Toni Shapiro-Phim

Toni Shapiro-Phim is an Associate Professor of Creativity, the Arts, and Social Transformation (CAST) at Brandeis University. She also serves as Co-Director of the Center's Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts and Chair of the CAST program. Her academic background includes a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Cornell University, an M.A. from Cornell, and a B.A. from Oberlin College.

Her research focuses on the cultural contexts of the arts in regions such as Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, particularly in relation to violence, genocide, migration, refugees, and gender issues. She has conducted extensive ethnographic research in Cambodia and worked in refugee camps in Indonesia and Thailand. Her teaching and research appointments include positions at the University of California-Berkeley, Yale University, and Bryn Mawr College.

• Research Interests: Dance ethnology, cultural anthropology, conflict transformation, refugee studies, and feminist theory.
• Awards: The lli Kongas Maranda Prize (2018) and the Norman Fund Award for Faculty Scholarship.

Shapiro-Phim is also Assistant Director of Global Community Engagement at COMPACT: Samuels Center for Community Partnerships and Civic Transformation, emphasizing community-focused scholarship and social justice initiatives.