Interim Dean, Dedman College 2006-2008
Dedman Family Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
Dedman College at SMU
Ph.D., Brown University, 1978
B.A., Yale University, 1971
Recent Awards:
Russell Sage Foundation, Research Grant, "Practicing Citizenship in a New City of Immigration:
An Ethnographic Comparison of Asian Indians and Vietnamese."
SMU Distinguished University Citizen Award, May 2004
National Science Foundation, Ethnographic Training Grant (for Department of Anthropology, SMU)
National Science Foundation, Research Grant "Immigrants, Rights And Incorporation in a Suburban Metropolis"
Experience:
Dean ad Interim, Dedman College, Southern Methodist University, 2006-2008
Chair, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 1994-2004
Director, Women's Studies Program, Southern Methodist University, 1989-1994
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