Personal profile
About
Mary Elaine Hegland's field work has been in the Middle East and South Asia: Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan. She has also worked among Iranian Americans in the Bay Area of California and involves students in research projects among people of Iranian and other Middle Eastern backgrounds in the Santa Clara area. Dr. Hegland’s publications deal with the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979; women and gender in religion and politics in Iran; change and continuity in an Iranian village; and women and gender in Shia Muslim rituals in Pakistan. Currently, Dr. Hegland is conducting research about aging and the elderly in Iran and among Iranian Americans in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. She also plans to study women and gender and family hierarchy and dynamics as related to aging and the elderly in Tajikistan.
Contact Information
Department of Anthropology
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA 95053
318 O’Connor Hall
408 554-4646
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Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. in Social-Cultural Anthropology, Binghamton University--SUNY
… → 1986
MA in Social-Cultural Anthropology, New York University
… → 1973
BA Sociology and Psychology, Augustana College, Sioux Falls South Dakota
… → 1966
Research Interests
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Iran
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Disciplines
- Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Anthropology
- Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies
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Days of Revolution: Political Unrest in an Iranian Village
Hegland, M. E., Oct 30 2013Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Tajik Male Labour Migration and Women Left Behind: Can They Resist Gender and Generational Hierarchies?
Hegland, M. E., Dec 1 2010, In: Anthropology of the Middle East.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Educating Young Women: Culture, Conflict, and New Identities in an Iranian Village
Hegland, M. E., Feb 26 2009, In: Journal of the International Society for Iranian Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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A Discourse of Complaint: Precursors to a Mass Women’s Movement in Tajikistan
Hegland, M. E., Jan 1 2008, In: L’HOMME.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Grossmutter lebt allein in ihrem Häuschen: Alte Frauen in einem iranischen dorf
Hegland, M. E., Jan 1 2007, In: Journal-Ethnologie.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article