EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy Anthropology, Stanford University, 1986
(Ph.D. Dissertation: Chanoyu: An Anthropological Approach to Tea)
Master of Arts Anthropology, Stanford University, 1977
Bachelor of Arts Anthropology, Stanford University, 1971
with Distinction
INTERESTS
Dr. Anderson’s interests include traditional Japanese culture, ethnohistory, nutritional anthropology, religion and ritual, culture change, the aesthetics and technology of Japanese ceramics, and the anthropology of art. Her interests, particularly in food and culture, have led her to travel widely in Asia. She has conducted research in Taiwan, Mongolia, and Japan.
Dr. Anderson has been studying Japanese tea ritual for more than twenty years. She has been awarded junkyoju (the rank of assistant professor) at Urasenke, a four hundred year old tea lineage headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. She teaches “The Way of Tea” weekly and enjoys making traditional Japanese sweets and ceramics for use in tea ceremonies.
PUBLICATIONS
Introduction to Japanese Tea Ritual. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1991.
Japanese Tea Ritual: Religion in Practice. Man: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 22:475–478, 1987.
