Dr. Crystal Sheedy
DEGREES EARNED / CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- Ph.D. 2019, Anthropology, University at Albany-SUNY
- M.A. 2011, Anthropology, Texas State University-San Marcos
- B.A. 2008, Anthropology, SUNY Cortland
PRIMARY COURSES TAUGHT
- Humans and Culture
- Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion
- Principles of Human Ecology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
- Community-Engaged Research
- Cultural and Linguistic Maintenance and Revitalization
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS
Publications- 2018. "Speaking in Tongues: The Importance of Speaking Indigenous Languages in Health Care." In Maternal Health, Pregnancy-Related Morbidity and Death Among Indigenous Women of Mexico & Central America: An Anthropological, Epidemiological and Biomedical Approach, ed. David Schwartz, 51-61. Springer Nature.
Presentations
- 2018. "U T'aan Nukuch Máak (Advice of the Elders): An Entrance into Maya Women's Symbolic World," American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, Nov. 14-18.
- 2018. "Turning Babies into 'Mayas': An Analysis of the Heets Méek' Ceremony," American Folklore Society (AFS) Annual Meeting, Buffalo, NY, Oct. 17-20.
- 2018. "Home as a Symbolic space: Examples from Yucatec Maya Women's Oral Literature," Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA) Bi-Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 8-10. (Poster Presentation)
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2018, Runner Up, annual Student Essay Prize, Society for the Anthropology of Religion.
- 2018, Honorable Mention, John Gumperz annual Graduate Student Essay Prize, Society for Linguistic Anthropology.
- 2015-2016, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship
- 2015-2016, Firebird Fellowship from the Firebird Foundation
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Anthropological Association
- Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
- Society for Linguistic Anthropology
- Association for Feminist Anthropology
- Society for the Anthropology of Religion
- American Folklore Society