Faculty Profile

Melissa Nelson

Title
Lecturer
Department
Anthropology
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
MA, The University of Virginia, 2008. 
Major: Anthropology
MA, University of Manchester, 2004. 
Major: Social Anthropology
Dissertation Title: The Commodification of Authenticity: The Social Life of the Scottish Highland Tartan Kilt
BS, Emory University, 2001. 
Major: Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ANTH 4011.100, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 2980.100, Experimental Course, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 4920.115, Internship in Anthropology, Spring 2024 
ANTH 1150.200, World Cultures Through Film, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  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 4011.100, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4900.115, Special Problems, Fall 2023 
                    

                    ANTH 1150.200, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4920.115, Internship in Anthropology, Summer 10W 2023 
                    

                    ANTH 4011.100, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4920.115, Internship in Anthropology, Spring 2023 
                    

                    ANTH 1150.200, World Cultures Through Film, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4011.100, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4000.100, Applied Anthropology, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4900.115, Special Problems, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ANTH 4910.115, Special Problems, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    ANTH 1150.200, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4011.100, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4900.115, Special Problems, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ANTH 1150.200, World Cultures Through Film, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4011.100, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 1150.200, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4011.001, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 1150.200, World Cultures Through Film, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4011.001, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 1150.200, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 3101.200, American Culture and Society, Summer 8W1 2020  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4701.036, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ANTH 1150.200, World Cultures Through Film, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ANTH 4011.001, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4900.708, Special Problems, Fall 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 1150.810, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4900.714, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 4910.714, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2019 
                    

                    ANTH 4701.036, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 1150.810, World Cultures Through Film, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4011.001, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 1150.810, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4701.036, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4011.001, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 1150.810, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 1150.820, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4011.002, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4550.001, Race, Ethnicity, and Identity, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 1150.810, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 1150.820, World Cultures Through Film, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4011.003, Anthropological Fieldmethods, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4300.810, Migrants and Refugees, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ANTH 4550.001, Race, Ethnicity, and Identity, Fall 2014 Syllabus

          


          
*
  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 Review
Arellano, M. A. (2005). Translation and Ethnography: The Anthropological Challenge of Intercultural Understanding. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 11(1), 165. 
Journal Article
Mitchell, J. B., Dugas, J. P., McFarlin, B. K., Nelson, M. A. (2002). Effect of exercise, heat stress, and hydration on immune cell number and function.. Other. 34(12), 1941-50. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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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):
				
      
					
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			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):
				
      
					
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