Kathleen M. Adams is Professor of Anthropology at Loyola University Chicago and Adjunct Curator of Southeast Asian Ethnology at the Field Museum of Natural History. She received her Ph.D. from the Univ. of Washington. Previously, she was Asst. Professor and Mouat Endowed Chair in International Studies at Beloit College (1988-93), taught at Loyola University's Rome Center (2008-09), and on Semester at Sea (Summer 1996, Fall 2010). Her book, Art as Politics, received the 2009 Delta Sigma Nu National Book Award (for best social science book published in the 2006-2009 period). In 2007 she received Loyola University's Sujak Prize for Teaching Excellence. Her research has been funded by Fulbright, the American Philosophical Society and other granting agencies.