Christine Finnan

Department Chair and Professor of Anthropology

Education: 

Ph.D. Stanford University. Education (Anthropology Minor). Dissertation: The Development of Occupational Identity Among Vietnamese Refugees

M.A. University of Texas, Austin. Anthropology (Folklore).

B.A. University of California, Berkeley. Folklore (Anthropology)

Interests:

• Schooling tribal children in India
• School and classroom culture
• Influences on teacher perceptions of students
• Childhood in cross-cultural perspective
• Cultural sustainability

Courses Taught 

• Anthropology
• ANTH 201: Cultural Anthropology