100
pdyer@bridgew.edu  

*  Visiting Lecturers may not always be available at the office listed.  Please contact them by e-mail to make an appointment. 


Full Time Faculty       


Dr. Sandra Faiman-Silva
 


Dr. Sandra Faiman-Silva, Chairperson
Professor of Anthropology
Burrill Office Complex, Room 100E
Tel:  508-531-2369
sfaimansilva@bridgew.edu

 

I am a Professor of Anthropology at Bridgewater State University, where I have taught since 1985.   As a cultural anthropology generalist, among my favorite courses are Anthropology of Women, Gender, Folklore, Native North America and Latin America, and the Anthropology of Education.  My book Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region (U Nebraska 1997) was named in 1997 as a finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award by the Society for the Study of Social Problems.   My most recent book, "The Courage to Connect: Sexuality, Citizenship, and Community in Provincetown" (U Illinois 2004), analyzes the relationship between gays and straights in that resort community.   I have published articles on Indian gaming, youth and culture, and my Provincetown research in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal,  Anthropology and Education Quarterly, and The Gay and Lesbian Review.   I received Bridgewater State University's Jordan D. Fiore Prize in World Justice in 1997 and the Class of 1950 Distinguished Faculty Research Award in 2003 for this research.  I am a campus and community activist and serve as Grievance Officer and Secretary of the BSU-Massachusetts State College Association (MSCA) Chapter, an NEA affiliate.  I live in Falmouth, Massachusetts, where I am active in the town's "No Place for Hate" campaign and in other peace and justice causes.

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Dr. Louise Badiane  

Dr. Louise Badiane
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Coordinator, African Studies Program
Burrill Office Complex, Room 100D
Tel:  508-531-2166
louise.badiane@bridgew.edu

 

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Dr. Diana J. Fox  

Dr. Diana Fox
Professor of Anthropology
Editor, Journal of International Women's Studies
Burrill Office Complex, Room 100B
Tel:  508-531-2847
d1fox@bridgew.edu

 

I am a cultural anthropologist with a geographic focus on the Anglophone Caribbean, particularly Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. My research and teaching interests are many, and include: ifeminist ethnography, gender studies, women's human rights, the anthropology of human rights; transnational feminism, anthropology of development, ecological anthropology; anthropology of activism, race and ethnicity, HIV/AIDS stigma and education.  I have also conducted some fieldwork in Eritrea, leading to the book "The Challenges of Women's Activism and Human Rights in Africa" edited with Somali anthropologist, Naima Hasci. (1999. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press.) My most recent book "Cultural DNA: Gender at the Root of Everyday Life in Rural Jamaica" (2010 Kingston: UWI Press) is the culmination of fieldwork I have pursued in Jamaica since 1991.  I have also written a number of articles and delivered many papers on my work in the Caribbean. Since 2004 I have received three Fulbright Fellowships to continue research in Jamaica and Trinidad and numerous CART grants from BSU to pursue my work.  My current research focuses on biocultural diversity and issues surrounding gender roles and water sustainability in Trinidad. I love to travel to the Caribbean with students to expose them to fieldwork and the application of classroom learning to new cultural environments.                                                                                 
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Dr. Curtiss Hoffman  

Dr. Curtiss Hoffman
Professor of Anthropology
Burrill Office Complex, Room 100A
Tel:  508-531-2249
c1hoffman@bridgew.edu 

 

I earned my B.A. in Mediterranean Studies at Brandeis University (1967) and my Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures at Yale University (1974).   My doctoral dissertation, The Lion, the Eagle, the Man, and the Bull in Mesopotamian Glyptic, explored the paleoethnozoological symbol-systems of the ancient peoples of southern Iraq.  Shortly before obtaining my Ph.D., I undertook a program of retraining in the archaeology of Northeastern North America, which has since become my major field of research.  I have published numerous articles, site reports, and a monograph on the subject, People of the Fresh Water Lake:  A Prehistory of Westborough, Massachusetts (Peter Lang, 1991).  I have also published an introductory text on mythology, The Seven Story Tower:  A Mythic Journey through Space and Time (Perseus, 1999).  On the faculty at Bridgewater since 1978, I regularly teach introductory and upper division courses in archaeology, mythology, culture and consciousness, and survey courses in the indigenous peoples and cultures of North America and the Middle East.  I conduct an annual summer archaeological field school at pre-European sites in eastern Massachusetts.  I am a long-time member of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, and currently serve as its Membership Chair and Corresponding Secretary.  I am also serving as the Vice President for the International Association for the Study of Dreams, and hosted their 2006 Annual Conference at Bridgewater State College.
                                                                                   
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Dr. Ellen Ingmanson  

Dr. Ellen Ingmanson
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Burrill Office Complex, Room 100C
Tel:  508-531-2799
eingmanson@bridgew.edu

 

As a biological anthropologist my primary research focuses on questions regarding the evolution of intelligence and the nature and origins of cultural behavior.  A particular emphasis of my work is the contribution of primate studies to understanding human behavioral patterns and what it means to be human.  Much of my research has been with the apes, including chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and gibbons. I have conducted observations of object manipulation, tool use, communication, social skills, behavioral variation, ecology, and nonhuman culture.  I address a wide range of issues in my courses that often cross traditional boundaries between natural and social science perspectives.

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