Rachel George

Rachel George is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Whitman College. She specializes in cultural and linguistic anthropology, focusing on youth political engagement in post-Yugoslav Serbia and U.S. family political participation. Her teaching includes courses on ethnographic methods and digital media anthropology.

Education:

• B.A., New York University, 2005
• M.A. & Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2014

Her research explores shifting notions of language, ethnicity, and community involvement among Serbian youth born during the Yugoslav breakup, alongside U.S. family civic engagement. She emphasizes ethnographic fieldwork and digital media analysis in her work.