Maxine Margolis
Encyclopedia
Maxine L. Margolis is an American anthropologist and an inductee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
. She is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida
in Gainsville, and has been with the University since 1970. Margolis holds a Ph. D in Anthropology from Columbia University.
She was a student and then a colleague of Marvin Harris
, and was one of those responsible for convincing him to leave Columbia University
for the University of Florida in 1980. Margolis's work is strongly informed by Harris's anthropological research strategy, known as cultural materialism
.
In the late 1990s, Margolis sued the University of Florida, charging sex discrimination after twice going through the university’s internal administrative procedures seeking redress. Both times, the university’s salary discrimination committee found that her salary lagged behind those of her male colleagues and that the gap was the result of discrimination. The University of Florida and the Florida Board of Regents settled the suit for an undisclosed amount.
Margolis is the author of many books on anthropology, notably Little Brazil, True to Her Nature: Changing Advice to American Women, and An Invisible Minority: Brazilians in New York City.
With Martin F. Murphy she edited Science, Materialism, and the Study of Culture the most comprehensive collection of writings by anthropologists strongly influenced by cultural materialism to date.
Margolis's research interests include gender, agriculture, Brazil and Brazilian immigrants to the United States. In December 2005 she was cited in a New York Times article Trading Status for a Raise, and appears in the companion piece, a New York Times video report Brazil in Queens.
Margolis is married to archeologist Jerald T. Milanich
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
. She is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in Gainsville, and has been with the University since 1970. Margolis holds a Ph. D in Anthropology from Columbia University.
She was a student and then a colleague of Marvin Harris
Marvin Harris
Marvin Harris was an American anthropologist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. A prolific writer, he was highly influential in the development of cultural materialism...
, and was one of those responsible for convincing him to leave Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
for the University of Florida in 1980. Margolis's work is strongly informed by Harris's anthropological research strategy, known as cultural materialism
Cultural materialism
The term Cultural materialism refers to two separate scholarly endeavours:* Cultural materialism — an anthropological research paradigm championed most notably by Marvin Harris....
.
In the late 1990s, Margolis sued the University of Florida, charging sex discrimination after twice going through the university’s internal administrative procedures seeking redress. Both times, the university’s salary discrimination committee found that her salary lagged behind those of her male colleagues and that the gap was the result of discrimination. The University of Florida and the Florida Board of Regents settled the suit for an undisclosed amount.
Margolis is the author of many books on anthropology, notably Little Brazil, True to Her Nature: Changing Advice to American Women, and An Invisible Minority: Brazilians in New York City.
With Martin F. Murphy she edited Science, Materialism, and the Study of Culture the most comprehensive collection of writings by anthropologists strongly influenced by cultural materialism to date.
Margolis's research interests include gender, agriculture, Brazil and Brazilian immigrants to the United States. In December 2005 she was cited in a New York Times article Trading Status for a Raise, and appears in the companion piece, a New York Times video report Brazil in Queens.
Margolis is married to archeologist Jerald T. Milanich
Jerald T. Milanich
Jerald T. Milanich is an American anthropologist and archaeologist, specializing in Native American culture in Florida. He is the curator of Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida in Gainesville; Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of...
Recent Books
- True to Her Nature: Changing Advice to American Women Prospect Heights, IL.: Waveland Press (2000 )
- Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City Princeton: Princeton University (1994)
- Little Brazil: Imigrantes Brasileiros em Nova York, Portuguese edition of Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City. Campinas, São Paulo: Papirus Editora (1994)
- Science, Materialism and the Study of Culture: Readings in Cultural Materialism, co-edited with Martin F. Murphy. Gainesville: University Press of Florida (1995)
- An Invisible Minority: Brazilians Immigrants in New York City rev.ed, Gainesville: University Press of Florida (2009)