Tanya Luhrmann
Tanya Luhrmann | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Christ's College, Cambridge (MPhil, PhD) |
| Spouse | Richard Saller |
| Awards | AAA President's Award (2004) Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture (2006) Guggenheim Fellowship (2007) Staley Prize (2024) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychological anthropology |
| Institutions | Stanford University University of California, San Diego University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Jack Goody Ernest Gellner |
| Website | tanyaluhrmann |
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Tanya Marie Luhrmann (born 1959) is an American psychological anthropologist known for her studies of modern-day witches, charismatic Christians, and studies of how culture shapes psychotic, dissociative, and related experiences. She has also studied culture and morality, and the training of psychiatrists. She is Watkins University Professor in the Anthropology Department at Stanford University. Luhrmann was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022.