Westminster College

Faculty Member, Anthropology

Professor of Cultural Anthropology

About

I am a professor of cultural anthropology and the director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Westminster College in Fulton, MO.  As the only anthropologist at Westminster, I teach a wide variety of courses and have broad interests in anthropology.

I have particularly strong interests in the anthropology of religion and medical anthropology.  Earlier fieldwork included an investigation of the spirit possession/healing cults in Trinidadian Kali worship.  Currently, I am working on trying to understand the illness narratives found in Alcoholics Anonymous.

In terms of geographical area, much of my work (before the AA project) has been in Asia: Japan, Malaysia, India.

I also serve on the board of the Central States Anthropological Society.

You can find me on twitter or facebook as billguinee

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