Lise Byars George

Assistant Professor of Instruction and Internship Director
Email: lbyarsgeorge@txstate.edu
Phone: 512.245.8272
Office: ELA 271C

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
2010 – 2015  Ph.D. ABD – The Ohio State University, Anthropology
2009  M.A. – The Ohio State University, Anthropology | Thesis: Conceptualizing Vulnerability: The Impact, Meaning, and the Human Response to Social Catastrophe
2003 J.D. – Washington University in St. Louis, Law
2000 B.A. – Washington University in St. Louis, Anthropology (Minors: Political Science, Business)

Research Interests:
Applied anthropology; disasters; gender, vulnerability and the use of social social support; ethnicity and identity; anthropology and law; transnationalism and migration

Lise (she/her/hers) (pronounced “Lee-Cee”) is a Cultural Anthropologist and a former lawyer and community organizer. She is an experienced educator having taught undergraduate courses courses in cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, sociology and social science. She has worked as a community organizer for the AFL-CIO of Ohio and the Alliance for Retired Americans; and as an attorney at a boutique firm where her professional legal experience included immigration, employment discrimination, estate planning, licensing of biotechnology, and business incorporation.

Lise provides a unique background with her experience working and building relationships with non-profits, corporations, and government, and is passionate about helping students find their interests and learning how anthropological methods and theories are applicable to developing a unique “toolkit” of skills and how valuable the anthropological perspective and training is to fields beyond the social sciences.

• ANTH 3101: Writing Anthropology
• ANTH 3102: Professionalization in Anthropology
• ANTH 3331E: Anthropology & the Law
• ANTH 4390/5390: Internship in Anthropology
• ANTH 5302/7302: Teaching Anthropology
• US 1100: University Seminar