Matilda Stubbs

Matilda Stubbs

College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology

Instructor

Email:  m-stubbs@neiu.edu
Office Hours:  Fall 2024Monday and Wednesday: 9:50 a.m.-2:10 p.m.Tuesday: 12:10-3:00 p.m.Thursday: 12:10-2:50 p.m.

Expertise

Cultural and linguistic anthropology, ethnographic research methods.
 

ANTH 212 Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 363 The Anthropology of Tourism
ANTH 307 The Anthropology of Gender, Sexuality, and the Body
ANTH 109E First Year Experience, Sweet Home Chicago: Identity and Culture in the Windy City

Research Interests

U.S. state social service administration, child welfare, adoption, fosterage, semiotic theory, ethnographic methods, digital, visual, and material culture (cars, tourism, ASMR).

Education

2018 Ph.D. Anthropology, Northwestern University 
2012 M.A. Anthropology, Northwestern University 
2005 B.A. Anthropology, Cultural Track, Honors, University of California, Santa Cruz

Selected Publications

Stubbs, Matilda. 2021. “Slimefulness as Self-care.” Anthropology News, 62 (3).