Teaching

Recent Courses Taught

Introduction to the Comparative Study of Human Societies

Communication and Media

Colonialism and Post-coloniality in Africa: Encounters and Dilemmas

Anthropology of the Military and Policing

Language in American Life

Psychological Anthropology

Linguistic Anthropology

Language, Ethnicity, and Nationalism

Introduction to Contemporary Anthropological Theory (graduate only)

Anthropology Writing Seminar (graduate only)

Linguistic Anthropology for Ethnographers (graduate only)

Power and Violence (graduate only)

Courses prior to 2010

Anthropological Inquiry

Modes of Thought

Cognition of Culture and Society (with Ray Jackendoff)

Culture and Cognition

“Human Nature”

Teaching Awards

  • Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer '69 and Joseph Neubauer Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring, 2023. (Given to one tenured faculty member annually at Brandeis.)

  • Kermit H. Perlmutter Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, 2006. (Given to one faculty member annually until 2006 at Brandeis.)

  • Michael L. Walzer Award for Teaching Excellence, 2005. (Given to one junior faculty member annually at Brandeis.)

  • Certificate of Distinction for Excellence in Teaching, Harvard University. (Received for performance in each of five classes taught at Harvard between 1999-2001.)

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Student Reviews

Mentoring

Professor McIntosh has chaired or sat on dozens of PhD and Masters level committees at Brandeis (and, occasionally, outside institutions), as well as mentoring many Brandeis undergraduates in their senior theses and independent study projects. Here are examples of students she has worked with (note that these lists are not comprehensive):

  • CURRENT :

    • Meytar Inbar Dekel

    • Skyler Inman

    • Deniz Kizildag

    • Sargam Sharma

    • Sneha Visakha

    • Hui Wen

    • Yura Yokoyama

    • Iris Zhou

    DEFENDED :

    EXTERNAL DISSERTATION COMMITTEES:

    • Tawada Bvirindi, University of the Free State (South Africa) - 2022

    • Erik Meinema, Utrecht University - 2023

  • CURRENT :

    • Gabrielle Maryland

    • Noel Spalota

    • Qianqi Zhu

    PAST :

    • Emaan Abidi

    • Celia Burke

    • Camren Chapman

    • Jude Cheng 

    • Brittany Collentro

    • Shawn Dunlap

    • Steve Edwards

    • Sara Frailich

    • Antonio Gioia

    • Steven Gonzalez

    • John Grigas

    • Patrick Harhai

    • Paige Henderson

    • Kalie Jamieson (in passing)

    • Laura John

    • Christiana Joseph

    • Sophie Katz 

    • Yelim Lee

    • Sarah Lewinger

    • Naijia Liu

    • Brittany Long

    • Sasha Martin

    • Raphael Miller-Figueroa

    • Ashlee Moser

    • Stacy Pape

    • Grace Park

    • Shachar Reem

    • Sarah Reynolds

    • Beth Semel

    • Charlie Summers

    • Katie Tinch

    • Jonathan Turbin

    • Amaranth Weiss

    • Evelyn Bagley

    • Hannah Bair

    • Anya Bergman

    • Lillian Bickerstaff-Richard

    • Brian Blumenthal

    • Theo Brandt

    • Eliana Cohen

    • Madison Dulong

    • Alissa Fagin

    • Mariel Gruszko

    • Aiden Guthro

    • Emma Gutman

    • Evan Israel

    • Jessye Kass

    • Maxwell Krims

    • Mara Lebovitz

    • Xinyan Lin

    • Eve Markvardt

    • Linda Phiri

    • Benjamin Romano

    • Guilherme Santos

    • Nelly Schlaefereit

    • Martha Schwarz

    • Simona Shuman

    • Joshua Shuster

    • Rebecka Sokoloff

    • Anana Turner

    • Elizabeth Verrill

    • Alexander Wicken

    • Isabel Yeoh

    • Hannah Young

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