Stevan Harrell
stevehar@u.washington.edu


Education

A.B. Chinese, Stanford 1968
Ph.D. Anthropology, Stanford 1974

Teaching

Taught over 30 different courses; directed 33 Ph.D.s

Research

Several fields in Arts and Sciences:
1) Ecology, ethnicity, education, and development in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan
2) Material culture and contemporary art in Liangshan and Taiwan
3) Historical demography and demographic methods in Taiwan and China
4) The theory and practice of translation, particularly between Chinese and English

Research in Yangjuan: http://faculty.washington.edu/stevehar/yangjuanuw.html


Publications

Recent books include:
Human Families, Westview Press 1997

Mountain Patterns: The Survival of Nuosu Culture in China (with Bamo Qubumo and Ma Erzi), University of Washington, 2000

Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China (edited volume), University of California, 2001

Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China, University of Washington, 2001

Administration & Service

- Director, University of Washington Honors Program,
1987-93
- Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, 1993-99
- Curator of Asian Ethnology, Burke Museum 1999-present
- Co-Founder, Yangjuan Primary School, Liangshan

Highlights

- UW faculty member since 1974, taught and conducted research in Department of Anthropology, Jackson School of International Studies, University Honors Program, Burke Museum, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
- Founding member of UW-Sichuan exchange program, International Environmental IGERT
- Curator of several museum exhibits on arts and cultures of China and Taiwan
- Conducted individual and collaborative research in Taiwan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang since 1970