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Jennifer R. Cash, PhD
Visitor Exchange Coordinator
4416 Posvar Hall
412-648-1217
jrcash (a) pitt edu
Jennifer is responsible for coordinating faculty and professional exchange programs between REES and
Eastern Europe
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Bio
After finishing high school in Newark, Delaware, I attended the University of Chicago, where I became interested in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Since 1999, I have been conducting fieldwork on ethnic and national identity in the Republic of Moldova. I came to Pittsburgh in 2004 as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, and joined the REES staff in September 2006. I am now enjoying the chance to participate in the “behind-the scenes” work of visitor-exchange programs.
Education
Ph.D. in Anthropology, Indiana University, 2004
Certificate in Russian and East European Studies, Indiana University, 2004
B.A., University of Chicago, 1996
Languages
- Romanian (advanced)
- Russian (capable)
- French (reading proficiency)
Areas of Interest/Specialty
Ethnic and national identity, cultural policy, hospitality, folkloric performance and cultural revival.
Publications
- Forthcoming “Origins, Memory, and Identity: “Villages” and the Politics of Nationalism in the Republic of Moldova.” East European Politics and Societies.
- “Whither the Area in Area Studies? How Students Teach Us to Rethink the Boundaries of Eastern Europe.” Co-authored with Katherine Metzo. Journal for the Society of the Anthropology of Europe, 6(1):3-16 (Summer 2006).
- Whose House is Moldova?: Hospitality as a Model for Ethnic Relations. Occasional Paper #290. Washington, D.C.: Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center, May 2004.
- “Reviving Moldova: Social and Political Dimensions of Contemporary Folkloric Performances.” The Anthropology of East Europe Review, 22(1):61-76 (Spring 2004).
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