Erin Moore

Research & Practice Areas
I have a longitudinal research project in Rajasthan, India that began in 1977 to the present. I have also done research in Michocan, Mexico on an immigrant home village and in central Washington State. I have a third research interest in healing pilgrimages to Brazil and Spain.
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology, U.C. Berkeley, 1990
- J.D. Law, U.C. Berkeley, 1977
- B.A. Psychology, Stanford University, 1973
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Research, Teaching, Practice, and Clinical Appointments
- Professor (Teaching) of Anthropology, University of Southern California, 2016-03-22-
- Associate Professor (Teaching) of Anthropology, University of Southern California, 2011-08-16-2016-03-21
- Lecturer, University of Southern California, 1992-2011
Visiting and Temporary Appointments
- Visiting lecturer, Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1995-1996
- Visiting Lecturer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990-1991
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Research Keywords
India, South Asia, Gender, Kinship, Global Health, Performance of Healing, Mexico and Immigration, Law, Dispute Resolution, Justice
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Conference Presentations
- “What It Means To Be Human, Perspectives from Anthropology.” , Organizer of Semester Series and one LectureLecture/Seminar, Senior Citizen’s Center, Invited, Pasadena, Ca., Spring 2013
- Recharging Your Teaching Energy Talk/Oral Presentation, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Invited, USC, Spring 2013
- Buscando La Forma: Birthing at Home, Around the World , Prenatal Teacher Training ClassTalk/Oral Presentation, The Art of You, Invited, Silver Lake, Ca. , Fall 2012
- Gender In India: Issues with Marriage and Violence Lecture/Seminar, Diane Winston Journalism 585, Invited, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Fall 2012
- Panchayat Justice and Gender in Rural Rajasthani Dispute Processing , U. of Wi., Madison, School of LawTalk/Oral Presentation, U. of Wi., Madison, School of Law, Invited, Madison, Wi., 10/11/2012 – 10/14/2012
- The Law, Legal Anthropology, and Affirmative Action in India, 25 years. Talk/Oral Presentation, Anthropology Club Brown Bag Series, Invited, USC Anthropology, Spring 2012
- Death and Spirituality Talk/Oral Presentation, Invited, South Pasadena, 2010-2011
- Diversity, Hinduism, and Caste: An Introduction to India. Lecture/Seminar, South Asian Rural Student Aid Group, Invited, USC, 2010-2011
- From Secular to Sacred: The Impact of religious law in South Asia Lecture/Seminar, USC Desi Group, Invited, USC, 2010-2011
- Diversity, Law and Violence, The Indian Case Study , International Congress of Law and Diversity Talk/Oral Presentation, Leibniz, University of Hannover, Invited, Hannover, Germany, Spring 2009
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- Rajasthan, India 2.5 weeks
Indian village ethnography, curriculum development for a field school. - Research on Spiritist healing, cultural variation: case studies in Los Angeles, Brasilia, Abadiana, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Rajasthan, India: Affirmative Action with Women, NGOs, and non-state dispute processing.
- Research on Spiritist healing, cultural variation: case studies in Los Angeles, Brasilia and Abadiana, Brazil.
- Rajasthan, India 2.5 weeks
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Book
- Moore, E. P. (2001). Gender, Power and Resistance in India. University of Arizona Press.
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- The Performance of Healing, Anthropology 301, 2012-2013
- The Performance of Healing, Anthropology 499, 2008-2009
- Culture, Gender, and Politics in South Asia: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka …., Anthropology, 2002-2003
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- Video , Documentary that explores the role of women in a northern Indian village in Rajasthan, India.
Key terms: Islamic law, women, village counsel, marriage, healing. exorcism, gender. , 1998-1999 - Video , Nara, Changes in the Rajasthan Village 2008, 2008-2009
- Video , Child care in a Rajasthani Village, 2008-2009
- Video , Documentary that explores the role of women in a northern Indian village in Rajasthan, India.
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- Steven B. Sample Parent’s Association Teaching and Mentoring Award Nomination, 2011-2012
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Other Advisement or Time Devoted to Students
- 40th Annual Western Departments of Sociology and Anthropology Undergraduate Research Conference. Santa Clara University Chaired session “Culture in Changing Times”, mentored three students on their presentations, dress rehearsal, etc. April