The 2023-2024 AnthroGuide is the last print version. Edits for graduate programs are due July 31, 2023.

Katrina Daly Thompson

http://www.anthropology.wisc.edu

Professor| University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Anthropology

Primary Field

Linguistic Anthropology

http://www.anthropology.wisc.edu

Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Anthropology

Knowledge / Expertise

Interest/Specialty Areas

queer studies, African languages, Islam, language socialization, critical discourse analysis, Swahili, Shona

Biography

Katrina Daly Thompson (she/they) is Professor and Chair of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is also the Director of the Program in African Languages, and a core faculty member in Second Language Acquisition. She holds additional affiliations in Anthropology, Gender & Women’s Studies, Religious Studies, Folklore, and the Middle Eastern Studies Program. Her research uses critical ethnography and critical discourse analysis to examine African and Muslim discourse, with specific projects in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, North America, and online.

Phone	(608) 262-2866
Email	anthroinfo@mailplus.wisc.edu