Matilda Stubbs, Ph.D.

Matilda Stubbs

College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology

Instructor

Office:  BBH 140
Email:  m-stubbs@neiu.edu
Office Hours:  Spring 2026: Tuesdays 12:15 - 1:15 p.m.; Thursdays 12:15 - 2:15 p.m.

Expertise

Cultural and linguistic anthropology, ethnographic research methods.
 

ANTH 109E First Year Experience, Sweet Home Chicago: Identity and Culture in the Windy City

ANTH 212 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 307 Anthropology of Gender, Sexuality, and the Body

ANTH 321 Race and Language

ANTH 351 Anthropology of Disability

ANTH 363 Anthropology of Tourism

Research Interests

U.S. state social service administration, child welfare, adoption, fosterage, semiotic theory, ethnographic methods, digital, visual, and material culture (cars, tourism, ASMR).

Education

2018 Ph.D. Anthropology, Northwestern University 
2012 M.A. Anthropology, Northwestern University 
2005 B.A. Anthropology, Cultural Track, Honors, University of California, Santa Cruz

Selected Publications

Stubbs, Matilda. 2021. “Slimefulness as Self-care.” Anthropology News, 62 (3).