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Donna Young began her journey in anthropology by cooking for transient railroaders of the Canadian Pacific Railway and led her MA thesis on the topic 'The Right Way, Wrong Way, Railway' at the University of New Brunswick. She has maintained a strong interest in the intersections of anthropology with work and politics, particularly concerning gender and class. Her doctoral work focused on the cultural constructions of memory articulated by impoverished women in Atlantic Canada. She has co-edited a book that challenges anthropologists to turn their ethnographic gaze on the institutions that shape scholars. Currently, she is examining ethical and religious practices in East and West Jerusalem through the experiences of Sisters of Sion and Roman Catholic pilgrims in the Holy Land. Her teaching interests include Conceptualizing Religion, Ritual Religious Action, and Political Anthropology. Young has published extensively, including a special section on pilgrimage in 'Religion & Society: Advances in Research' and several articles focusing on themes of memory and the anthropology of religion, contributing significantly to the discourse in her field.
Department of Sociology