Adeline Masquelier

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Associate Professor of Anthropology
Affiliation	Tulane University
Email	amasquel@tulane.edu
Mailing Address	Department of Anthropology Tulane University 1021 Audubon Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 504-862-3047 fax: 504-865-5338
Countries of Specialization	Niger
Research Interests	Doing research in rural Niger initially on spirit possession and since 1994 on reformist Islam. Current research focuses on a reformist Islamic movement known as Izala, and more specifically on issues of knowledge, tradition, and morality and the recent controversies surrounding worship, dress, and bridewealth among other things. Also working on an edited book on nudity and dirt in cross- cultural perspective.
Teaching Interests	Teach courses on gender, medicine, religion, clothing and dress, colonialism, Sub-Saharan Africa, and anthropological theory.
Publications	Bori practices in Dogondoutchi, a Hausaphone community of southern Niger. Prayer Has Spoiled Everything: Possession, Power, and Identity in an Islamic Town in Niger (2001, Duke University Press). Article on twinship, witchcraft and the pathology of consumption, and popular representations of healthcare in Niger and also contributed essays on healing, clothing and Islamic identities to edited books.
Keywords	gender, medicine, religion, clothing, colonialism, Sub-Saharan Africa, and anthropological theory.