Faculty & Staff - Spring 2013

Name Phone Number Office Email Address Office Hours
Dr. Sandra Faiman-Silva
Chairperson		 508-531-2369 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100E		 sfaimansilva@bridgew.edu TR 10:00-12:00
and by appointment.
Dr. Louise Badiane 508-531-2166 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100D		 louise.badiane@bridgew.edu
 		 TR 11:00-12:00
and by appointment.
Dr. Diana Fox
 		 508-531-2847 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100B		 d1fox@bridgew.edu TR 10:00-10:50
and by appointment.
Dr. Curtiss Hoffman 508-531-2249 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100A		 c1hoffman@bridgew.edu
  		MTR 12:30-1:45
and by appointment.
Dr. Ellen Ingmanson 508-531-2799 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100C		 eingmanson@bridgew.edu    MWR 10:00-11:00
and by appointment.
Dr. Barbara Balboni* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F		 barbara.balboni@bridgew.edu MWF 10:00-11:00
MKC 2nd Floor
and by appointment.
Dr. Elise Brenner* Contact by e-mail.
 		 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F		 ebrenner@bridgew.edu  By appointment
MWF 7:30-8:00 and 11:00
Dr. Stephen Cabral* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F		 stephen.cabral@bridgew.edu R 10:00-12:00
and by appointment.
Prof. Linnea Carlson* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F		 linnea.carlson@bridgew.edu  By appointment.
Dr. Walter Harper* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F		 walter.harper@bridgew.edu TR 9:00-9:30
and by appointment.
Dr. Joshua Irizarry* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F		 joshua.irizarry@bridgew.edu M 12:15-1:15
and by appointment.
Prof. Heather Myers* Contact by e-mail. Attleboro Campus heather.myers@bridgew.edu T 10:10-10:30 PM
and by appointment.
Prof. Yasar Ozan Say* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F		 yasar.say@bridgew.edu By appointment.
Dr. Simone Poliandri* Contact by e-mail. Burrill Office Complex
Room 100F		 spoliandri@bridgew.edu T 10:50-11:50
and 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 MW 2:00-2:30
and 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 MWF 1:30-2:00
and by appointment.
Patricia Dyer
Administrative Assistant		 508-531-1799 Burrill Office Complex
Room 100		 pdyer@bridgew.edu M-F 9:00-3:00

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

 

I am a medical anthropologist with interests in applied medical anthropology, global health, sexual and reproductive health, African ethnomedicine, African immigrants health issues in the US and Europe.  Current research projects include: Ethnomedical study of female Mankagne healers in Senegal, Guinea Bissau and Gambia; Applied Anthropological study to improve the health status of the villagers of Haer, Senegal; Ethnobotanical study of indigenous medicines among herbalists in Ziguinchor, Senegal; A  Multi-sited critical analysis of African diasporic engagement in homeland health, US, Senegal and Ghana; Ethnographic Study of Senegalese hair-braiding in the U.S.A; Ethnographic study of rastafari youth in the city of Ziguinchor, Senegal.        

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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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