Department of Anthropology

Lin Poyer
Professor
Cultural Anthropology

B.A. 1975, Bucknell University
Ph.D.1983, University of Michigan

lapoyer@uwyo.edu •  Anthropology Bldg 116

Dr. Poyer has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Micronesia (working on the Marshall Islands, Pohnpei, Sapwuahfik, Truk [Chuuk], and Yap), in Madagascar, and on the Navajo Reservation. At the University of Wyoming, she teaches Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Religion, and Social Organization.

Lin Poyer's CV

Research Interests:

Ethnohistory, Ethnography of Pacific Islands,Symbolic Anthropology, Ethnicity

Teaching:

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Religion, and Social Organization.