Pam Frese

Professor of Anthropology

Department/Affiliation: Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Phone: 330-263-2256
Office Address: Kauke Hall, Room 014
Email: pfrese@wooster.edu

Degrees

B.A. Maryland 1974
M.A., Ph.D. Virginia 1979, 1982

Courses Taught

Introduction to Anthropology
Magic, Witchcraft and Religion
Ethnographic Research Methods
Gender and World Cultures
Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
Peoples and Cultures of the United States
Linguistic Anthropology
Science Fiction and Society
The Anthropology of Food

Research

She has done extensive research on the wives of retired military officers and gated retirement communities. She is also widely known for her expertise on anthropology of religion, Anglo-American life cycle rituals and American civil religious holidays.

Publications

With John M. Coggeshall (eds.). Transcending Boundaries: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to the Study of Gender. New York: Bergin & Garvey, 1991.
(ed.) Celebration of Identify: Multiple Voices in American Ritual Performance. (Foreword by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney), New York, Connecticut, London: Bergin & Garvey, 1993.
With Margaret Harrell (eds.) Anthropology and the U.S. Military: Coming of Age in the Twenty-first Century. New York and England: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 147-152, 2003.
"Guardians of the Golden Age: Custodians of American Military Culture and the Fortified 'Home' in Time and Space". In Home Cultures. Volume 5, Issue 1. March. Pp 11-28, 2008.
Forthcoming review of "Anthropological Intelligence: The Deployment and Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World War. By David H. Price. Durham and London: Duke University Press. July, 2009. Journal of Military History.

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American Anthropological Association
Central States Anthropological Society
Society for Feminist Anthropology
American Ethnological Society
Society for Humanistic Anthropology

Notes

Widely quoted by a number of national media outlets, including USA Today and The Los Angeles Times.
Faculty member since 1986.
Selected to serve on the Anthropology and Archaeology Peer Review Committee for the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program (CIES)
Content Consultant Chinese New Year, Ramadan, Christmas, and Cinco de Mayo in the Cultural Holidays Series. Edna Minnesota: Magic Wagon a division of ABDO Consulting Group, Inc.
Has appeared on CNN and multiple radio shows