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Mayanthi L Fernando

Mayanthi L Fernando

Professor of Anthropology, Provost, Rachel Carson and Oakes Colleges

Rachel Carson College, Oakes College, Anthropology Department

Areas of expertise: Anthropology, Animal-Human Relationships, Sense and Sensation, Islamic Studies, Gender Studies, Feminist Theory, Sexuality


Biography, Education and Training

B.A., Harvard University (Social Studies) M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago (Anthopology) I joined UCSC in 2008 as an assistant professor of anthropology and reached full professor a couple of years ago. My first book, The Republic Unsettled: Muslim French and the Contradictions of Secularism, was on Muslim activism and secular politics in France. I’m currently writing a second book, Companion Spirits, on more-than-secular approaches to the Anthropocene. I am also a co-editor of the... more »

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