Dianna M. Georgina
Instructor
Ph.D. 2007, Washington State University

I am a cultural anthropologist, specializing in psychological and visual anthropology. My dissertation consists of a 56-minute documentary video, "Siva! The Semiotics of Selfhood in Samoan Dance," and accompanying study guide, "Performing Selves."

Click here for the Siva! publicity page.

Academic Address:
Anthropology Department, Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-4910

Research Interests: ethnographic documentary video, role and interaction of psychology and culture in identity and self, adolescent identity formation, art in society, prehistoric art.

Courses Taught:

• Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Anth 316)
  • Spring 2008
  • Fall 2007
  • Spring 2005
• General Anthropology (Anth 101)
  • Fall 2007
• Art in Society (Anth 210)
  • Summer 1996
• Gender and Culture in America (Anth 214).
  • Summer 2007

Representative Publications
2001 The Small Mammals of Lime Hills Cave One. In C. Gerlach and M. Murray, eds. People and Wildlife in Northern North America: Essays in Honor of R. Dale Guthrie. London: BAR International Series 944.

1993 Anthropomorphic Figurines: A Brief Review of Recent American Literature. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Trypolean Culture, Kiev, Ukraine, July 1993. Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev.