Robert Phillips cultural anthropologistrfphillips@bsu.edu
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About
I am currently an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Ball State University and an affiliated faculty member at The University of Haifa. From 2011-2014, I was an adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice at the University of Manitoba. I continue to supervise M.A. and PhD students in […]
Current Research
In my current research project, I use the discourse around various Jewish smartphone apps as a way of thinking about the larger and more complicated relationships between contemporary Orthodox communities and new technologies. I look at online debates among Orthodox Jews in the United States and Israel, focusing on how the prohibition against using technology […]
Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles 2018 Im/possibilities in the Field: Lessons from Jerusalem. In Sex: Ethnographic Encounters. Richard Martin and Dieter Haller, eds. London: Bloomsbury. 2014 Abjection. Short essay commissioned for inaugural issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly, “Postposttranssexual: Key Concepts for a Twenty- First-Century Transgender Studies,’’ 1(1-2): 19-21. 2014 “And I am also gay”: Illiberal Pragmatics, Homonormativity, […]
Teaching
During Fall 2018 I will be teaching three courses: ANTH 101 (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology), ANTH 459 (Ethnographic Methods), and ANTH 479/679 (Internship in Anthropology).
Current Students
Letters of recommendation I am happy to write letters of recommendation for current and former students. Before asking me for a letter, ask yourself the following questions: How well do I know this professor? Have I interacted with him before or after class meetings? Have I talked to him about my possible academic/professional goals before asking […]
Potential Students
Potential MA Students Ball State is home to a quickly growing MA program in Anthropology. Currently I am supervising students working on a variety of projects including the cultural aspects of new and emerging technology in the funeral industry and anthropological approaches to military technology. My main areas of interest/specialization are digital anthropology/ethnography, Internet studies, sexuality […]