Teresa Nugent earned a BA in symbolic Anthropology from the University of Virginia and an MA in English Literature from The College of William and Mary, where she wrote a thesis about James Joyce’s ...

Courses taught: Anthropological Theory, Peoples of Latin America, U.S. Ethnic Identity and Conflict, Prejudice and Discrimination, Anthropological Methods, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology.

Tamara is interested in interdisciplinary studies of religion, ritual studies, comparative studies of ancient Mediterranean cultures and application of anthropology, in particular symbolic ...