Mitra C. Emadis an American anthropologist and Distinguished University Teaching Professor at theUniversity of Minnesota Duluth.She is known for her works on cultural constructions of the human body. Emad is a recipient of the Horace T. Morse-University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award.[1][2] She is also an established somatic andyoga educator.[3]
Mitra C. Emad | |
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میترا عماد | |
| Education | DePaul University(BA 1987),University of Chicago(MA 1989),Rice University(PhD 1998) |
| Spouse | David Syring |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota Duluth |
| Thesis | Feeling the qi: Emergent bodies and disclosive fields in American appropriations of acupuncture(1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Eugenia Georges |
| Other academic advisors | Kathryn Milun Stephen A. Tyler George Marcus Elizabeth Long |
Career
editEmad received her BA fromDePaul Universityin 1987 and her MA from theUniversity of Chicagoin 1989. She wrote her doctoral dissertation onacupunctureamong Americans under the supervision ofEugenia GeorgesatRice Universityin 1998. During her career at theUniversity of Minnesota Duluth,she developed a Participatory Media Lab withDavid Syring(Professor of Anthropology at UMD).[4]
References
edit- ^"Congratulations, Mitra Emad!".umnalumni.org.
- ^"Two faculty members to receive Horace T. Morse Awards".The Bark.26 March 2018.
- ^"Mitra Emad".Yoga Alliance.
- ^"Dr. Mitra Emad".College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, UMN Duluth.
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