Margaret Bender
Encyclopedia
Margaret Bender is an American anthropologist who specializes in the language and culture of the Cherokee
people. She received her Ph.D.
in 1996 from the University of Chicago
, where she studied with the anthropologist Raymond D. Fogelson
. She is currently Associate Professor of anthropology and Chair of the Anthropology Department at Wake Forest University
.
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
people. She received her Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in 1996 from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, where she studied with the anthropologist Raymond D. Fogelson
Raymond D. Fogelson
Raymond D. Fogelson is an American anthropologist known for his research on American Indians of the southeastern United States, especially the Cherokee. He is considered a founder of the subdiscipline of ethnohistory....
. She is currently Associate Professor of anthropology and Chair of the Anthropology Department at Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
.
Works
- (2003) Signs of Cherokee Culture: Sequoyah's Syllabary in Eastern Cherokee Life. University of North Carolina Press.
- (2008) Speaking Difference to Power: The Importance of Linguistic Sovereignty. Foundations of First Peoples' Sovereignty Press.
- (2009) Native American Language Ideologies: Beliefs, Practices, and Struggles in Indian Country. Duke University Press.
- (2010) Reflections on What Writing Means Beyond What it 'Says': The Political Economy and Semiotics of Graphic Pluralism in the Americas. University of Arizona Press.
Sources
- Kan, Sergei A., and Pauline Turner Strong, eds. (2006) New Perspectives on Native North America: Cultures, Histories, and Representations. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.