Laura L. Cochrane

Anspach Hall 127
(989)774-7335

email: cochr1ll@cmich.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, August 2007
• A.M., Washington University in St. Louis, May 2004
• B. S., James Madison University, May 1998

Areas of Teaching Expertise

• Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
• African Cultures
• Anthropology of Religion

Research Interests

• My ongoing research is with weavers in northwestern Senegal, studying the ways they practice their religious, national, and ethnic identities through material processes of weaving and discourse about weaving.

Publications

• 2009. Senegalese Weavers’ Ethnic Identities, in Discourse and in Craft. African Identities: Journal of Economics, Culture and Society. 7(1): 3-15.
• 2009. Religious Expression in Senegalese Weavers’ Work. Material Religion: The Journal of Art, Objects, and Belief.