Adeline Masquelier facts for kids
Adeline Marie Masquelier (born in 1960) is a professor of Anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Anthropology is the study of human societies and cultures.
About Adeline Masquelier
Adeline Masquelier has studied many different subjects. She earned a degree in biology and physics in Lyon, France in 1978. She then studied Zoology at the University of North Carolina in 1980. Later, she focused on Anthropology, getting her master's degree in 1984 and her Ph.D. in 1993.
She did important research in rural Niger, a country in West Africa. She lived among the Hausa people in a town called Dogondoutchi. Her studies often look at how people live, their beliefs, and their daily lives.
Her research has explored many interesting topics, including:
- Spirit possession: This is about beliefs where spirits are thought to control a person's body.
- Reformist Islam: This looks at modern changes and movements within the Islamic religion.
- Bori religious practices: These are traditional religious customs of the Hausa people.
- Twinship: The cultural meaning and experiences of twins.
- Medical anthropology: How culture and society affect health and illness.
- Gender: How different societies understand and define roles for men and women.
Currently, Professor Masquelier is the executive editor of the Journal of Religion in Africa. She is also researching a group called the Izala Islamic reformist movement in Niger. She studies how this movement affects things like marriage customs, worship, and clothing.
Awards and Special Recognition
Adeline Masquelier has received many important awards and grants for her research. These awards help scientists and scholars do their work.
- 1987-1989 National Institute of Mental Health Dissertation Research Fellowship
- 1988-1989 National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Grant
- 1987-1988 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Grant
- 2004-2005 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
- 2005-2006 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- 2010-2011 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Books and Articles
Professor Masquelier has written many books and articles about her research. Here are some of her well-known works:
- Prayer Has Spoiled Everything: Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town in Niger (2001)
- Dirt, Undress, and Difference: Critical Perspectives on the Body's Surface (2005)
- Women and Islamic Revival in a West African Town (2009)
- Fada: Boredom and Belonging in Niger (2019)
She has also written many articles for academic journals, sharing her findings with other experts. These articles often discuss her observations on culture, religion, and daily life in Niger.
