General Information
Professor of Anthropology
Department Chair
Phone: (707)826-5286
Office: BSS 520B
Email: ms34@humboldt.edu
Personal Website:

Background
Ph. D. Anthropology, University of Chicago
M.A. Anthropology, University of Chicago
B.A. East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Minnesota

Research
I have conducted fieldwork in the People's Republic of China and in Chinese American communities. Theoretical interests include civil society (democracy, literati), anthropological linguistics (narrative, theories of literacy and literature, media), and ethnographic methods (participant observation, oral history, text work).