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Susan Helen Ellison is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Wellesley College, where she is also a faculty affiliate in Latin American Studies, Peace and Justice Studies, and Environmental Studies. She serves on the board of the Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities and holds a Ph.D. from Brown University. Her research centers on urban Indigenous communities in Bolivia, exploring intersections of democracy, justice, violence, and financial insecurity.
Her research interests lie at the crossroads of political and legal anthropology, with a strong focus on lived experiences of democracy and conflict resolution. She investigates how global discourses on aid, governance, and rights are reinterpreted in local contexts, particularly through practices of trust, shame, and moral accountability. Her work critically engages with themes of racial capitalism, urban citizenship, and transformative social movements.
Ellison's recent publications reflect a consistent engagement with urban Bolivia, analyzing topics such as graffiti and public shaming, transport-based political expression, and the repurposing of capitalist logics by marginalized communities. Her work spans visual anthropology, moral economy, and embodied politics, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach grounded in ethnographic depth.
She has received notable recognition for her scholarship:
- Bryce Wood Book Award from the Latin American Studies Association
- Association of Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) Book Prize
Susan Helen Ellison has not had any students listed in the provided text, and no information about grant funding or advising roles is available. She is currently working on her second book project as a visiting scholar at Princeton University.
There is no mention of specific labs or research teams in the provided information. However, her interdisciplinary affiliations suggest collaborative engagement across humanities and social science centers, particularly through the Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities and Latin Americanist networks at Wellesley and Princeton.
