Dr. Conrad Phillip Kottak
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Location | Seabrook Island, SC, United States |
| Introduction | Conrad Phillip Kottak is the Julian H. Steward Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Michigan. He served as Anthropology Department chair from 1996 to 2006. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Kottak has done ethnographic fieldwork in and written extensively about Brazil, Madagascar, and the United States. He also is the author of several popular texts including Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity, Cultural Anthropology: Appreciating Cultural Diversity, and Mirror for Humanity. His most recent book, Media and Middle-Class Moms: Images and Realities of Work and Family (Descartes and Kottak, 2009) is based on ethnographic research in southeastern lower Michigan. |