Antoaneta Tileva Professorial Lecturer SIS | PHR&CR | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
- Degrees
- Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ; 2019
M.A., International Affairs, Â鶹Æƽâ°æ
B.A., Psychology/English, Georgetown University - Favorite Spot on Campus
- Basement of the library, reading the newspapers on actual paper
- Bio
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A few of my scholarly interests: language in general and linguistic anthropology, food, all things Eastern European, gentrification and placemaking, economic anthropology, informality.
I am the Faculty Advisor for Food-Fueled, a student journal on food issues.
Honored with the Outstanding Teaching Award in May 2024.
Avid bibliophile and cruciverbalist.
- See Also
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Experts
Area of Expertise
Feminism issues, gentrification and placemaking, intercultural communications, Eastern Europe, Bulgaria and Bulgarian politics, left-leaning and radical movements
Additional Information
Prof. Antoaneta Tileva is a cultural anthropologist. She teaches courses on feminism, linguistic anthropology, identity, intercultural communication, and global inequality and development. She is particularly skilled at drawing connections between complex issues and speaking with a general audience in mind. She has a depth of knowledge about feminism, pop culture, and left-leaning/"radical" movements. She can explain the critiques of capitalism and what Marxism brings to the present. She is also really interested in cultural heritage, food, rituals, and spirituality.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.