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Marie Norman

Adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Associate Director, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence
Ph.D.: University of Pittsburgh, 1999
Department Member Since: 1998

Biography

Dr. Marie Norman serves as Associate Director of the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Adjunct Professor in the Department of History. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Anthropology, where she conducted doctoral research on tourism and caste relations in Nepal, funded by a D.O.E. Fulbright fellowship. Dr. Norman’s primary appointment is with the Eberly Center, but she also teaches a number of undergraduate anthropology courses through the Department of History (e.g., Medical Anthropology, Dilemmas and Controversies in Anthropology). In addition, she serves as an academic advisor for the Bachelor of Humanities and Arts Program and co-edits the journal, Ethnology. Dr. Norman is particularly interested in applying anthropological theories and methods to practical problems in education, medicine, and design. She has conducted applied ethnographic research for St. Margaret’s Hospital, Allegheny College, the Eberly Center, and Fathom Design. At the Eberly Center, Dr. Norman consults individually with faculty about their teaching, and regularly conducts seminars about teaching and learning to faculty, including at the Qatar and Adelaide campuses. She has been involved with a number of research projects, including studies of faculty satisfaction and retention, undergraduate student experience, and the impact of various educational technologies on teaching and learning. She is closely involved with Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative and also the Global Working Group. She is especially interested in cultural issues in the classroom and issues concerning international students and faculty.

selected Publications

How Learning Works: Seven Research-based Principles for Smart Teaching. (with S. A. Ambrose, M. W. Bridges, M. DiPietro and M. C. Lovett). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2010.
“The Challenges of Global Literacy – An Ideal Opportunity for Liberal Professional Education” (with I. Nair, G.R.Tucker, and A. Burkert). Liberal Education. Accepted for publication in Fall, 2011.
“Assessing and Addressing Faculty Morale: Cultivating Consciousness, Empathy and Empowerment” (with S.A. Ambrose and T. Huston). The Review of Higher Education, 29(3) 2006.
“A Qualitative Method for Assessing Faculty Satisfaction” (with S.A. Ambrose and T. Huston). Research in Higher Education. 46 (7) 2005.
“Defeating the Developer’s Dilemma: An Online Tool for Individual Consultations” (with M. DiPietro, S. A. Ambrose, M. Bridges, A. Fay, and M. Lovett). To Improve the Academy, vol.27, 183-198, 2009.
“Lessons from the Integration of Wikis in an Architectural History Course” (with Francesca Torello). In Browsing Architecture: Metadata and Beyond, EAAE Transactions on Architectural Education, #40, Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, pp. 156-166, 2008.
“Expanding the Discussion of Faculty Vitality to Include Productive Yet Disengaged Senior Faculty” (with S.A.Ambrose and T.Huston). The Journal of Higher Education. 78 (5), 2007.
“Where Resistance Falls Short: Rethinking Agency Through Biography.” (With Richard Scaglion.) In Identity Work: Constructing Pacific Lives. P.J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern, eds. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. 2000.
“Nepal.” In Countries and Their Cultures. Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, eds. New York: MacMillan. 2001.

Courses Taught

Medical Anthropology
Dilemmas and Controversies in Anthropology
Introduction to Anthropology
Theory and Practice in Anthropology
Film and the Arts in India
Going Places: The Anthropology of Tourism
Gender: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Contact Info

Department of History
Cyert Hall 122
P: 412.268.7406
mnorman@andrew.cmu.edu

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