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Susan Seymour

Title: Professor Emerita of Anthropology

Institution: Pitzer College

Discipline: Social Sciences

Appearances: 1

Notable: 2004 Stirling Prize from the Society for Psychological Anthropology; author of 'Women, Family, and Child Care in India' and 'Cora Du Bois: Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent'; PhD from Harvard University

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Biography

Susan Seymour is a cultural anthropologist whose research has focused on changing family and gender systems in India through a multi-decade longitudinal study in Bhubaneswar. She served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at Pitzer College and as Coordinator of Women's Studies for the Claremont Colleges. Her most recent book is 'Cora Du Bois: Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent' (2015).

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