Anspach Hall 137
phone: (989)774-3469
email: Tara.Hefferan@cmich.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Anthropology, Michigan State University, 2006 
• MA, Anthropology, Michigan State University, 2003
• MA, Anthropology, University of Denver, 1998
• BA, Anthropology and French, Grand Valley State University, 1995

Areas of Teaching Expertise

• Globalization;
• Development;
• Gender;
• Culture and Disease;
• Sociocultural Diversity;
• Race and Ethnic Relations

Research Interests

• Anthropology of Development;
• Anthropology of Reproduction;
• Globalization and Transnationalism;
• Faith-based and Religious Non-governmental Organizations;
• Philanthropy, Humanitarianism, and Charity;
• Social Justice and Human Rights

Publications

• Hefferan, Tara. 2007. Twinning Faith and Development: Catholic Church Partnering in the US and Haiti. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press.
• Hefferan, Tara, Julie Adkins, and Laurie Occhipinti, eds. 2009. Bridging the Gaps: Faith-based Organizations, Neoliberalism, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Lanham, MD: Lexington Press.
• Hefferan, Tara. 2007. Review essay, “Faith in Development: Religious NGOs in Argentina and Zimbabwe.” Anthropological Quarterly. Summer 80(3):887-896.
• Hefferan, Tara. 2007. Film review, “Aristide and the Endless Revolution” for Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. April 12(1):326-328.