Marjorie Snipes, Ph.D.

I am a cultural anthropologist with research interests in religion, pastoralism, identity, and culture change. My long-term research focuses on the social and spiritual relationship between pastoralists and their animals in the southern Andes of Argentina on the border with Bolivia, work that spans several decades. More recent projects have focused on religious change, including rapid change and adaptation of ritual practices, such as Eucharist, during the most recent pandemic and the cultural revival of herbalism in the U.S.

Anth 1102 Introduction to Anthropology (4 fields)

Anth 3170 Religion in America: The Shakers & Utopian Religious Communities

Anth 3188 Ethnographic Field Methods

Anth 4100 History of Anthropological Thought

Anth 4134 Animals and Culture (graduate section Anth 5134)

Anth 4144 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (graduate section Anth 5144)

Anth 4170 Myth, Magic, and Religion (graduate section Anth 5170)

Anth 4190 Modern Shamanism (graduate section Anth 5190)

  • B.A., College of William and Mary, 1985
  • M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989
  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996

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Summer 2020 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E01
  • ANTH-4170 (Myth, Magic and Religion) Section: E01

Fall 2019 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E05
  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology-Honors) Section: 25H
  • ANTH-4100 (Hist Anthropological Thought) Section: 01

Summer 2019 Sections

  • ANTH-3188 (Ethnographic Field Methods) Section: 01
  • ANTH-4170 (Myth, Magic and Religion) Section: E01

Spring 2019 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E01
  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E02
  • ANTH-4144 (Peoples & Cultures Latin Amer) Section: 01
  • ANTH-5144 (Peoples & Cultures Latin Amer) Section: 01

Fall 2018 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E03
  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E04
  • ANTH-4100 (Hist Anthropological Thought) Section: 01

Summer 2018 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E01
  • ANTH-4170 (Myth, Magic and Religion) Section: E01
  • ANTH-5170 (Myth, Magic and Religion) Section: E01

Spring 2018 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E01
  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E02
  • ANTH-3170 (Religion in America: Shakers) Section: 01

Fall 2017 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: 03
  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: 04
  • ANTH-4100 (Hist Anthropological Thought) Section: 01
  • ANTH-4186 (Internship-Teaching & Ministry) Section: E01
  • ANTH-4881 (Food and Culture) Section: 01D

Summer 2017 Sections

  • ANTH-3188 (Ethnographic Field Methods) Section: 01
  • ANTH-4170 (Myth, Magic and Religion) Section: E01

Spring 2017 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: 02
  • ANTH-4144 (Peoples & Cultures Latin Amer) Section: 01

Fall 2016 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: 03
  • ANTH-4100 (Hist Anthropological Thought) Section: 01

Summer 2016 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: E01
  • ANTH-4170 (Myth, Magic and Religion) Section: E01

Spring 2016 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: 04
  • ANTH-4134 (Animals and Culture) Section: 01

Fall 2015 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: 01
  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: 25H
  • ANTH-4100 (Hist Anthropological Thought) Section: 01

Summer 2015 Sections

  • ANTH-3188 (Ethnographic Field Methods) Section: 01
  • ANTH-4170 (Myth, Magic and Religion) Section: E01
  • ANTH-4885 (Shakers & Utopian Comm in US) Section: 01

Spring 2015 Sections

  • ANTH-1102 (Intro to Anthropology) Section: 01
  • ANTH-3170 (Religion in America: Shakers) Section: 01

Stein, Rebecca, Phillip Stein, Benjamin Kracht, and Marjorie Snipes, co-authors. 2024. Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft. Taylor & Francis. 5th edition. [View Publication External Resource]

Hasty, Jennifer, David Lewis, and Marjorie Snipes, co-authors. 2022. Introduction to Anthropology, 4-field. Rice University/OpenStax. [View Publication External Resource]

Snipes, Marjorie. 2020. De como me volvi gaucha. In Antropologas de la gran puna. Constanza Ceruti, editora. Salta: EUCASAL (Universidad Catolica de Salta - Argentina). [View Publication External Resource]

Snipes, Marjorie, 2020. Inside Anthropology. Kendall Hunt.

Salamone, Frank A. and Marjorie M. Snipes, eds. 2018. The Intellectual Legacy of Victor and Edith Turner. Lanham, CO: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield. [View Publication External Resource]

Snipes, Marjorie M. and Frank A. Salamone, eds. 2016. Passing the Torch: Mentoring in the Social Sciences. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press. [View Publication External Resource]

Snipes, Marjorie M. 2014. Montana Winter Days. Vabella Publishing.