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Mentor Record
Amber
R. Clifford
University
of Central Missouri
Wood 136B, Department of History and Anthropology
University
of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO 64093 <clifford@ucmo.edu>
Degrees Earned:
|
Degree
|
Discipline
|
School
|
Date
|
| PhD |
American Studies |
University of Kansas |
2007 (Ant) |
| MA |
History |
Central MO State University |
2001 |
| MA |
Museum Science |
Texas Tech University |
2000 |
| BA |
History and anthropology |
Central MO State University |
1997 |
Major
Influences on Professional Life:
Foucault,
Yi-Fu Tuan,
Judith
Butler,
Jose Esteban
Munoz,
Esther
Newton
Subfields
of Interest within Anthropology:
Gender
and
sexuality,
Space
and spatialization,
Identity
formation,
Museum
anthropology
Interests
within LGBTQ
Anthropology:
Spatialization
of non-normative
gender identity
and performance;
Grand narrative
constructions
of gender
and sexual
difference;
Rural women;
Gender impersonation;
Music Scenes
Regions of specialization and Languages:
United
States
;
Major
Publications:
- Book
Review "The
Motorcycle
Diaries"
International
Journal of
Motorcycle
Studies,
available online
at
ijms.nova.edu,
November 2005.
- "Prostitution
and
Reform
in
Kansas
City,
1880-1930."
In The
Other
Missouri
History:
Populists,
Prostitutes,
and
Regular
Folk,
ed.
Thomas Spencer.
University
of
Missouri
Press,
2004.
- Book
Review:
"Out
In
The
Field"
Archives
of
Sexual
Behavior,
December
2004.
- Book
Review:
"Hiring
the
Black
Worker."
South
Carolina
Historical
Magazine,
Fall
2002.
- "Embellished
Clothing
from
the
Arab
World."
Piecework magazine,
September/October
2000.
Other
Relevant
Information
(Current
research,
interests,
goals):
Spatialization
of non-normative gender
identity and performance;
Grand narrative constructions
of gender and sexual difference;
Rural women; Kansas City
jazz
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