Lecturer, Anthropology
she/her
ltwstu@umich.edu
Office Information:
228 West Hall, 1085. S. University Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107
phone: 734-936-0365
hours: W 3-4, Fri 11:30-12:30, and by appointment (sign up via Canvas)
Anthropology;
Sociocultural
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., University of Michigan 2019
M.A., University of Michigan, 2012
B.A., Duke University, 2009
About
Courses:
Anthrcul 101: Introduction to Anthropology
Anthrcul 325: Childbirth and Culture
Anthrcul 359: Ethnographic Methods
Anthrcul 409: Peoples and Cultures of the Near East and North Africa
Research:
Turkey, Greece, 1923 Population Exchange, Hospitality, Memory, Transnationalism, Homelands
Reproduction, Pregnancy Loss, Ritual, Rites of Passage
Publications:
2023 "Making Fetuses Into Babies: The Anthropology of Social Personhood" in "Reproductive Justice as a Human Right: Being ‘Pro-Life’ Post-Roe," Spark.
2022 ""Two in One”: Transnational Inheritance and the Remaking of the Sinasite Houses.” Museum Anthropology.
2021 "Understanding Homeland through Hospitality Practices: Interactions Between Greek and Turkish Exchangees in Ancestral Villages." Études arméniennes contemporaines
