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Charles Zuckerman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Formative Education at Boston College's Lynch School of Education & Human Development. His research centers on linguistic anthropology, specifically examining how cultural categories mediate ethical life in human interaction through long-term fieldwork in Laos and emerging studies on communicative technologies' role in ethical cultivation.
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- B.A., Reed College, Portland, Oregon
His scholarly focus spans cognitive/social development, formative/whole person education, language learning, and literacy. Dr. Zuckerman's work reconfigures understanding of social categories' functions in ethical life through meticulous analysis of gambling practices in Laos, moral economies, and everyday interactions. He emphasizes collaborative knowledge production through BC's Forum on Semiosis, which he founded to study communicative interactions.
His recent publications reveal a cohesive trajectory in linguistic anthropology and ethnographic theory, with recurring examinations of ethical reasoning in mundane practices, cultural typification systems, and the material-semiotic dimensions of social interaction—particularly through video analysis and discourse studies in Southeast Asian contexts.
Scientific Awards:
- Wenner-Gren Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023-2024)
- American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship (2022-2023)
- Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (2014-2016)
- Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (2013-2014)
- FLAS Fellowships for Thai/Lao Language Study (2010-2012)
- Linguistic Society of America Fellowship (2011)
Dr. Zuckerman has secured major funding from Wenner-Gren, ACLS, and Fulbright programs to support his ethnographic research in Laos. As founder of BC's Forum on Semiosis, he cultivates collaborative scholarly environments focused on interactional detail. His academic service includes organizing interdisciplinary spaces for studying semiosis while mentoring students in linguistic anthropology and ethical development frameworks.
He directs Boston College's Forum on Semiosis—a dedicated research collective examining communicative interactions through collaborative analysis of video recordings and discourse, emphasizing how ethical dispositions emerge in mundane social practices across cultural contexts.
