E-mail
maxinem@anthro.ufl.edu
Office Address
Department of Anthropology
PO Box 117305
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611
phone (352) 392-0690; fax (352) 392-6929
Education
B.A. New York University, 1964, Anthropology
Ph.D Columbia University, 1970, Anthropology
Present Position
Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida, 1984-present
Other Teaching Experience
Visiting Professor, Florida State University, London Study Centre, 1982
Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, 1997
Courses Taught
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Gender Roles Cross-Culturally
History of Anthropological Theory
Contemporary Anthropological Theory
Cultural and Racial Minorities
Environment and Cultural Behavior
Anthropology of Contemporary Social Problems
Inter-Disciplinary Perspectives on Women
Seminar on Women in Latin America
Peoples of Brazil
Tribal Peoples of Lowland South America
The Peoples of Great Britain and Ireland
Seminar on Transnational Migration
Languages
Portuguese (fluent)
Spanish (good)
French (fair)
Major Fellowships & Grants
Fulbright-Hays Graduate Research Fellowship, 1967-68
National Science Foundation Research Grant, 1971
Wenner-Gren Foundation Research Grant, 1971
Tinker Foundation Publication Stipend, 1978
Fulbright Research Fellowship in Brazil, 1978
Wenner-Gren Foundation Research Grant, 1988
National Science Foundation Research Grant, 1994
Fulbright Senior Lecturer/Researcher, Brazil, 1997
Areas Of Research Interest
Transnational migration
Women's roles in the United States
Gender roles cross-culturally
Anthropological theory
Anthropological ecology
Frontier agriculture
Brazil; United States; Paraguay
Professional Organizations
American Anthropological Association, fellow
Latin American Studies Association, member
Major Professional Administrative & Editorial Service
Editorial Board, Latin American Research Review, 1986-1989
Editorial Board, American Anthropologist, 1989-93
Executive Board, Association for Feminist Anthropology, 1990-93
Executive Board, Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology, 1997-2000
Chair, Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology, 1998-2000
Recent Publications
Books
| 2000 | True to Her Nature: Changing Advice to American Women. Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland Press. |
| 1994 | Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City. Princeton: Princeton University. |
| 1994 | Little Brazil: Imigrantes Brasileiros em Nova York, Portuguese edition of Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City. Campinas, São Paulo: Papirus Editora. |
| 1995 | Science, Materialism and the Study of Culture: Readings in Cultural Materialism, co-edited with Martin F. Murphy. Gainesville: University Press of Florida |
| 1998 | An Invisible Minority: Brazilians Immigrants in New York City. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. |
Articles and Book Chapters
| 2003 | After Little Brazil: Brazilian Immigrants in the Contemporary United States. In Emigracion Latinoamericana: Comparacion Interregional entre America del Norte, Europa y Japon. JCAS Symposium Series 19, Japan Center for Area Studies, Osaka, Japan. |
| 2002 | Separation and Divorce in Brazilian Immigrant Families. In Contemporary Ethnic Families in the United States: Characteristics, Variations, and Dynamics, Nijole V. Benokraitis, ed. New York: Prentice Hall. |
| 2001 | Dr. Norma Wollner, Eminent Brazilian Immigrant. In Making It in America: A Biographical Sourcebook of Eminent Ethnic Americans, Elliot R. Barkan, ed. ABC-Clio Books. |
| Putting Mothers on the Pedestal. In Family Patterns, Gender Relation, 2nd edition, Bonnie J. Fox, ed. New York: Oxford University Press. | |
| Brazil. Countries and Their Cultures, Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, eds., pp. 283-301. New York: Macmillan Reference. [With M.E. Bezerra and J.M. Fox.] | |
| With New Eyes: Returned International Immigrants in Rio de Janeiro. In Raízes e Rumos: Perspectivas Interdisciplinares em Estudos Americanos. Sonia Torres, ed., pp. 239-244. Rio de Janeiro: Editora 7 Letras. | |
| Introduction. In The Rise of Anthropological Theory, by Marvin Harris, pp. vii-xiii. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. [Original edition 1968.] | |
| Notes on Transnational Migration: The Case of Brazilian Immigrants. In Negotiating Transnationalism: Selected Papers in Refugese and Immigrants, Marycarol Hopkins and Nancy Wellmeier, eds., pp. 202-222. General Anthropology Division, American Anthropological Association. | |
| 2000 | Some Political Dimensions of Transnationalism: The Brazilian Case. Network 9(2):7. Centro de Estudos Norte-Americanos, Conjunto Universitário Candido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro. |
| 1999 | We Are Not Immigrants: Contested Categories Among Brazilians in New York City and Rio de Janeiro. In Diasporic Identity, Carol A. Mortland, ed., pp. 30-50. Selected Papers in Refugee and Immigrant Issues Vol. VI. General Anthropology Division, American Anthropological Association. |