Curriculum Vitae
Education
1983
Ph.D in Social Anthropology, Cornell University
1976
BA in Anthropology magna cum laude, Duke University
Professional Experience
1982-83
Research Assistant, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
1983-91
Lecturer/Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland in College Park
1991-93
Fulbright Senior Scholar, Institut für Kulturwissenschaften (Department of Cultural Sciences), University of Leipzig
1993-2000
Lecturer, Institut für Kulturwissenschaften, University of Leipzig
1996-98
Research Associate for the Project "Sozialer Wandel in Sachsen" (Social Change in Saxony) funded by the State Government of Saxony
1998
Acting Managing Director, Zentrum für Höhere Studien (Center for Advanced Studies), University of Leipzig
1999
Research Associate, University of Leipzig, Sonderforschungsbereich 417 "Regionenbezogene Identifikationsprozesse: Das Beispiel Sachsen" (Team Research Project on Regional Processes of Identification in Saxony)
2000-
Research Associate, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany
Fieldwork
1979-81
Boppard on the Rhine, Federal Republic of Germany (20 months)
1991-93
Boppard on the Rhine, Federal Republic of Germany (2 months)
1994-98
Breunsdorf near Leipzig, Federal Republic of Germany (intermittent)
2000-02
Southern Region of Leipzig, Federal Republic of Germany