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2006-2008 Undergraduate Courses at Indiana University
“Yucatec Maya Language” Levels: I-IV (Beginning to Advanced for grad & undergrad)
“US Latina and Latino Cultures” (Latino Studies Program)
“Maya Culture in Educational Film” (Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies)
2003-2006 Development of curriculum for Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology
4 Week Winter Field School; 11 Week Winter Quarter Study Abroad Program, a 16 week Spring Semester Study Abroad Program, and a 6 week Summer Field School. Courses: Maya Language for Fieldwork, Theory in Cultural Anthropology, Ethnographic Methods, Visual Anthropology, Maya Cultures and History
2002-2003 Courses Taught in Spanish at Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UAdY):
“Ethnographic Research Methods” for Masters students in Anthropology
“Transculturation in Latin America” for Masters students and UAdY Faculty
“Culture Theory: Geertz to Postcolonialism” for undergraduates and Masters students
2000-2001 Courses Taught in the Division of Spanish Language and Literature, University of Hawai'i:
“US Latino Cultures and Literatures,” for undergraduates
“Latin American Literature and Film,” for undergraduates
“Post-Colonial Theory in Our Americas,” for graduates
“Latin American Modernities,” for graduates
“Introduction to Latin American Civilization” for undergraduates
1999-2000 Undergraduate Courses Taught in Sociology & Anthropology, Lake Forest College
“Histories and Cultures of Latin America” (spring)
“Mestizajes and Modernities in Latin America” (spring)
“Introduction to Sociology and Anthropology” (fall and spring)
“Anthropology of Art and Museums” (fall)
“Ethnographies and Cultures” (fall)
1995 spring Undergraduate Courses Taught in Anthropology and Latin American Studies, Princeton
“America and the Invention of the Indian”
“Latina and Latino Cultures and Literatures in the US”
1991-1999 Courses and Course Development at University of Houston
Designed and taught 15 new courses on a range of topics for American Cultures Studies Program, Honors Program, Mexican American Studies, Women’s Studies, American Cultures Program, and the Anthropology Topic: American Studies: “Hybridities, Borders,” undergrad course (spring 1997) Topic: Feminism, Race and Colonialism: “Race, Love, Conquest” (spring 1998); “Bodies and Popular Culture” (spring 1997, spring 1995, spring 1994), “Race and Gender” (fall 1994); “Culture and Colonialism” (spring 1992) Topic: Indigenous Peoples and Postcolonialism: “America and the Invention of the Indian” (spring 1994); “Debates on 1492-1992” (fall 1992) Topic: Mexican Americans, México & Maya Culture: “Maya Peoples and Cultures” (fall 1997, fall 1993); “Mexican American Cultures” (spring 1997, fall 1991); “NAFTA and Zapatista Movement” (fall 1994); “Ethnography of México” (spring 1994) Topic: Anthropology: “Postmodernism and Culture Theory” (grad seminar spring 1999, fall 1991); “Ethnographic Methods” (spring 1999 for majors; fall 1997 & spring 1996 for graduates); “Seminar on Culture Theory in Anthropology” two courses, for undergrad majors and for graduate students (both fall 1996); “Honors Introduction to Cultural Anthropology” (taught once a year from 1992-1995)


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