Kath Weston (born 2 November 1958) is an American

anthropologist An anthropologist is a scientist engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropologists study aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms, values ...

, author and academic. She is a

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and has twice received the Ruth Benedict Prize for anthropological works.

Biography

Kath Weston was born in Illinois on 2 November 1958. She studied at the

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(B.A., 1978; M.A., 1981) and at

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(M.A., 1984; Ph.D., 1988). She first worked as a fellow at the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies at the

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from 1989 to 1990. She was then appointed assistant and later associate professor of anthropology at

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from 1990 to 1998. She became director of studies on women, gender, and sexuality at

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in 2001. She is currently Professor of Anthropology at the

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and

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Global Professor in the Department of

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at the

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. Weston was appointed a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2011 in the fields of Anthropology and Cultural Studies. Weston, a lesbian, was awarded a Ruth Benedict Prize in 1990 for her monograph ''Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship'', and a second such award in 1997 for her monograph ''Render Me, Gender Me: Lesbians Talk Sex, Class, Color, Nation, Studmuffins''.

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