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Bloomington, IN
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Awards
Phi Beta Kappa Couper Scholar 2006-7; P.A.Mack award for Distinguished Service to Teaching 2005; Trustees Teaching Awards 2020, 2016, 2014, 2010, 2003, 1997, 2003; Tracy M. Sonneborn Award 2018, Guggenheim Fellowship 1980; ACLS Fellowship 2001;“The Long Way Around,” Bender Memorial Lecture, 21st FACET Retreat, Pokagon State Park, May 16, 2019;
Medalla Binniza [Medal of the Zapotec People], given by the Fundación Histórico Cultural Juchitán for distinguished scholarly contributions to the Isthmus Zapotec. June 3, 2016. First non-Zapotec or Mexican to be chosen. Bicentennial Medal, for Distinguished and Distinctive Service, 2021; Honorary Doctorate, D.Litt. honoris causa, University of Limerick 2010
Areas of Interest
Long-term field research in Juchitan, Oaxaca; indigenous cultural and political change; pilgrimage and landscape; dance and performance; community and rural ecologies (especially Oaxaca and west coast of ireland)