Naomi McPherson
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Editor-in-Chief of Anthropologica journal
Director of Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
Degrees
- BA (Simon Fraser)
- MA (McMaster University)
- Ph.D. (McMaster University)
Research Interests
- Papua New Guinea
- Gender relations
- Myth and belief systems
- Colonialism in PNG
- Kinship and social organization
- HIV/AIDS
Sample Publications
- Sik AIDS: Deconstructing the Awareness Campaign in Rural West New Britain, PNG. in HIV/AIDS in Oceania. Editors: Richard Eves, Australian National University, Canberra and Leslie Butt, University of Victoria, BC. University of Hawai'i Press. March 2008. pp.35
- Myth, Primogeniture and Long Distance Trade-Friends in Northwest New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Oceania 77(2):129-157. (2007)
- Tracing Tradition: Twenty-five Years of Vernacular Architecture in Bariai, West New Britain, Paupua New Ginea. Pacific Arts, New Series Vol 6: 31-40. (2007)
- Women, Childbirth and Change in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. In Reproduction, Childbearing and Motherhood: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Pranee Liamputang, ed. New York, NY: Nova Science publishing. pp. 127-141 (2007)
- In Colonial New Guinea: Anthropological Perspectives. Naomi M. McPherson (ed.) ASAO Monograph Series Nbr. 19 Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. (2001)
Teaching Portfolio
UBC Okanagan Calendar Course Descriptions are available at available online.
- ANTH 100: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- ANTH 313: Anthropology of Gender
- ANTH 333: Anthropology of Myth
- ANTH 351: Ethnography of Melanesia (PNG)
- ANTH 414: Kinship and Social Organization
- ANTH 419: Anthropology of Religion
- ANTH 430: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual
Last reviewed 
5/10/2013 5:32:08 PM
Contact
ART357
Phone: 250-807-9325
Fax: 250-807-8001
Email: naomi.mcpherson@ubc.ca
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