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Marcia Rego

Associate Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708-0025
Thompson Writing Program, 109 Art Building, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Courses taught:

199FS Knowing About Performance (FOCUS)

W305S/DANCE302S/THEATRST283S/MUSIC305S Writing about Performance

ETHICS 390S Field Ethics (for DukeImmerse)

W101 The Craft of Ethnography

W101 Embodying Social Meaning                                                                            

Postdoctoral Seminar in Teaching Writing (co-taught) – Thompson Writing Program

CULANTH 290S Anthropology and Social Change

W101 Translating the Culture Shock: Beyond Intercultural (Mis)Understanding                          

CULANTH 180S The Anthropology of Health and Illness                                                                               

CULANTH 94 Introduction to CulturalAnthropology                                                                                           

W70 Introduction to Critical Reading and Writing  

CULANTH 280S Cannibalism to Anorexia: Anthropology of Body                                                                

W101 Beyond Genes (in Genome Revolution FOCUS cluster)

W101 Writing Diversity into Human Rights

W101 Writing Cultures and Cultures of Writing

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice of Thompson Writing Program · 2018 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Faculty Development and Assessment of Thompson Writing Program · 2015 - Present Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published August 28, 2017
Duke Performances Announces Recipients of Curricular Awards

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Recent Publications


History of Cabo Verde

Journal Article Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History · May 22, 2024 Link to item Cite

The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde Slavery, Language, and Ideology

Book · April 8, 2015 The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde: Slavery, Language, and Ideology is an ethnographic study of language use and ideology in Cape Verde, from its early settlement as a center for slave trade, to the postcolonial present. ... Cite

Towards a Legible Anthropology: Airing our Dirty Laundry

Conference · 2014 http://sites.duke.edu/towardsalegibleanthropology/ ... Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of California, San Diego · 2001 Ph.D.