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Bill Wood

W. Warner "Bill" Wood

Assistant Professor

Interim Director, Museum of Culture
and Environment

Office: Dean Hall 334
Phone: 963-3209
Fax: 963-3215
Email: WoodW@cwu.edu

Education:

  • Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997.

Research Interests:

Greater Mexico & Latin America, Political Ecology and Environmentalism, Museum Studies, Expressive Material Culture, Globalization, Tourism, Ethnicity and Identity, Practice Theories & Qualitative Methodologies.

Courses:

  • Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (2006-Current)
  • The Anthropology of Environmental Issues (2007-Current)
  • Many Mexicos: Environmental Cultures of Mexico with Dr. Michael Ervin (Spring Break 2008)
  • Cultural and Natural Resource Analysis and Assessment with Dr. Allen Sullivan (2007-Current)
  • The Anthropology of Material Culture (2008-Current)
  • Museum Curation and Collection Management (2007-Current)
  • Museums and Communities (in development)
  • Museum Programming and Exhibits (in development)

Affiliations and Appointments:

Recent Select Publications, Exhibits, and other Creative Work:

  • In review Picturing Pristine Coral Reefs and the Government of Eco-Friendly Tourism at Las Bahías de Huatulco Resort (for The Art of Governance: Visual Culture in Greater Mexico, Mary Coffey and Sarah Hill, eds. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming).
  • 2008 Made In Mexico: Zapotec Weavers and the Global Ethnic Art Market. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
  • 2007-2008 Lead Curator, Exhibit: “Harnessing the Wind’s Power, Tracking the Wild Horse Wind Facility Story” Puget Sound Energy Renewable Energy Center at Wild Horse.
  • 2007 Book Review: Weaving Generations Together: Evolving Creativity in the Maya of Chiapas. Patricia Marks Greenfield. Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 2004. xxiv + 200 pp., illustrations, bilibiography, index. Ethos 35(3): available online.
  • 2006 Co-authored with D. Ayers, et. al. Harmful Algal Research and Response: A Human Dimensions Strategy. Washington, D.C.: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  • 2006 "Bound and Gagged Curator's Statement." In See/Hear: Museums and Imagination, ed. K. Jacobson, p. 46. Los Angeles: NHMLAC
  • 2005 Book Review: Mayas in the Market Place: Tourism, Globalization, and Cultural Identity. Walter E. Little. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004. x+320 pp., illustrations, epilogue, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. American Ethnologist 33(1): posted online February 2006.
  • 2005 Co-Curator, Temporary Exhibit: Conversations (February 20 - June 19) Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

 

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Ellensburg, WA 98926-7544
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