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Charlene Makley serves as the Elizabeth C. Ducey Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology within Reed College's Division of History and Social Sciences. She has been a member of the Reed faculty since 2000, specializing in Tibetan and Chinese studies with a focus on the Sino-Tibetan frontier zone.
Her research interests span Tibetan Studies, Chinese Studies, Cultural Anthropology, and Political Anthropology. Makley has conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, China, particularly in the Buddhist monastery town of Labrang and the region of Rebgong. Her work examines the intersection of state policies, cultural identity, and religious practice among Tibetan communities.
Makley's publications reveal a consistent scholarly trajectory focused on the impacts of Chinese state policies on Tibetan communities. Her early work examined gender and Buddhist revival in the post-Mao era, while her current research investigates the multi-faceted impacts of state-led development projects launched since the Great Develop the West campaign (Xibu Da Kaifa) began in 2000.
- Fulbright Senior Scholar
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship
Makley received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Michigan in 1999, with interdisciplinary graduate studies in Buddhist Studies, Chinese and Tibetan language and culture, and linguistic and cultural anthropology. Her research has been conducted over two decades in the Sino-Tibetan frontier zone, with fieldwork spanning from the 1990s to the present day.
