Marcia Rego, Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of Faculty Development and Assessment
Contact Info:
Office Location: Thompson Writing Program, 109 Art Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: +1 919 660 7062
E-mail Address: 
Typical Courses Taught:
- Writing 20, Embodying social meaning
- Writing 20, Translating the culture shock: beyond intercultural (mis)understanding
Synopsis
- Writing 20, Cannibalism to anorexia
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- Writing 20, Beyond genes
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- Writing 20, Writing cultures and cultures of writing
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- Writing 20, Diversity in human rights
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- Office Hours:
- by appt.
Education:
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Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2001
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MA, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1992
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Professional Degree in Clinical Psychology, Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil, 1986
Research Interests:
Language and Nationalism, Lusophone Africa, Portuguese Colonialism, Ethnographic Writing, Anthropology of Body, Intercultural Contact
Recent Publications
- Rego, M. "Unadvisable." Anthropology and Humanism 43.1 (June, 2018): 156. [doi]
- Rego, M. The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde Slavery, Language, and Ideology. Lexington Books, April, 2015 (216 pages pp.). [abs]
- Rego, MS. "Towards a Legible Anthropology: Airing our Dirty Laundry." 2014. Interactive Installation
[available here] [abs]
- Rego, MS. "The Naked Ethnographer." Anthropology Now 3.2 (September, 2011).
- Rego, MS. "Cape Verdean Tongues: Speaking of Nation at Home and Abroad." Transnational Archipelago: Perspectives on Cape Verdean Migration and Diaspora.
Edited by Batalha, L; Carling, J. Amsterdam University Press 2008.