Ann Marie Leshkowich

Professor Ann Marie Leshkowich is a sociocultural anthropologist at the College of the Holy Cross, affiliated with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Asian Studies, and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University (2000) and specializes in gender, economic transformation, neoliberalism, middle-class dynamics, fashion, social work, and transnational adoption in Vietnam. Her research bridges ethnographic fieldwork with critical analyses of Vietnamese socio-economic transitions.

Education: Ph.D., Harvard University (Anthropology, 2000). Her teaching includes courses on Economic Anthropology, Fashion and Consumption, Contemporary Asia, Ethnographic Methods, and Theoretical Anthropology.

Research interests focus on how Vietnamese individuals navigate post-socialist economic reforms, with particular attention to gendered experiences in markets, the role of documentation in shaping identity, and transnational adoption. Her award-winning book *Essential Trade* (2014) examines Vietnamese women’s roles in evolving market systems, winning the 2016 Harry J. Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.

Publications span journals like *American Ethnologist*, *Journal of Asian Studies*, and *Fashion Theory*, alongside co-edited volumes on neoliberalism, fashion globalization, and Vietnamese studies. She has received grants and fellowships supporting long-term fieldwork in Vietnam.

Academic service includes co-editing special journal issues and contributing to interdisciplinary dialogues on Southeast Asia. Currently on sabbatical for 2024-2025, her work continues to explore intersections of class, gender, and cultural transformation in Vietnam.