Jan M. Brunson

Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology

Fall 2009

  • Culture at the Top of the World (ANTH 024)
  • Anthropological Research (ANTH 201)
  • Intermediate Independent Study in Anthropology (ANTH 291)
Phone (207) 721-5171
Title Visiting Assistant Professor
Department Sociology And Anthropology
Work Location 204 Adams Hall
E-Mail jbrunson@bowdoin.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Anthropology, Brown University, 2008
B.A. in Anthropology, Eckerd College, 1999

Recent Papers

“Confronting maternal mortality, controlling birth in Nepal.” Conference titled Loss in Childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.  University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2008.

“Women’s autonomy and well-being: A case from Nepal.” Anthropology News, 49(2):38-39 (2008).

“The transformative power of impoverished women’s work in Nepal: Challenging caste and gender roles.” Session titled Contemporary Ethnographies of Marriage: Re-examining Work, Gender and Identity. American Anthropological Association. Washington, D.C., November 2007.

“Moving away from marital violence: Nepali mothers, social constraints, and critical responses.” Session titled Violence-Induced Migration and Its Impact on Reproduction. American Anthropological Association. San Jose, California, November 2006.

 “Reproducing hierarchies: Delineating concepts in social theory using women’s reproductive realities in Nepal.” Session titled Globalizing Reproduction: Toward Theoretical Centrality.  American Anthropological Association. Washington, D.C., November 2005.