Expertise

Research interests:

  • folk art and material culture
  • body art
  • dress and costume
  • museum studies
  • food art and culture
  • India
  • Brazil
  • United States

Subject Area(s): Folklore

Research Interests:

  • Folk art and material culture, Body art, Dress and costume, Museum studies, Food art and culture, India, Brazil, and the United States

Keywords:

  • Brazilian Studies
Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Adjunct Faculty, Dhar India Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, Dhar India Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Dhar India Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, Folklore Institute

Adjunct Faculty, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Literature, Asian Studies, Chicano/a Studies, Music, Anthropology
Degrees
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, Folklore and Mythology, 1998
MA, University of California, Los Angeles, Folklore and Mythology, 1994
BA, University of California, Berkeley, Anthropology , 1992