faculty
Isabel Rodrigues, PhD
Professor
Sociology / Anthropology
Contact
508-999-8408
508-999-8808
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Liberal Arts 392B
Education
| Brown University | PhD |
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
An introduction to the basic concepts of social and cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize the comparative study of societies at different levels of socio-cultural integration and from different areas of the world. This may include a brief introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology.
An introduction to the basic concepts of social and cultural anthropology. Readings emphasize the comparative study of societies at different levels of socio-cultural integration and from different areas of the world. This may include a brief introduction to physical anthropology and archaeology.
Focus on key social problems that harm our contemporary existence including our ability to sustain ourselves and the planet. The course is organized around key topics on social inequalities and injustice. The course is designed to facilitate applied research and the application of sociological and anthropological theories to real social conditions.
A look at ancient and modern food production and its environmental impact. Diet and nutrition; population pressure and hunger; the politics of food; and, modern food processing and its implications are all subjects of study.
Students will discuss and write papers on aspects of a subject chosen for the semester.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Students will discuss and write papers on aspects of a subject chosen for the semester.
Examination of gender through intersecting power structures, hierarchies, and individual life histories. This course engages the study of gender paying close attention to the intersections of gender with sexualities, age, and stratification in different world regions. Students are expected to complete independent research projects. The course will engage main currents in feminist thought in anthropology and beyond the Western tradition.
Register for this course.
Focus on key social problems that harm our contemporary existence including our ability to sustain ourselves and the planet. The course is organized around key topics on social inequalities and injustice. The course is designed to facilitate applied research and the application of sociological and anthropological theories to real social conditions.
Register for this course.
Examination of gender through intersecting power structures, hierarchies, and individual life histories. This course engages the study of gender paying close attention to the intersections of gender with sexualities, age, and stratification in different world regions. Students are expected to complete independent research projects. The course will engage main currents in feminist thought in anthropology and beyond the Western tradition.
Register for this course.
Isabel P. B. Fêo Rodrigues received a Ph.D in Anthropology from Brown University and is currently an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her research and publications primarily engage ethnohistorical processes of cultural and linguistic change, gendering and racialization, colonialism and creolization. Geographically her work engages the Lusophone Afro-Atlantic in a comparative perspective. She has conducted archival and ethnographic research in the United States, Cape Verde, Portugal, and Brazil. She is also engaged in applied research in the fields of sociolinguistics, medical anthropology, and migration for both non-profit and government organizations.
Professor Rodrigues has designed several courses that cross-list with Women and Gender Studies and the Doctoral program in Luso-Afro-Brasilian Studies and Theory including: Women and Sexualities Across Cultures; Empire & Colonialism in the Portuguese Afro-Atlantic; The Ideal Society & the State.