David Syring
David Michael Syring | |
|---|---|
| Education | Rice University (PhD 1997) |
| Spouse | Mitra Emad |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | anthropology |
| Workplaces | University of Minnesota Duluth, University of San Diego |
| Thesis | Places in the world a person could walk: Auto-ethnobiographical explorations of family, stories, home and place (1997) |
| George E. Marcus | |
Other academic advisors | Stephen A. Tyler, Terrence Doody |
David Michael Syring is an American anthropologist and Department Head and Professor of Anthropology at the University of San Diego (https://www.sandiego.edu/cas/directory/biography.php?profile_id=16080). He is known for his works on the Saraguro people.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Syring received his BA from Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA) in 1989 and his PhD from Rice University in 1997. He is a former editor-in-chief of Anthropology and Humanism. During his career at the University of Minnesota Duluth, he developed a Participatory Media Lab with Mitra Emad (Professor of Anthropology at UMD).[4] In 2025 he moved to become Anthropology Department head at the University of San Diego.
Books
[edit]- The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Performance.[5] Routledge Press 2024. (co-edited with Lauren Miller)
- With the Saraguros: The Blended Life in a Transnational World.[6] University of Texas Press 2015
- Places in the World a Person Could Walk: Family, Stories, Home and Place in the Texas Hill Country.[7] University of Texas Press 2001
References
[edit]- ↑ Williams, Julie L. (December 2016). "With the Saraguros: The Blended Life in a Transnational World by David Syring. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2014. 161 pp". American Anthropologist. 118 (4): 968–969. doi:10.1111/aman.12796.
- ↑ Fine-Dare, Kathleen S. (March 2016). "With the Saraguros: The Blended Life in a Transnational World. David Syring. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2014. 150 pp.: Book Reviews". The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. 21 (1): 201–202. doi:10.1111/jlca.12204.
- ↑ Huarcaya, Sergio Miguel (May 2017). "David Syring, With the Saraguros: The Blended Life in a Transnational World (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2014), pp. ix + 161, $55.00; £36.00, hb". Journal of Latin American Studies. 49 (2): 427–429. doi:10.1017/S0022216X17000347. S2CID 151807391.
- ↑ "Dr. Mitra Emad". College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, UMN Duluth.
- ↑ "The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Performance". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
- ↑ "With the Saraguros". University of Texas Press. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Places in the World a Person Could Walk". University of Texas Press. Retrieved July 23, 2026.
