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Carrie A. Perkins

Adjunct Faculty

University of North Texas

Department of Anthropology

Email: Carrie.Perkins@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Southern Methodist University, 2019
    Major: Anthropology
    Specialization: Forced Migration
    Dissertation: Rethinking Repatriation: Karen Refugees on the Thai-Myanmar Border
  • MA, Southern Methodist University, 2015
    Major: Anthropology
  • MS, University of North Texas, 2012
    Major: Applied Anthropology
    Dissertation: Healthy Lives: Promoting Dietary Wellness for Burmese Refugees in Dallas
  • BA, University of North Texas, 2010
    Major: Anthropology

Professional Memberships

  • Society for Applied Anthropology. (2011 - Present).
  • American Anthropological Association. (2009 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ANTH 4300 - Migrants and Refugees, 4 courses.
  • ANTH 4701 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 4751 - Anthropology of Religion, 1 course.
  • ANTH 5032 - Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods for Non Majors, 1 course.

Research

Presentations Given

  • The Blind Men and the Elephant: The View From the Refugee, (2014 - 2014).