Pilar Rau

Pilar Rau (Pilar Karen Rau)

Pilar Rau's Experience:

• Visiting Assistant Professor at Rutgers University

  November 2013 - Present

  Advise student research, course development. Courses: -Anthropology Goes to the Movies -Anthropology of Art and Aesthetics -Anthropology of Robots and A.I. -Anthropology of Latin America -Culture and the Museum -History of Anthropology -Localities and Global Systems -The Politics of Culture -Rights and Wrongs of Indigenous People Visual Anthropology Visual Ethnography of Everyday Life (small media ethnographic film production)

• Bi-lingual Research Assistant at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

  January 2008 - January 2014

• Assistant Professor Adjunct at Hunter College

  2012 - 2014

  Teach seminar and lecture hall courses of up to 100 students -Introduction to Cultural Anthropology -Latin America Cultures and Societies -Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples -Magic, Witchcraft, Religion

• Adjunct Instructor, Anthropology at New York University

  September 2004 - August 2012

  General courses on Latin America, Africa, South Asia. Human Society & Culture, Cultural Symbols, and etc.

• Assistant Professor (online) at University of Maryland University College

  September 2003 - May 2012

• Triennial Exhibition Assistant at International Center of Photography

  May 2006 - September 2006

  Drafted wall lables, copy-edited catalog, prepare materals for press & education offices, visiting artist logistics, trouble-shoot media installation, assisted with installation, etc. etc. etc.

• Instructor, Spanish at University of Maryland Baltimore County

  September 1996 - May 2002

  Developed & taught media-enhanced beginning-advanced Spanish & conversation courses.

• Audio-Visual Technician at Instructional Technology

  1992 - 2000

  Set up and troubleshoot audio-visual and computer systems. Scheduling. Shoot video.

• Freelancer at Pilar Rau

  September 2002

• Associate Professor Adjunct II at University of Maryland University College

  August 2012

  Develop and teach online Spanish courses. Assess and implement new online teaching technologies. Train new faculty. -Nominated Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award -Advanced Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Workshop Certificate. -Certificate of Recognition for Notable Scholarly Activity in the Area of Professional Presentations

Pilar Rau's Education:

• New York University

  PhD
  Concentration: Anthropology

• Centro Tinku Intensive Quechua

  Intensive Quechua
  Concentration: Certificate

• New York University

  MPhil
  Concentration: Anthropology

• Centro Bartolome de las Casas

  Certificate
  Concentration: Intensive Quechua Language

• New York University

  NY state certificate
  Concentration: Culture and Media

• New York University

  MA
  Concentration: Anthropology

• University of Maryland Baltimore County

  MA
  Concentration: Intercultural Communication; Spanish/Sociolinguistics

• University of Maryland Baltimore County

  BA
  Concentration: Painting, Art History, Spanish

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