The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion Syllabus

Course Syllabus:  Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion Syllabus Spring 2018 (45490) V3.pdf

Meet Your Instructor:  

Instructor Name: Nicole Quinn

Phone: N/A (contact via email)

Email: quinn_nicole@sac.edu

Office Location: D-415

IG: AnthroQuinn

Office Hours for Spring 2018:

Monday: 11:45am – 1:15pm & 4:00 - 6:00pm

Tuesday: 10:10am – 11:40am

Contact Preferences: Please use email for personal questions or the Questions Forum to ask questions that might benefit your classmates, too! 

Communication with me: Your primary form of contact with me, unless otherwise scheduled, must be through my SAC email address: Quinn_Nicole@sac.edu

• Please note that your email to me must include the course number  in the heading of the email. You must also include your first and last name somewhere in the email.
• You are welcome to follow me on Instagram, though no course-related messages should be sent through this app: AnthroQuinn
• Response Time: M-TH you can expect a response within 24 hours. Emails sent between Friday afternoon and Sunday evening may take until the next business day to receive a response (Monday of the following week, if it is not a holiday).

A bit about me...

Prior to my academic career, I was enlisted as a Dental Tech in the U.S. Air Force. While a service member, I was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Phoenix, Arizona. 

During my first two years of undergraduate work, Orange Coast College was my home. I'm also a product of the California Community College system! My B.A. was earned at UCLA, where I double-majored in Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Human Geography. After undergraduate work, I began my M.A. at the University of West Florida, but then transferred and completed my degree in Cultural Anthropology at California State University, Long Beach. 

As a cultural anthropologist by training, my fieldwork has been conducted with many populations, but primarily with the Chumash Indians and the South Asian Indian population here in Southern California. Conceptually, my areas of interest are gender, marriage, religion, migration, globalization, colonization, environment, and artistic expression.