Steven Rousso-Schindler

Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2007.
M.A.V.A in Visual Anthropology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1999.
B.A. in Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, 1993

ANTH 120:	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 441/541:	Ethnographic Film Production I
ANTH 442/542:	Ethnographic Film Production II
ANTH 478:	Anthropology & Film
HIST 428:	The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Visual anthropology and anthropology of Palestine/Israel, national narrative theory, narrative theory, demography, Middle East anthropology, medical anthropology; Israel/Palestine, United States, rural China.

Dr. Steven Rousso-Schindler is a visual anthropologist and Middle East anthropologist. His anthropological research is primarily conducted in Palestine/Israel where he focuses on understanding national narratives from a theoretical perspective that is, how different stories about historical and contemporary events are told in Israel/Palestine, especially as they are represented in the Israeli and Palestinian media. His current research analyzes the ways in which demography has been constructed as an Israeli national narrative in the Israeli media. Dr. Rousso-Schindler has also participated in the production of many ethnographic films. The topics of these films include Jewish numerology, changing gender roles of American-Jewish women in the practice of contemporary Jewish religion, social/cultural changes in rural China and environmental practices in the United States. He had a film screened on PBS and also had other films screened at film festivals, including the Society for Visual Anthropology Film, Video and Interactive Media Festival. He is currently in production on an ethnographic film about three people running a small grass roots community environmental organization struggling to improve the air quality in their neighborhood.

ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS

Rousso-Schindler, Steven (2012) Citizen Science (26 minutes)

Rousso-Schindler, Steven and Allison Woodruff (2009) Mediation (6 minutes).

Rousso-Schindler, Steven and Allison Woodruff (2009) Living in a Green World (5 minutes).

Song, Zhifang, Steven Rousso-Schindler and Gary Seaman (2009) Maoism, Marriage, and Modernization: Marriage Exchange in a North China Village (30 minutes).

Song, Zhifang, Steven Rousso-Schindler and Gary Seaman (2009) The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village: Gender, Hierarchy, and Religious Power in a North China Village (30 minutes).

Song, Zhifang, Steven Rousso-Schindler and Gary Seaman (2009) The Secret of the Stone. Segmentary Lineage Organization in a North China Village (35 minutes).

Song, Zhifang, Steven Rousso-Schindler and Gary Seaman (2009) Song Family Village Takes a Bride: Wedding Customs in a North China Village (30 minutes).

Rousso, Niki and Steven Schindler (2003) Our Mother’s Recipe (26:40 minutes). Screened nationally on PBS.

ARTICLES/BOOK CHAPTERS

Rousso-Schindler, Steven (2009) Israeli Population Politics and their Role in Creating National Narratives. In Sabine Berking and Magdalena Zolkos, eds. Between Life and Death: Governing Population in an Era of Human Rights. Berlin: Bergan Macmillan. Pp.