Education:
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PhD. Cultural
Anthropology, Ethnobotany PhD. minor, University
of Wisconsin- Madison, 2005
MA
Cultural Anthropology,
University of Wisconsin – Madison (1999)
BA
Cultural Anthropology,
University of Wisconsin – Madison (1995)
BA
Botany, University of
Wisconsin – Madison (1995)
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Courses:
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Anthropology 101: General
Anthropology
Anthropology 110: Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology 320 Anthropoogy of Religion
Anthropology
335: Peoples and Cultures of
South America
Anthropology 325:
Language and Culture
Anthropology 380: Anthropology of Health and
Illness (Medical Anthropology)-
Anthropology 353:Cultural
Emphasis in Ethnobotany (forthcoming)
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Scholarly Activities:
Books:
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In Press:
“Inhabiting the Imagined
Space”.
In the Realm of the Golden
King: The Imagined Space of the Guianas
(co editor
with Neil L. Whitehead), the University of Arizona Press.
Under Review:
Tuunaimo ! – The Flood: Towards and Anthropology
of Catastrophe and Natural Disaster in Southern
Guyana
(Stephanie W. Alemán)
The manuscript has undergone initial review and
has an expected completion date of December
2007.
Under Review:
Water, Stones, Ginger and Bones: The quest for
Magically Aided Healing Among the Waiwai of
Southern Guyana
(Stephanie W. Alemán).
The manuscript is in preparation for the
University of
California
Press with an expected delivery date of February
2008.
In Preparation for Submission:
Experiencing Gender in
Amazonia: Fieldwork, Emplacement and Social
Roles.
This MS will be
submitted for review in December 2007.
Book Chapter contribution:
"From Flutes
to Boom boxes: Traditions of Musical Symbolism
and Change among the Waiwai of Southern Guyana.:
In
Burst of Breath: New Research on Indigenous
Ritual Flutes in
Lowland
South America, Jonathan D.
Hill and Jean-Pierre Camel (editors).
This volume is under contract with the
University of
Nebraska Press
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Articles:
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Huelster, Stephanie M.
Gunn’s Strip: Guyana’s Most Remote Village. Stabroek News
Sunday Feature. Georgetown, Guyana: June 27, 1999
Patterson, Sara E.,
Huelster, Stephanie M.,
and Anthony Bleecker. (article) Floral Organ Abscission
in Arabidopsis thaliana. American Society of
Plant Physiologists Supplement to Plant Physiology.
105(1) Portland: 1994
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Conference Presentations:
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"From Flutes to Boomboxes:
Musical Symbolism and Change Among the Waiwai of
Southern Guyana" 52nd Congress of the
Americanists, Sevilla, Spain July 2006
""I am trying to be a real
Waiwai": Pau Chekema and contemporary,
multiple identities among the Waiwai of southern
Guyana". American Anthropological Association
Meetings. Chicago, 2003.
"The Changing Role of Women in
Waiwai Society: Endodynamics and Flexibility".
American Anthropological Association Meetings.
Washington D.C., 2001
"Living with
Amerindians-Understanding Indigenous Identity in
the Modern World" (invited lecture) Madison
Public Library lecture and program series.
Madison: 2002
"Waiwai Transitions: Changes in
Social Identity Among the Waiwai of Guyana"
4 Stephanie Weparu
Alemán
Indigenous Amazonia at the
Millennium Conference. Tulane University, New
Orleans: 2001
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Personal:
| Stephanie Aleman came
to UWSP in 2007. Prior to coming here, she
taught at Iowa State University. |
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