Mentor Record

Ellen Lewin

Women’s Studies Program /
Department of Anthropology
University of Iowa • Iowa City IA 55242

<ellen-lewin@uiowa.edu>

Degrees Earned:
Degree
Discipline
School
Date
Ph.D Anthropology Stanford 1975

Subfields of Interest within Anthropology:

Gender and Sexuality, Feminist Anthropology, Medical Anthropology

Interests within G/L/B/T/Q Anthropology:

Kinship and Reproduction

Regions of specialization and Languages:

U.S. Cultures

Major Publications:

  • Out in Theory: The Emergence of Lesbian and Gay Anthropology (coeditor with William Leap)
    University of Illinois Press, 2002

  • Inventing Lesbian Cultures in America (editor)
    Beacon Press, 2001

  • Recognizing Ourselves: Ceremonies of Lesbian and Gay Commitment Columbia University Press, 1998

  • Out in the Field: Reflections of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists (coeditor with William Leap) • University of Illinois Press, 1996

  • Lesbian Mothers: Accounts of Gender in American Culture
    Cornell University Press, 1993

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