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Karla L. Davis-Salazar

Associate Professor

• Curriculum Vitae

Contact

Office: SOC 156C
Email: karladavis@usf.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Anthropology, Harvard University
• A.M., Anthropology, Harvard University
• B.A., French Language and Literature, University of Michigan

Teaching

Introduction to Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Teaching Anthropology, Anthropology and Higher Education.

Research

After serving as an associate dean in 无码专区's Office of Undergraduate Studies for four years, I find universities to be fascinating social and cultural systems. Academia and administration truly are different worlds, and learning to 鈥渄o鈥� administration is a transformative process. My research on higher education therefore seeks to leverage the strengths of anthropology for both leading universities and understanding university leadership. The goal is to improve faculty-administrator relations to strengthen our universities while demonstrating the value and impact of applied anthropology. Among my research projects, I have applied anthropological theory and methods to understand how academic administrators learn to perform their role and adjust to their changed positionality in the university. I am currently investigating how anthropology is applied to academic administration by anthropologists serving as university administrators. 

Graduate Students

Emma Abell-Selby and Clara Buie.