Name: Thomas Csordas
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. Duke University, 1980

Field of Expertise: Tom Csordas is an expert on psychological and medical anthropology, anthropological theory, comparative religion,cultural phenomenology and embodiment, globalization and social change, language and culture. He conducts research on the contemporary U.S. and Native North America, and directs the CAPES/FIPSE student exchange consortium on “Cultural diversity, Social Inequality, and the Pursuit of Health in Brazil and the United States.”

Region of Interest: Brazil, U.S

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Selected Publications:
Csordas, T.J. "The Body in Anthropology." In International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences . (In Press)

Csordas, T.J. "Review of Maureen Schwarz, Molded in the Image of Changing Woman: Navajo Views on the Human Body and Personhood." In Transcultural Psychiatry . (In Press)