
Education
B.A. University of Chicago (1972)
M.A. University of Pennsylvania (1979)
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Anthropology (1986)
M.A. University of Pennsylvania (1979)
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Anthropology (1986)
Areas of Expertise
MAJOR INTERESTS
- Law and dispute settlement
- Religion and magic
- Cross-cultural study of personality and emotions
- Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia
Courses
ANTH 233 / ASIA 233 / REL 253 SEM
Spiritual Crossroads: Religious Life in Southeast Asia (not offered 2024/25)ANTH 234 / WGSS 234 SEM
Masculinities (not offered 2024/25)ANTH 328 TUT
Emotions and the Self (not offered 2024/25)ANTH 331 LEC
Witchcraft, Sorcery, and Magic (not offered 2024/25)ANTH 340 SEM
Artisan and Connoisseur (not offered 2024/25)ANTH 391 / INTR 391 SEM
Insurgencies: Revolts, Revolutions, Wars of National Liberation, and Jihads (not offered 2024/25)Scholarship/Creative Work
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- “Dead Goats and Broken Betrothals: Liability and Equity in Dou Donggo Law.”American Ethnologist 17: 75-90, 1990. Oxford University Press, 1988
- “History, Power, Ideology, and Culture: Current Directions in the Anthropology of Law.” Law and Society Review 26 (2): 373-411, 1992
- Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2000, co-authored with John D. Monaghan
- Dou Donggo Justice: Conflict & Morality in an Indonesian Society. Rowman & Littlefield, 2001
- “Law, Ritual and Order.” In K. von Benda-Beckmann and F. Pirie, eds., Order and Disorder: Anthropological Perspectives, Berghahn Books, 2007