Dr. Melissa Maceyko, a lecturer on anthropology and linguistics, shared her findings on the impact of gender in language. Her presentation gave the audience a glimpse of some of the techniques American women employ in political discourse.
“A popular understanding is that women are emotional and men are rational,” Maceyko said.
But, Maceyko said, her research showed that some women choose to take this “negative” perception and use it in an empowering way.
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Select Publications
Maceyko, Melissa. 2023. “Corporate Activism against Anti-Abortion and Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation.” Anthropology News.
Tate, Winifred, Erin McFee, Gillian Tett, Gwen Burnyeat, and Melissa Maceyko. 2022. Moving Between Academic Anthropology and Practitioner Work. Anthropology News.
Maceyko, Melissa and Luzilda Arciniega. 2022. “What is the Difference between DEI and D&I Anyway?” Willing Observers Blog.
Maceyko, Melissa. 2021. “Political Campaigns, Voter Outreach, and American Democracy: Socializing Effective Participation and Citizen Agency in the United States.” American Anthropologist.
Vine, David, David Gellner, Mark Schuller, Alpa Shah, Chandra Middleton, Gwen Burnyeat, and Melissa Maceyko. 2021. “Collaborative Manifesto for Political Anthropology in an Age of Crises” Anthropology News.
Maceyko, Melissa, Erin Debenport, Maywa Montenegro, SA Smythe, and Alejandro Villalpando. 2021. “What Do You Mean by Abolition?” Anthropology News.
Maceyko, Melissa. 2020. “Volunteering for a 2020 Campaign is Shaping Democracy, But Not in The Way You are Expecting.” Anthropology News.
Maceyko, Melissa. 2020. “Building Sociality Through Embodied Interaction: Designing and Implementing A Multiethnic Youth Summer Camp in Rural Bulgaria.” Society for Applied Anthropology Virtual Meetings.
Maceyko, Melissa. n.d. “The Presentation of Politics in Everyday Life: (Re)Examining the
Role of Language and Gender Ideologies in Discursive Political Participation in the United
States.” Southwestern Anthropological Association’s 2019 Conference Proceedings
Maceyko, Melissa. (in progress) Doing Something With Words: American Democracy, Citizen
Agency, and Effective Political Participation in the 21st Century.
Contact
Dr. Melissa (Missy) Maceyko, Ph.D.
Faculty Member, Anthropology Department
California State University Long Beach
Direct: (562) 985-5170
Office: FO3-318
For Students: Letter Of Rec Request Form
