Profile
Dr. Meghan Donnelly
Title: Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department: Anthropology
Degrees: Ph.D., University of California, Davis 2018
M.A., University of Chicago 2008
B.A., Boston College 2004
M.A., University of Chicago 2008
B.A., Boston College 2004
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Courses Taught
- Intro to Sociocultural Anthropology
- Social Research Methods
- News, Media, & Power
- Medical Anthropology
- The Mexico-U.S. Border
- Applied Anthropology
- Anthropology of the City
Research Interests
I’m a sociocultural anthropologist and ethnographer of journalism, state violence, and borders, with a geographic focus on Mexico and the Mexico-U.S. borderlands.
From 2015 to 2016, I spent 18 months conducting research in Mexico, shadowing Mexican reporters working in one of the most dangerous places in the world to practice journalism.
I am currently working on a research project in the rural California-Baja California borderlands, the territory of the Kumeyaay Nation. This research seeks to understand the impacts of border fortification on rural communities and ecosystems that span both sides of the political boundary.
Selected Publications
“Recalcitrance: The Foreclosure of News about Violence in Mexico” (The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 2023)
“Migrants in Jacumba shouldn’t have to rely on volunteer help. The government must step up.” (with Marni LaFleur, The San Diego Union Tribune, 2023)
“Teaching Students to Write Op-Eds.” (Society for Cultural Anthropology Teaching Tools, 2023)