Sociology and Anthropology
Christina Davis, Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology Program Coordinator (On Sabbatical Fall 2024)
Education
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2011
- Certificate Degree in South Asian Studies, University of Michigan, 2011
- M.A. in Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 2003
- B.A in Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2001
Teaching Areas
Linguistic Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, and South Asia Studies.
Courses Taught
- Anthropology 110: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- Anthropology 210: Medical Anthropology
- Anthropology 380: Language and Culture
- Anthropology 419: Anthropological Theory
Christina Davis is a linguistic anthropologist focusing on language policy, multilingual education, and language and media practices in Sri Lanka and India. She has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals including Anthropological Quarterly, Annual Review of Anthropology, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Anthropology & Education Quarterly, Journal of Language, Education, and Ideology, The International Journal of the Sociology of Langauge, Signs & Society, and Language & Communication. Her first book,听 (Oxford University Press, 2020), incorporates ethnographic research conducted during and after the Sri Lankan civil war to investigate the tension between ethnic conflict and multilingual education policy in the linguistic and social practices of Sri Lankan minority youth.
Her second book, "Mother Tongue and English: The Politics of Language at Indian Universities" (Under contract, Cambridge University Press), co-authored with , incorporates interviews with students at universities in western and northern India to examine how "mother tongue" is imagined in relation to English. Davis is also working on a long-term project that has been funded by the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies on language, place, and identity in Wellawatte, an historically Tamil neighborhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
She is an editorial board member of and an editorial advisory board member of . She is a member of the American Anthropological Association, the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, and the American Institute for Sri Lankan studies.
Publications (Click for PDFs)
Books and Edited Volumes
Davis, Christina P., and Chaise LaDousa. "Mother Tongue and English: The Politics of Language at Indian Universities." Under contract, Cambridge University Press.听
Special Journal Issues
Peer Reviewed Articles, Book Chapters, etc.
Davis, Christina P. (Accepted on 7/16/2024). The Language Politics of Aragalaya: A Multilingual Protest Movement in Postwar Sri Lanka. Anthropological Quarterly.听
Davis, Christina P. and Chaise LaDousa. 2024, in press. 鈥淪outh Asian Englishes in Linguistic Landscapes.鈥� In Handbook of South Asian English, edited by Rakesh Bhatt. New York: Oxford University Press.
听LaDousa, Chaise and Christina P. Davis. 2024, in press. 鈥淪outh Asian Englishes in Advertising.鈥� In Handbook of South Asian English, edited by Rakesh Bhatt. New York: Oxford University Press.
LaDousa, Chaise and Christina P. Davis. 2022. Medium in South Asia: Ethnography, Discourse, and Policy. In Chaise LaDousa and Christina P. Davis (eds.), Language, Education, and Identity: Medium in South Asia, 1-18. New York: Routledge.
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Davis, Christina P. 2013. 鈥淟ocating Voicing: Multilingualism, Ethnic Conflict, and the Configuration of Difference among Sri Lankan Muslims.鈥� Tilburg Papers in Culture Studies. University of Tilburg. Paper # 62.
Davis, Christina P., and Grant P. Upson. 2005. 鈥淪pectatorship, Fandom, and Nationalism in the South Asian Diaspora: the 鈥�03 Cricket World Cup.鈥� International Journal of the History of Sport, 21:3/4.
Davis, Christina P., and Grant P. Upson. 2005. 鈥淪pectatorship, Fandom, and Nationalism in the South Asian Diaspora: the 鈥�03 Cricket World Cup.鈥� In Boria Majumdar and J. A. Mangam (eds.), Sport in South Asian Society Past and Present, with an Introduction by Dipesh Chakrabarty (295鈥�313). London: Routledge.
Blogs and Interviews
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Contact Info
Office: Morgan Hall 409
Phone:
(309) 298-1056
E-mail:
c-davis@wiu.edu
Website:
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