Kristin Hickman
Croft Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies and Anthropology Graduate Program Coordinator
Dr. Kristin Hickman is a Croft Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology as well as the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi.
Research Interests
Dr. Hickman is a linguistic and cultural anthropologist who studies the relationship between language, identity, and cultural production in Morocco. Her first research project examined debates over colloquial Moroccan Arabic (Darija) and its changing presence in the Moroccan public sphere. Her current research investigates shifting ideas about race and racial identity in contemporary urban Morocco, particularly in the context of growing migration from sub-Saharan Africa. This research has been supported by grants from the Fulbright Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has been working and conducting research in Morocco since 2006, and has studied in Egypt, Oman, and France.
Biography
Dr. Kristin Gee Hickman joined the University of Mississippi in the fall of 2019 as Croft Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, specializing in urban Morocco. She received her undergraduate degree in Anthropology and French and Francophone Studies from Barnard College, and completed her Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Chicago in 2019. She also received a Certificate of Advanced Arabic Studies from the American University in Cairo in 2012.
Courses Taught
- Anth 101 Intro to Anthropology
- Anth 311 Topics in Anthropology
- Anth 312 Muslims in the West
- Anth 353/Lin 312 Language and Culture
- Anth 606 Seminar in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
- Inst 101 Intro to International Studies
- Inst 209 Middle Eastern Studies
- Inst 315 Topics in Middle Eastern Studies
- Inst 421 Research Seminar I
- Anth 606 Seminar in Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology
Education
M.A. Anthropology, University of Chicago (2007)
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Chicago (2020)
Recognitions
- Frederick Starr Prize Lectureship, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, 2018
- Wadad Kadi Travel Fellowship, Middle East Studies Association, 2017
- Fulbright U.S. Student Research Scholarship and Critical Language Enhancement Award, U.S. Department of State, 2015-16
- Long-Term Research Grant, American Institute for Maghrib Studies, 2014-15
- Center for Arabic Study Abroad Fellowship, American University in Cairo, 2011-12
- Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research Grant, American Philosophical Society, 2011
- Critical Language Scholarship, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, 2010