Academics at MBC
Faculty
Carrie Douglass
My father was in the army so I was an army brat. I was born in Panama, started
school in Japan, and graduated from high school in Germany. I got my BA from
the University of Nebraska in history (art history minor). After graduation
I went to Israel to participate in an archaeological dig in the Negev desert.
I later ended up in Spain, where I taught English as a Foreign Language for
eight years. When I returned to the states, I went to graduate school in
anthropology at the University of Virginia, where I was able to unite my
work with language, my archaeology, and my many travels. Soon after getting
my PhD I began teaching at Mary Baldwin. My early work in anthropology had
to do with regionalism, identity, patron saint festivals, and bullfights
in Spain. This resulted in a book, Bulls, Bullfighting and Spanish Identities.
Later I turned my attention to the phenomenon of low birthrates in Spain
and in all of Europe. This fieldwork resulted in another book, Barren
States: The Population “Implosion” in Europe. Recently
I have been working with colleagues who are looking at this issue beyond
Europe, in other parts of the world. I continue to go to Spain to work and
travel, take students, and visit family. I married a Spaniard and we
have three very grown–up children.
