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Denice Szafran

Visiting Lecturer

of Anthropology

 Sturges 13F
1 College Circle
Geneseo, NY 14454
585-245-5174
szafran@geneseo.edu

Denice Szafran has been a member of the faculty since 2010.
Faculty Information

Education

  • Ph.D, University at Buffalo
  • MA, University at Buffalo
  • MA, Vermont College
  • BA, SUNY College at Potsdam

Employment

  • SUNY Geneseo, 2010 to present
  • SUNY College at Buffalo, 2009-2011, adjunct lecturer
  • University at Buffalo, 2008-2011, teaching assitant and lecturer

Research Interests

Linguistic anthropology, media/visual/digital anthropology, pragmatics, humor, performance, play, ritual, liminality, invented tradition, community, new religious movements, cyber and digital ethnography, social networking, social movements, identity, place/space/scape, flashmobs/urban pranks, and urban places/spaces.

Publications

  • 2011 Why Can’t We Count Past Two? Comparing the New Animism, Language and Cultural Views of Gender NEAA Bulletin, 33(2):7-11.
  • 2010 Critical Concepts: The Anthropology of Religion. Routledge. Assistant Editor, Phillips Stevens, editor, 4 volume set.
  • 2009 Edupunk/Anthropunk: What? Anthropology Now.
  • 2009 If You Cannot Whisper: The Performative Language of Magical Spells. NEAA Newsletter, Fall.
  • 2008 Zaduszki, Dziady: The Day of the Dead: The Pagan Roots Behind the Ancient Tradition to Honor the Deceased. Polish-American Journal 97(11):1, 4.

Affiliations

  • American Anthropological Association
  • Northeastern Anthropological Association
  • Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association
  • Association for Women in Science
  • Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages - database volunteer
  • Linguistic Society of America
  • Society for Applied Anthropology
My Classes

Anth 101:
S/M/Exploratn-Human Diversity

    This course will introduce basic concepts and methods of anthropology. The four sub-disciplines of anthropology will contribute to an understanding of humans as biological and cultural beings. The focus of the course is to examine the diversity of human cultures, with a primary focus on the non-Western world.

Anth 220:
Linguistic Analysis

    Anth 305:
    Field Meth&Tech in Linguistics

      Methods and techniques are offered in the traditions of structuralism to provide practical guidance for investigators of language in the field, where they collect data from living speakers. Topics include the theoretical underpinnings and discovery procedure of field linguistics, informant selection, sample building, data elicitation, file management, preliminary data analysis, and issues of relationship, etc. Prerequisites: ANTH 120 or permission of instructor. Offered not on a regular basis