IC Students and Faculty Present Anthropological Research in Buffalo, New York

This past Friday and Saturday (March 5-6), nine IC students and two anthropology faculty presented at this year's Northeast Anthropological Association annual meeting in Buffalo, New York hosted by SUNY Buffalo.

Presenters included:

Panel 1:

Sightings of Empire: Reflection on the Borders of the US Military (Chaired and Organized by Sue-Je Gage)

• Cameron O'Hearn - "The American Empire and Imperial Perspectives"
• Megan Duhancik - "The Effects Music has on the Audiences of US Military War Films"
• Alexandra Novak - "Bridging the Gap Between Service Members and Civilians through Film"
• Sue-Je Gage - "Reflections on Teaching a US Military Focused Course in Anthropology"

Panel 2:

The Anthropology of India: Critical Inquiries into Diversity, Transnationality and Crossing (Anthropological) Borders (Chaired and Organized by Denise Nuttall)

• Denise Nuttall - "The Rise of the Guru 'Cool': Global Crossings of New Age Gurus"
• Lindsey Humphreys - "Identity Formation amongst Jewish Communities in the Indian South"
• Chloe Nelson - "Crossing Borders through Film: Representation, Hollywood and the 'Indian' other"
• Megan Kelly - "The Fieldworker Apprentice: Practicing Anthropology through Cross-cultural healing"
• Hannah Siebold - "Applying Anthropology in India: The Case of ADAPT and Narika Shakti"
• William Landon - "Crossing Theatrical Borders: Interculturalism and Performance in India"

Individual Paper by Lindsay Pehmoeller on Muslim college identity at a small liberal arts college

As seen in Intercom.