Faculty Profile

Karine Narahara

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Anthropology
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), 2019.
Major: Anthropology
Dissertation Title: In Mapuche’s Territory: Petroleum Companies, Newen and Knowledge in Puel Mapu (Argentina)
Licenciatura, Lutheran University of Brazil, 2017.
Major: Social Sciences
MA, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), 2011.
Major: Anthropology
Dissertation Title: Between the Margin and the Center: Agroextractivism, Interchange, and Reciprocity in a Rubber State at Acre
BS, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), 2003.
Major: Biological Sciences

Current Scheduled Teaching*

ANTH 5400.200, Environmental Anthropology, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 3996.001, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, Spring 2024
ANTH 3200.100, Latin America, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 4900.108, Special Problems, Spring 2024

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

ANTH 4400.100, Environmental Anthropology, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5400.100, Environmental Anthropology, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5031.200, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.116, Special Problems, Fall 8W2 2023
ANTH 5900.108, Special Problems, Fall 2023
ANTH 5950.208, Applied Thesis, Spring 2023
ANTH 5400.200, Environmental Anthropology, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3200.100, Latin America, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.108, Special Problems, Spring 2023
ANTH 5950.208, Applied Thesis, Fall 2022
ANTH 4400.100, Environmental Anthropology, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 5400.100, Environmental Anthropology, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Narahara, K. (2022). In Mapuche’s Territory: Petroleum Companies and cosmopolitics in Argentinian Patagonia. 380. Rio de Janeiro: Ape's. https://www.amazon.com/território-mapuche-petroleiras-cosmopol%C3%ADticas-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B0B5W49FM3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OF4S7KVMCKEI&keywords=karine+narahara&qid=1673466856&sprefix=karine+narahara%2Caps%2C91&sr=8-1
Journal Article
Narahara, K., Tavares, I. (2022). Dossier Presentation. 27(3), 1-20. Londrina: State University of Londrina (Brazil).
Narahara, K., Cardoso, T. (2022). Dossier Presentation. 14(2), 8-18. São Carlos, São Paulo: Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR). http://www.rau.ufscar.br/?p=1940
Special Issue for an Academic Magazine
Narahara, K., Tavares, I. (2022). When The “Other” Is the Anthropologist: Reflections on Contemporary Ethnographic Productions. 27(3), . Londrina: State University of Londrina. https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/issue/view/1857
Narahara, K., Cardoso, T. (2022). Which Worlds in Ruins? The Anthropocene at Stake. 14(2), 8-168. São Carlos, São Paulo: Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCAR). http://www.rau.ufscar.br/?p=1940

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Narahara, K. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award (SCA)," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (December 13, 2022July 31, 2023).
Grant - Teaching
Narahara, K. (Principal), Carey, C. (Supporting), Gualdron Ramirez, M. (Supporting), Carrington, J. (Supporting), "Afro-Brazilian Religions, Black Anthropologies, and Academic Diversity," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (November 4, 2022August 10, 2023).
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Overall
Summative Rating
Challenge and
Engagement Index
Response Rate

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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