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Anthropology’s Kathryn Takabvirwa served as cultural consultant for the Steppenwolf production of Familiar
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When Danya Taymor was hired to direct Steppenwolf’s new comedy, Familiar by Danai Gurira, she knew that she had to get the cultural elements exactly r...
Rebecca Sandefur, PhD’01, named MacArthur Fellow
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More than two decades ago, Rebecca Sandefur stepped onto the UChicago campus for the first time as a graduate student, drawn by what she saw as a uniq...
Sociology’s René Flores examines the cultural stereotypes that drive perceptions of illegal status
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Who are the “illegals”? Heated rhetoric on “illegal” immigrants has dominated the media for the past few years, with politicians and pundits blamin...