Sociology and Anthropology
Christina Davis, Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology Program Coordinator
Education
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2011
- Certificate Degree in South Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 2011
- M.A. in Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 2003
- B.A in Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2001
Teaching Areas
Linguistic Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, and South Asia Studies.
Courses Taught
- Anthropology 110: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- Anthropology 210: Medical Anthropology
- Anthropology 380: Language and Culture
- Anthropology 419: Anthropological Theory
Christina Davis’s research interests concern intersections between language and digital media practices, multilingual policy, and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and India. She has published in numerous peer reviewed journals including Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Annual Review of Anthropology, Anthropology & Education Quaertlery, Signs & Society, and Language & Communication. Her first book, The Struggle for a Multilingual Future: Youth and Education in Sri Lanka (Oxford University Press, 2020), incorporates ethnographic research conducted during and after the Sri Lankan civil war to investigate the tension between ethnic conflict and multilingual education policy in the linguistic and social practices of Sri Lankan minority youth. Her current research project, which was funded by the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, examines language policy, language rights, and Tamil identity in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She is also pursuing a collaborative project with Chaise LaDousa on ideologies of mother tongue and English at universities in western and northern India.
She is an editorial board member of Journal of Linguistic Anthropology and an editorial advisory board member of Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology . She is a member of the American Anthropological Association, the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, and the American Institute for Sri Lankan studies.
Publications
Books and Edited Volumes
Special Journal Issues
Peer Reviewed Articles, Book Chapters, etc.
LaDousa, Chaise and Christina P. Davis. 2022. Medium in South Asia: Ethnography, Discourse, and Policy. In Chaise LaDousa and Christina P. Davis (eds.), Language, Education, and Identity: Medium in South Asia, 1-18. New York: Routledge.
Davis, Christina P. 2013. “Locating Voicing: Multilingualism, Ethnic Conflict, and the Configuration of Difference among Sri Lankan Muslims.” Tilburg Papers in Culture Studies. University of Tilburg. Paper # 62.
Davis, Christina P., and Grant P. Upson. 2005. “Spectatorship, Fandom, and Nationalism in the South Asian Diaspora: the ’03 Cricket World Cup.” International Journal of the History of Sport, 21:3/4.
Davis, Christina P., and Grant P. Upson. 2005. “Spectatorship, Fandom, and Nationalism in the South Asian Diaspora: the ’03 Cricket World Cup.” In Boria Majumdar and J. A. Mangam (eds.), Sport in South Asian Society Past and Present, with an Introduction by Dipesh Chakrabarty (295–313). London: Routledge.
Blogs and Interviews
Interview on T he Struggle for a Multilingual Future , CaMP Anthropology Blog, October 2020.
Christina P. Davis's The Struggle for a Multilingual Future. The Page 99 Test.
Growing Up in the Shadow of Sri Lanka's Civil War. OUP Blog.
Contact Info
Office: Morgan Hall 409
Phone:
(309) 298-1056
E-mail:
c-davis@wiu.edu
Website:
https://christinapdavis.com/
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