Clare Boulanger

Biography

Dr. Clare Boulanger earned her Ph.D. in Social/Cultural Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. After completing two Master's degree projects at field sites in the United States, she received a Fulbright grant to travel to Malaysia for her doctoral work. Her research into Malaysian labor relations led to her dissertation, "'Workers Are One Race': Constructive Relations in the West Malaysian Workforce," published in 1991. In 1993 Dr. Boulanger accepted an anthropology professorship at Mesa State College (today Colorado Mesa University) in Grand Junction, CO, where she taught until 2013. During the summers from 1996 to 1998, she conducted research into indigenous ethnic identity in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, and in 2009 she held a position as a Fulbright Lecturer in American Studies at the University of ĐaÌ€ Nẵng in ViêÌ£t Nam. Her professional service includes a term as President of the High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology from 2003 to 2005; she also edited the Society's newsletter from 2005 to 2008. At Colorado Mesa University, Dr. Boulanger attained the status of Professor Emeritus in 2014. From August 2014 to July 2016, she served with the Peace Corps as an ESL instructor in PR China, Gansu Province.

Research Interest

Anthropology, Biocultural Evolution