NICOLAS STERNSDORFF-CISTERNA SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST
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I am happy to be contacted by students considering our department for their studies. I generally work with students who share a thematic or regional interest; graduate students should choose an area of research that they are passionate about and I encourage you to contact me to discuss your interests. 

Click here for more information on our graduate program. You can get a sense of the courses I teach from the syllabi below. 

Course Syllabi

Graduate level
History of Anthropology, Part II (1970s~)
Political Economy

Undergraduate level
East Asia in Motion
Tasting Food: Politics, Science, and the Senses
Introduction to Ethnographic Methods
Global Systems and Processes: An Introduction

Graduate Students

Kara Griffin (advisor); working on security and dogs in Japan.
Ashvina Patel (committee member); working with Rohingya refugees in India.
Carrie Perkins (committee member); working with refugees in the Thai/Burma border.
Sara Mosher (committee member); working with Syrian refugees in the DFW area.
Laura Jarvis (committee member); working on globalization in the Pacific Islands. 
Joshua Dorfman (committee member); working on urban migration in Shanghai.
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  • Photography