Dr. Gina Hunter
Associate Professor
Sociology and Anthropology
- About
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Current Courses
398Professional Practice:Internship In Sociological Research
Research Interests & Areas
Dr. Hunter's regional specialty is Brazil. She has published research on women's reproductive health, foodways and food systems, higher education, pedagogy and research methods. At Illinois State, she is affiliated with the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program and the Women and Gender Studies Program. She leads a study abroad program in Brazil.
BS Anthropology
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Ph D Anthropology
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, IL
MA Anthropology
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Sabbatical Leave
CAS
2015
Administrative Fellow
College of Arts and Sciences
2015
Community Engagement Learning Award
Center for Teaching Learning and Technology (CTLT)
2014
Community Engagement Learning Award
Center for Teaching Learning and Technology (CTLT)
2012
Shaw Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching
College of Arts and Sciences
2012
Book Review
Hunter, G. Review of Brazilian Food by Jane Fajans. American Ethnologist 41.2 (2014): 393-394.
Hunter, G. Holy Harlots: Femininity, Sexuality and Black Magic in Brazil. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2011; xiii+293pp. Kelly E. Hayes (EDs). American Anthropologist 114.4 (2012): 705-706.
Hunter, G. Review of Handbook of Food and Anthropology. Anthropos
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
Robert, D., & Hunter, G. Anthropology of Food. Ken Albala (EDs), Routledge International Handbook of Food Studies. Routledge International Handbooks (2013)
Edited Other
Hunter, G., & Nancy, A. Special Issue: A Decade of the Ethnography of the University Initiative. Hunter, Gina and Nancy Abelmann (EDs), Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in teh Social Sciences. Berghahn 6.3 (2013)
Encyclopedia
Hunter, G. Portuguese American Cuisine. Andrew Smith (EDs), Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. Oxford University Press (2012)
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Abdulrehman, M., Woith, W., Jenkins, S., Kossman, S., & Hunter, G. Exploring Cultural Influences of Self- Management of Diabetes in Coastal Kenya: An Ethnography. Global Qualitative Nursing Research 3 (2016): 1-13.
Hunter, G., & Alves de Alves, D. A ETNOGRAFIA DA UNIVERSIDADE: Entrevista com a professora Gina Louise Hunter. Rita de Cássia de Alcântara Brauna (EDs). Educação em Perspectiva, Viçosa 7.1 (2016): 214-227.
Hunter, G. “Galeterias: Serving up Italo-Gaúcho Specialties in the South of Brazil”. Gastronomica: Critical Studies in Food and Culture 15.4 (2015): 59-69.
Hunter, G., & Nancy, A. A Decade of the Ethnography of the University Initiative. Hunter, Gina and Nancy Abelmann (EDs), Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in teh Social Sciences. Berghahn 6.3 (2013): 1-8.
Presentations
“Para uma antropologia da universidade: experiências de pesquisa nos E.U. e no Brasil” (“Toward the Anthropology of the University: Experiences from the US and Brazil”).. Ciências Sociais em Debate. Department of Social Sciences. (2015)
Creating Knowledge-Able Students through Reseaerch on the Library. Changing Teaching Changing Learning: Helping Students Become Knowledge-Able. CTLT. (2014)
Producing "Race" and Ethnicity at the Festa da Uva in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. 2014 AAA Annual Meeting. American Anthropology Association. (2014)
The Ethnography of the University: At Home and Abroad. Department Second Friday Lecture Series. Sociology and Anthropology. (2014)
The Way to a Student's Heart is Through Her Stomach: Teaching Food Anthropology for Civic Engagement. 2013 AAA Annual Meeting. American Anthropology Association. (2013)
American Students Encounter Race in Brazil: Reflections of a Summer Study Abroad Experience. Illinois State University. International Studies Seminar Series. (2012)
“Meeting Gringos:”North American Students Encounter Whiteness in Southern Brazil.. American Anthropology Association Annual Meetings. Panel: Negotiating Identities in In-Between Spaces. (2012)
“Spring Chicken” and the “Plentiful Table:” Eating Italian in the South of Brazil. Brazilian Studies Association Meeting, BRASA XI. University of Urbana-Champaign. (2012)
Tendo A Universidade Como Sujeito Etnografico” Apontamentos Metodologios e Dimensoes Pedagogicas. Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Graduate Programs of Social Sciences and Education. (2012)
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