Dr. Andrew Carruthers

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Andrew M. Carruthers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses in linguistic anthropology, semiotics, and Southeast Asian studies, among other topical classes related to migration and globalization. He is trained in ethnography and has a focus on Island Southeast Asia, specifically studying the everyday evaluative practices of Malay-speaking migrants and how they jointly navigate the infrastructural realities of life in this populous archipelago. His recent research and writing have centered on the theme of 'comparison' as a productive theoretical and methodological problem within humanistic and social scientific inquiries. In 2022-2023, Carruthers served as a U.S. Senior Fulbright Scholar in Malaysia, based at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Weber Foundation Research Group on 'Borders, Mobility, New Infrastructures' at the National University of Singapore and a Visiting Fellow at the Indonesian Malaysian Studies Programmes Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.

Research Interests

Courses

ANTH 6420: Ethnographies Linguistic Anthropology ANTH 6280: Language Culture Society: Special Topics ANTH 6260: Intensity ANTH 5550: Movement, Mobility, Migration ANTH 2550: Modern Southeast Asia ANTH 2020: Language, Migration, Diaspora ANTH 1140: Migration Borders ANTH 0330: Language, Society Human Experience ANTH 0120: Globalization Historical Significance

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
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