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Catherine Mathers

Associate Professor of the Practice of Program in International Comparative Studies
International Comparative Studies
Ics Program, Box 90405, Durham, NC 27708-0405
Ics Program, 210-B East Duke Building, Durham, NC 27708-0405

Overview


I am a socio-cultural anthropologist with interdisciplinary training in sociology and the natural sciences. My work is propelled by the examination of how representational practices, through writing and other forms of creative expression construct and mediate the world. I pay close attention to these practices in my own diverse and cross-disciplinary writing projects as well as when I teach. By taking the idea of America seriously, as well as putting Africa and media about Africa center stage, …

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Program in International Comparative Studies · 2017 - Present International Comparative Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of International Comparative Studies · 2024 - Present International Comparative Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of the Practice of Cultural Anthropology · 2018 - Present Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Education, Training & Certifications


University of California, Berkeley · 2003 Ph.D.