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Mary Scoggin
Professor - Linguistic & Cultural Anthropology
Professor - Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
Undergraduate & Graduate Advisor
Research Focus
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).
Teaching Specialties
- Language and Culture
- Cultural Anthropology
- Chinese Culture
- Ethnography
- Folklore
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Chicago
- M.A., Anthropology, University of Chicago
- B.A. Chinese Language and Literature, University of Minnesota