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Kathleen Young , Anthropology

Kathleen Young is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at WWU. Her cultural anthropological research focuses on the global issues of genocide, war, death and dying, and rape, religion and Islamic Law.

Select the link to the Portfolio to read about her teaching strategies in her own words. To see how she infuses critical thinking into her course, select the link to Institutional Goals.

Courses taught as part of the Anthropology Curriculum

• Anth 201: Introduction to
  Anthropology
• Anth 301: Development of Anthropology
• Anth 330: Anthropology of
  Religion
• Anth 353: Sex and Gender Roles
  in Culture

Courses designed by Kathleen Z. Young

• Anth 456: War and Human Rights
• Anth 457: Anthropology of Death
  and Dying
• Anth 417H: Cross-Cultural Law
• Anth 417Z: Islam and Conflict
  in Europe
• Anth 490: Cross-Cultural Trauma
  and Recovery

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