M.A.
University of Pennsylvania: Department of Folklore and Folklife,
1991.
B.A.
Brown University: Modern Culture and Media and History, 1987.
Academic Positions
Associate Professor: University of Oregon, 2005-present
Assistant Professor: University of Oregon, 2002-2005
Visiting Assistant Professor: George Washington University, 1998-2002
Instructor: University of Pennsylvania, 1995-1998
Publications
Books
Carnival and the Formation of
a Caribbean Transnation. The University Press of Florida (April,
2003).
Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural
Politics of a
Transnational Festival. With Garth Green (eds.). Bloomington:
Indiana
University Press (February, 2007).
Perspectives on the Caribbean:
A Reader in Culture and History.
With Kevin Yelvington, (eds.), Oxford: Blackwell Publishers
(Forthcoming fall, 2008).
Refereed Journal Publications
“Privatizing Nationalism: Intangible Heritage and Governmentality in
the Caribbean.”
American Ethnologist.
Submitted Fall 2007.
"Heritage Tourism in the Caribbean: Identity and Politics After
Neoliberalism."
Bulletin of Latin
American Research (Forthcomming fall, 2007).
"The Devil and the Bedwetter: Carnival, Memory, National Culture and
Post-Colonial Consciousness in Trinidad and Tobago."
Western Folklore Quarterly
(Forthcoming winter, 2007).
"Copyright Heritage: Preservation, Carnival and the State in Trinidad."
Anthropological Quarterly.
75(3) : 453-484 (2002). This essay was selected by
Current Anthropology for their
"Anthropological Currents" section which summarizes notable essays from
other social science journals. Reviewed by Bolnick et al.
Confounding Categories in the Caribbean Art Market: Reflections
on
Self-Taught Artists in Trinidad and Tobago, in
Small Axe: Caribbean
Journal of Criticism. 6, 1999.
Refereed Book Chapters
“When
Natives
Become Tourists of Themselves: Returning Transnationals and Carnival in
Trinidad and Tobago.” In Garth Green and Philip
Scher (eds.) Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural Politcs
of a
Transnational Festival, Indiana University Press, 2007.
“Introduction: Trinidad Carnival in Global Context.” In Garth
Green and Philip Scher (eds.) Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural Politcs
of a
Transnational Festival, Indiana University Press, 2007.
“From Metropole to the Equator: Carnival and
National Consciousness between New York and Trinidad.” In Caribbean
Popular Culture and Globalization. Christine Ho and Keith Nurse (eds.)
Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers. February 2005.
"West
Indian American Day: Becoming a Tile in the "Gorgeous
Mosaic," in
John Pulis, ed.
Religion, Diaspora
and Cultural Identity: A Reader in
the Anglophone Caribbean. Gordon and Breach, 1999.
Self-Taught Artists in Context: An American Cultural and Historical
Timeline, in
Thirty-Two Self-Taught
Artists of the Twentieth Century:
An American Anthology. San Francisco: Chronicle Press (1998).
"Unveiling the Orisha" In
Sandra T. Barnes, ed.
Africa's Ogun:
Old World and New. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press (1997), pp. 314-331.
Review Essays
Carnaval!
A
Review of Barbara Mauldin. Visual Anthropology Review. Vol 21 Nos
1&2,
2005.
Religion
and
Identity in the Caribbean.
Review of Aisha Khan, Callaloo Nation, Duke University Press
(2004) Anthropological
Quarterly (2005)
Rituals of Power and Rebellion: A Review of Hollis Liverpool.
New West
Indian Guide. Vol. 77, No.1&2 pp.58-60. 2003.
Caribbean Diasporas in Historical Perspective. Review
Essay in
Caribbean Studies Newsletter
(1999).
Grants
and Awards
Fulbright
IIE Fixed Sum Grant. 1993-1994.
Wenner-Gren
Foundation for Anthropological Research. 1994-1995.
University
of Pennsylvania,
School
of Arts
and
Sciences, Dissertation Fellowship. 1997-1998.
Excellence
in Academic Advising, George
Washington
University
University
of Oregon
New Faculty Grant, 2002-2003
University
of Oregon
Junior Professorship Development Award, 2002 & 2003
Rippey
Innovative Teaching Award, 2002-2003
Member,
University
of Oregon
Faculty Senate, 2003-2005.
University of Oregon Summer Research Award, Summer 2007.
Academic
Conferences
The Politics and Economics of
Cultural Tourism: Policing Cultural Performance in the Caribbean:
American Ethnological Society/Canadian Anthropological Society
Meetings, University of Toronto, May 2007.
Culture ™: Anthropological Perspectives on Culture and Development in
the Caribbean. Arts, Culture and Communities in Development Conference,
New York University, October 2006.
Playing in the
Brand: Caribbean Culture and Consciousness
After
Neoliberalism.
American
Folklore Society Annual Meeting, (Atlanta, Georgia) November, 2005.
Caribbean Carnival in New York City. “Performing Policy – Enacting
Diversity”
Conference, Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany) May
13-15 2005.
The
Politics
of Preservation: An Anthropological Perspective. International
Committee for Museums of
Ethnography Session of the International Council of Museums General
Conference.
(Seoul, Korea) October, 2004.
Carnival
and
Copyright in Trinidad. Caribbean Studies Association Annual
Meeting,
(St.Kitts, West Indies): May
2004.
Cultural
Appropriation In Trinidad: Notes Towards a Problematic
of Appropriation.
American Anthropological Association
Meetings, (New Orleans, LA): November, 2002.
Carnival
Between Nations: Transnational Processes in Expressive Culture. Research Institute for the
Study of Man
(New York, NY): April, 1999.
The
Politics
of Preserving Heritage in Trinidad. World Conference on Carnival (Hartford, CT): September 1998.
Popular
Culture in the Caribbean: Global Issues, Local Forms. American Ethnological Society
(Toronto, Canada): Co-Organized panel and
presented paper,
May 1998.
Globalization,
Transnationalism and the Politics of Everyday Life. Caribbean Studies Association (Antigua, WI): Co-Organized panel and presented paper,
May 1998.
Transnationalism,
Nationalism & Cultural Identity. American Ethnological Society
Conference: (San Juan, Puerto Rico): "Carnival in Brooklyn: The Making of a Transnation,"
1996.
Caribbean Carnival in Diaspora: A
Moveable Fete.
SUNY Binghamton Conference: The African
Diaspora: African
Origins and New World
Self-Fashioning. (Binghamton, New York):
1996.
The
Brooklyn Carnival: Becoming a Tile in
the
‘Gorgeous Mosaic.’
American Anthropological Association: Annual Meeting (Washington D.C.): 1995.
Bringing
it
all Back Home: The International
Carnival Competition in Trinidad and Tobago. Latin American Studies
Association Annual Meeting (Washington D.C.): 1995.
Play
in
Playing Mas’. Center
for
Urban Ethnography Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): 1993.
Carnival as
Transnational
Cultural Process. American
Folklore
Society Annual Meeting (Jacksonville, Florida): 1992.
Folklore,
Methodology and
the Postmodern Ethnography Debate.
American Folklore Society Annual Meeting
(Oakland, CA): 1990.
Invited
Lectures
Global
Themes
in Local Art: Images of Mass Production in Contemporary Art in Trinidad Davidson College (Davidson, N.C.) April
3, 2000.
Costume
Design
and Cultural Politics in Brooklyn New York’s West Indian Day Parade. Center for the Humanities,
University of
Missouri-St. Louis (St. Louis, MO): October, 1999.