Mary Durocher
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
Material culture and religion, religions of the world, African religions in Africa and in the Caribbean, religion and identity, life histories
Education
Ph.D. in Anthropology, Wayne State University, 2012Awards and grants
- 2012 Humanities Center Dissertation Fellowship
- 2011 Graduate School Summer Dissertation Fellowship
- 2010 Office of Teaching & Learning Summer Institute
- 2009 College of Liberal Arts & Science IT Mini Grant
- 2009 Humanities Center 2009 Faculty Fellowship
- 2007/09 Research Enhancement Program Social Science & Humanities
Selected publications
- 2011 Sherylyn H. Briller and Mary E. Durocher: What is Held Dear: Personhood and Material Culture in Old Age. In Nobody’s Burden: Historical and Critical Perspectives on Women’s Search for Social Security. Ruth Ray and Toni Calassanti, eds. Pp 197-222. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
- 2011 Janet L. Langlois and Mary E. Durocher: The Haunting Fear: Narrative Burdens in the Great Depression. In Nobody’s Burden: Historical and Critical Perspectives on Women’s Search for Social Security. Ruth Ray and Toni Calassanti, eds. Pp 245-269. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books
- 2008 Mary Durocher and Gillian Gray: Establishing a Clientele: Cases of Acceptance and Denial for Pensions in Old Age. Special Issue: “Historical Perspectives on Older Women's Struggle for “Security” in Old Age,” Journal of Aging, Humanities and Arts, Official Journal of the Gerontological Society of America, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, December, Vol. 2 (3):175-185
- 2008 Janet Langlois, Thomas B. Jankowski, Mary Durocher and Elizabeth Chapleski: Otherwise Destined for Eloise: Dread, Contentment, and the Public Alternative to Private 'Relief' in Old Age. Special Issue: “Historical Perspectives on Older Women's Struggle for “Security” in Old Age,” Journal of Aging, Humanities and Arts, Official Journal of the Gerontological Society of America, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, December, Vol. 2 (3):186-206
- 2012 Review of “Remembering Home: Rediscovering the Self in Dementia” (Habib Chaudhury). In Anthropology & Aging Quarterly, September 2012, Volume 33, Number 3. pg. 114
Other qualifications directly relevant to courses taught
- Study Abroad & Global Programs, Wayne State University
- Coordinator, January-June 2015
- 2015 Cuba study trip: Anthropology in Santiago de Cuba & Havana
- Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Wayne State University
- Exhibit: Follow the Lines: Fishing the Detroit River
- Exhibit curator, 2016
- Anthropology Material Culture Lab, Wayne State University,
- Anthropology department coordinator, current