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FULL-TIME FACULTY

Lynn E. Fisher

Associate Professor of AnthropologyAssociate Professor of Anthropology Lynn Fisher
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Interests: ecological anthropology, European prehistory, archaeology of late hunter-gatherers and early farmers in Central Europe, prehistoric technology, hunting and gathering societies.

Email: fisher.lynn@uis.edu
Phone: 217 206-7938
Office: UHB 3042

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Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Sharon Graf
Sharon Graf

Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Ph.D. Michigan State University
Interests: American folk and ethnic music, festival theory, music and identity, tourism

Email: graf.sharon@uis.edu
Phone: 217 206-6570
Office: UHB 3040 

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Assistant Professor of Sociology Jonathan Isler
Jonathan Isler

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph. D. University of California, Davis
Research interests: Work and occupations, gender and work, inequality, labor process, complex organizations, social theory

Email: jisle2@uis.edu
Phone: 217 206-7582
Office: UHB 3044

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Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jennifer Manthei
Jennifer Manthei

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Arizona
Interests: cultural and medical anthropology; race, class, gender, adolescence, and Brazilian studies

Email: jmant2@uis.edu
Phone: 217 206-7584
Office: UHB 3032      

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Assistant Professor Hinda Seif (SOA/WMS)Hinda Seif
Assistant Professor of Sociology/Anthropology
and Women & Gender Studies
Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology, University of California, Davis
M.A. in Women's Studies, University of Arizona
Interests: Mexican migration and the US-Mexico border; interactions of gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexuality, and nation; critical policy studies; law and society; human rights and citizenship; labor and work; Latino Studies; qualitative research methods.

Email: hseif2@uis.edu
Phone: 217 206-8413
Office: UHB 3017

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New Sociology faculty member Julia Chi Zhang
Julia Chi Zhang

Lecturer, Sociology/Anthropology
Ph.D. in Sociology, expected 2008, Yale University
Areas of Specialization: Social and Cultural Theory; Cultural Sociology; Sociology of the Arts; Contemporary Chinese Society, Chinese Intellectual History and Visual Culture.

Email: jzhan3@uis.edu
Phone: 217 206-8414
Office: UHB 3019