CHARLES H. KLEIN URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY
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Like the harm reduction philosophy that informs my health promotion work, my teaching begins with “meeting students where they are.” From what I see, most are not seeking to become scholars, but to develop skills and advance professionally.  So rather than creating students, traditional or otherwise, I nurture personal development through critical engagement and community engagement.  At the end of the day, I measure my success by the extent to which I have sparked curiosity, unsettled default thinking patterns, and supported personal transformation.

Courses Taught
Practicing Anthropology
Anthropology of Food
​Urban Anthropology
Applied Anthropology
Politics and Protest in Brazil
Social Theory - Face-to-Face
Social Theory - Online

Sociocultural Graduate Seminar

Culture, Health & Healing
Medical Anthropology
Peoples & Cultures of Latin America

Student Work
Graphic Novels
PSAs
Assignments
Public Service Announcement
Theorist on The Colbert Report
Critical Analysis of a TV/Cable Food Program

Health Issue Grant
Class & Work in the US
Social Media Campaign - Latin America
Publications
Opening Up the Echo Chamber: Teaching Cultural Competence in Contentious Times
Department of Anthropology
Portland State University

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