Laura Putsche
Emerita Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Phinney Hall 104
208-885-6189
Department of Culture, Society & Justice
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 1110
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1110
Laura Putsche is an emerita assistant professor of anthropology. Her areas of interest are indigenous peoples of South America (particularly of the Amazon region), indigenous peoples and the state, cultural ecology, and indigenous peoples and international development.
- Ph.D., Washington State University, Anthropology, 1993
- Teaching Certificate, Washington State University, Secondary Education, Mathematics and Spanish, 1987
- M.A., Washington State University, Anthropology, 1985
- B.A., University of Washington, Anthropology, 1981
- B.S., University of Washington, Mathematics, 1981
Courses
- ANTH 100: Introduction to Anthropology
- ANTH 220: Peoples of the World
- ANTH 261: Language and Culture
- ANTH/RELS 327: Belief Systems
- ANTH 420: Anthropological History and Theory
- ANTH 428/528: Political and Social Organization
- ANTH 462/562: Human Issues in International Development
Laura Putsche is an assistant professor of anthropology. Her areas of interest are indigenous peoples of South America (particularly of the Amazon region), indigenous peoples and the state, environmental anthropology and indigenous peoples and international development. Her research has focused on how reduced access to natural resources has impacted a group of Shipibo in the Peruvian Amazon and efforts by indigenous peoples to organize themselves to protect their land and culture. She has also participated in the University of Idaho’s interdisciplinary STEM project, focusing in particular on Idahoan’s attitudes towards STEM education and science and has worked with mentoring programs on campus to help ensure that they are meeting students' needs.
- Putsche, Laura G., Leontina Hormel, John Mihelich, Debbie Storrs, 2017, " 'You End Up Feeling Like the Rest of the World Is Kind of Picking on You': Perceptions of regulatory science's threats to economic livelihoods and Idahoans' collective identity," Science Communication 39(6):687-712.
- Putsche, Laura, Debbie Storrs, Alicia Lewis, and Jennifer Haylett, 2008, "The Development of a Mentoring Program for University Undergraduate Women," Cambridge Journal of Education, 8(4):513-528.
- Storrs, Debbie, Laura Putsche, and Amy Taylor, 2008, "Mentoring Expectations and Realities: An analysis of metaphorical thinking among female undergraduate proteges and their mentors in a university mentoring program,"Mentoring and Tutoring, 16(2):175-188.
- Putsche, Laura, 2000, "A Reassessment of Resource Depletion, Market Dependency, and Culture Change on a Shipibo Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon," Human Ecology, 28:131-140.
- Putsche, Laura, 1997, "The Dynamics of State Expansion and Indian Resistance in Brazil, in Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A global perspective, Samuel Oliner and Philip Gay (eds), pp. 179-195, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
- Putsche, Laura, 1993, "Changes in Frontier Development and the New Indian Resistance in Brazil, "Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, 19(2):131-156.
- Anisheati. A video documenting a traditional girl’s rite of passage among the Shipibo of the Peruvian Amazon.
- Mitos y Rituales. A collection of videos documenting shamans’ rituals and myth-telling among the Shipibo of the Peruvian Amazon.
- "Historias, Mitos, y Canciones." Second edition of "Historia de costumbres." Collection of Shipibo myths and songs for their use by the Shipibo of the Peruvian Amazon in their cultural preservation efforts.
- "Historia de costumbres de nuestros antepasados." Collection of Shipibo myths and songs for use by the Shipibo of the Peruvian Amazon in their cultural preservation efforts; ongoing project.