Merit Evaluation Form:
Philip W. Scher
Professor of Anthropology
RESEARCH
1. Grants, grant-writing, and awards
Grants Awarded:
Merchant-Ivory Foundation Grant (2013-2014)co- PIs: Philip Scher & James harper (Art History).
$25,000. (Awarded)
Wenner Gren Engaged Anthropology Grant (2013) PI: Philip Scher. $5000. (Awarded)
Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (2011-2012)PI: Philip Scher. $12,700. (Awarded)
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2008-2009) PI: Philip Scher. $43,000.
(Awarded)
Fulbright CIES Senior Scholar Fellowship (Barbados) (2008-2009)PI: Philip Scher. $50,000. (Awarded)
Grants Applied For:
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2014) PI: Philip Scher. $54,000. Decision Pending.
National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant (12/9/2014) co PIs: Philip Scher &
James Harper (Art History) $150,000. In Preparation.
ACLS Fellowship ( 9/26/2014) PI: Philip Scher. $64,000. In Preparation.
ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship (9/26/2014) co PIs: Philip Scher & James Harper. $140,000. In
Preparation.
ACLS Fellowship (9/20/2008) PI: Philip Scher. $64,000. Denied.
2. Research activity:
Field Work:
2012 (Barbados) 6 weeks field work and data collection on Heritage and education in Barbados.
2008-2009 (Barbados) 1 year field research and data collection.
Conference Presentations:
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Past.Tense.: Debating Historical Narratives of Slavery in the Contemporary Caribbean. Society for
Applied Anthropology. Albuquerque, NM (March 2014).
Is Heritage a Right or An Obligation? The Past For Sale: The Economic Entanglements of Cultural
Heritage. University of Massachusetts Center for Heritage and Society, Amherst, MA, May 15-17, 2013.
Heritage in the Neighborhood: Local Reactions to the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bridgetown,
Barbados. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2012.
Uneasy Heritage – Monuments and the Politics of Heritage Tourism in Barbados. Heritage Regimes and
the State. DFG Cultural Research Group on Property – Goettingen University, Goettingen, Germany, June
2011.
Monumental Decisions: Public Culture and Heritage in the Caribbean. American Anthropological
Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 2010.
Heritage and Cultural Diplomacy, Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum: Culture in Conflict / Culture on the
Move. Cercle de l'Union Interalliée (Paris, France) November 13 – 15, 2008
The Power and Pitfalls of Carnival as Cultural Heritage: Paper presented and seminar discussion (two
panels) “Carnival, A People’s Art and Taking Back the Streets.” University of Toronto and York University,
Toronto, Canada, August 2008.
3. Publications:
Book (Peer Reviewed):
Perspectives on the Caribbean: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation. (ed.), Oxford: Blackwell
Publishers (September 2010).
Journal Publications (Peer Reviewed)
“Heritage Tourism in the Caribbean: Identity and Politics After Neoliberalism.” Bulletin of Latin American
Research (Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 7–20, 2011).
“UNESCO Conventions and Culture as a Resource.” Journal of Folklore Research (January-August 2010,
pp: 197-203.)
“Monumental Decisions: Statues and the Politics of History in Barbados.” Journal of International
Heritage ( Submitted : May: 2014)
Book Chapters (Peer Reviewed)
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“The Right to Remain Cultural: Is Culture a Right in the Neoliberal Caribbean?” In Deborah Kapchan (ed.)
Cultural Heritage in Transit: Intangible Rights as Human Rights. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
Press. (May, 2014).
“Uneasy Heritage: Ambivalence and Ambiguity in Caribbean Heritage Practices” in Bendix, Regina,
Aditya Eggert and Arnika Peselmann (eds.) Heritage and the State. Göttingen Studies inCultural
Property. 6. Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen. (October, 2012) pp. 79-96
“The Power and Pitfalls of Carnival as Heritage.” In Christopher Innes (ed.) Carnival – Theory and
Practice. Trenton: Africa World Press (October, 2012)pp. 153-165.
TEACHING
4. Scheduled teaching: List classes taught since last review (include Spring 2013 to present) with
enrollments. List additional scheduled teaching activities and other notes (e.g. regularizations, class
improvements, buyouts, etc)
2008-09: On Sabbatical
2009-2010: Fall 2009: No Classes
Winter 2010: Anth 326 SCH 147 x 4 = 588, Anth 493 SCH 40 x 4 = 160 Anth 593 SCH 8 x 4 = 32
Spring 2010, Anth 280 SCH 135 x 4 = 540 , Anth 683 SCH 11 x 5 = 55
Summer 2010, Anth 326 SCH 20 x 4 = 80, Anth 493 SCH 21 x 4 = 84 Anth 593 SCH 8 x 4 = 32
2010-2011:
Fall 2010: Anth 199 25 x 1 = 25, Anth 280 94 x 4 = 376, Anth 411 32 x 4 = 128, Anth 511 12 x 4 = 48 ,Anth 615 5
x 2 = 10
Winter 2011: Anth 161 SCH 241 x 4 = 964, Anth 688 SCH 8 x 4= 32
Spring 2011, No Classes
Summer 2011, Anth 114 SCH 49 x 4= 196, Anth 161 SCH 46 x 4= 184, Anth 441 SCH 23 x 4= 92
2011-2012:
Fall 2011: Anth 280 103 x 4 = 412, Anth 199 25 x 4 = 100, Anth 615 9 x 2 = 18
Winter 2012: Anth 161 SCH 243 x 4 = 968, Anth 688 SCH 11 x 4= 44
Spring 2012, No Classes- on research leave.
Summer 2012, Anth 114 SCH 42 x 4= 168, Anth 114 (online) SCH 29 x 4= 116,
2012-2013:
Fall 2012: Anth 326 114 x 4= 456, Anth 493 27 x 4 = 108 , Anth 593 9 x 4=36
Winter 2013: Anth 114: 200x4=800, Anth 689 9x4=36,
Spring 2013: No Classes Taught
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2013-2014:
Fall 2013: Anth 411 2 0x4=80, Anth 511 5x4=20
Winter 2014: Anth 161 30 x 4=120,
Spring 2014: Anth 114, 300x4= 1200, Anth 683 6x4=24, CAS 130 25 x 4=100
5. Unscheduled teaching
Ph. D. Dissertations
Underway
Samantha King, Untitled (Chair)
Underway
Jonathon Turbin, Untitled (Chair)
Underway
Patrick Hayden, Untitled (Chair)
Underway
Robert Dobler, Untitled (Chair)
2014 Angela Montague, Contested Nation, Global Space: Tourism and the Politics of Heritage in Mali
(Chair)
2011
Ian Edwards, The Social Life of Wild-Things: Negotiated Wildlife in Mali, West Africa (Chair)
2011 Aaron Greer, Imagined Futures: Interpretation, Imagination, and Discipline in Hindu Trinidad
(Chair)
2010 Joshua Fisher, No Alternative: Participation, Inequality, and the Meanings of Fair Trade in
Nicaragua (Member)
2010
Leela Tanikella (U. of Texas). (Outside Member)
2009 Melissa Baird, The Politics of Place: Heritage, Identity, and the Epistemologies of Cultural
Landscapes (Member)
2008
Ulrick Casimir (English). (Outside Member)
M.A. Theses
2012 Samantha King, The Problem of Women's Work: Dichotomies, Dialectics, and Difference at the
Intersection of Gender and Agriculture. A Case Study from the Commonwealth of Dominica (Primary
Advisor)
Undergraduate Honors Papers
2013 Christopher Osip (Honors College). The Application of Anthropology in the Advertising Industry
(Primary Advisor)
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2011 Hannah Carr (honors College). U.S. Aid to Haiti: Dollars to the Duvaliers 1957-1986 (Primary
Advisor)
2010
Kathryn Hulse (Honors College). Female Sexual Tourism in the Caribbean (Secondary Advisor)
2010 Danielle Towne (Honors College). Censorship in the Media during Wartime Under the Bush and
Obama Administrations (Secondary Advisor)
Internships:
2013: Amy McComb: Vietnam
2014: Laura Nausieda: Malaysia
SERVICE
6. Service:
Department: Director of Undergraduate Studies (2008) Graduate Studies Committee, Director of
Graduate Studies (2010-2012), Graduate Awards Committee Chair (2012-13)
University: Dean’s Advisory Committee (2013-14), College Advisor (2007-present).
Professional Service:
Memberships: American Anthropological Association, American Folklore Society, American Ethnological
Society, Caribbean Studies Association, International Council of Museums, Society for Applied
Anthropology, Society for Caribbean and Latin American Anthropology
Book Manuscript Review: University of Chicago Press, School of American Research Press, University of
British Columbia Press
Journal Article Review, Book Review:
New West Indian Guide, Anthropological Quarterly (Editorial Board), Caribbean Studies Newsletter,
Wadabagei Journal of Caribbean Literature, City and Society (journal) Journal of the Royal
Anthropological Institute, Current Anthropology, Ethnos, Journal of Folklore Research, Environment and
Planning A, Anthropos, Journal of Folklore Research, Visual Anthropology, American Ethnologist, Journal
of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Tsantsa, Cultural Anthropology, Journal of Island and
Coastal Archaeology, Island Dynamics,.
Grant Review: NEH Summer Stipend Review Panel, NSF Cultural Anthropology Review
Panel.Editorial/Advisory Board:
Any other information you wish the Committee to Consider: David M. & Nancy L. Petrone Faculty
Scholar Award (2013-2016)
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