Tara L. Hefferan
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- School: Grand Valley State University
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- Department: Anthropology
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Allendale, MI - 49401 - Dates at Grand Valley State University: December 2014 - April 2020
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Professor Hefferan is passionate about anthropology and ties classroom topics to current news. For a Gen Education, it is really interesting. She gave me a new perspective on culture.
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She was a really nice teacher. But, there were lots of things I didn't enjoy about this class. The main one being the crazy amount of reading we had to do every week like writing full papers weekly, which wasn't fun at all. Plus, she barely answered my emails, which I felt was pretty rude.
Biography
Grand Valley State University - Anthropology
Affiliate Professor of Anthropology and Internship Coordinator, Grand Valley State University
Higher Education
Tara
Hefferan
Newaygo, Michigan
Tara Hefferan is an applied anthropologist with research and teaching interests in international development, gender, and health.
Experience
Grand Valley State University
Affiliate Professor of Anthropology and Internship Coordinator
Tara worked at Grand Valley State University as a Affiliate Professor of Anthropology and Internship Coordinator
Grand Valley State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Tara worked at Grand Valley State University as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Central Michigan University
Lecturer, Anthropology and Sociology
Tara worked at Central Michigan University as a Lecturer, Anthropology and Sociology
Education
Michigan State University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Anthropology
University of Denver
Master's degree
Anthropology
Grand Valley State University
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Anthropology and French
Grand Valley State University
Affiliate Professor of Anthropology and Internship Coordinator
Grand Valley State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Publications
Not by Faith Alone: Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-based Organizations in the United States, co-edited with Julie Adkins and Laurie Occhipinti
Lexington Press
This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses, practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this particular vehicle of service delivery.
Not by Faith Alone: Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-based Organizations in the United States, co-edited with Julie Adkins and Laurie Occhipinti
Lexington Press
This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses, practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this particular vehicle of service delivery.
Twinning Faith and Development: Catholic Church Partnering in the US and Haiti
Kumarian Press
Twinning Faith and Development documents the operation of a project in which two Catholic churches— one in the US and one in Haiti—partner to spur development in Haiti. Hefferan explores development as it is conceived, designed, and implemented by those outside the conventional aid industry, those not considered to be development experts. She looks at both twinning’s failings and its possibilities as an alternative to conventional development practices.
Not by Faith Alone: Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-based Organizations in the United States, co-edited with Julie Adkins and Laurie Occhipinti
Lexington Press
This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses, practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this particular vehicle of service delivery.
Twinning Faith and Development: Catholic Church Partnering in the US and Haiti
Kumarian Press
Twinning Faith and Development documents the operation of a project in which two Catholic churches— one in the US and one in Haiti—partner to spur development in Haiti. Hefferan explores development as it is conceived, designed, and implemented by those outside the conventional aid industry, those not considered to be development experts. She looks at both twinning’s failings and its possibilities as an alternative to conventional development practices.
"Democracy as Social Action: Homebirth Midwives and the Push for State Licensure" in Cultural Anthropology: Contemporary, Public and Critical Readings, edited by Keri Brondo
Oxford University Press
Cultural Anthropology: Contemporary, Public, and Critical Readings helps students think anthropologically by introducing core concepts through engaging case studies. The majority of selections are contemporary pieces from public, critical, and applied anthropology. These timely readings will generate discussion among students regarding the value of an anthropological perspective in the modern world. While the selections represent a range of geographic and cultural areas, the book includes a high number of U.S.-based fieldwork examples so that students are inspired to think anthropologically "in their own backyards." Several case studies offer examples of anthropology in action, and special features throughout the text profile anthropological application through news stories ("In the News") and interviews ("Anthropology in Practice").
Not by Faith Alone: Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-based Organizations in the United States, co-edited with Julie Adkins and Laurie Occhipinti
Lexington Press
This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses, practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this particular vehicle of service delivery.
Twinning Faith and Development: Catholic Church Partnering in the US and Haiti
Kumarian Press
Twinning Faith and Development documents the operation of a project in which two Catholic churches— one in the US and one in Haiti—partner to spur development in Haiti. Hefferan explores development as it is conceived, designed, and implemented by those outside the conventional aid industry, those not considered to be development experts. She looks at both twinning’s failings and its possibilities as an alternative to conventional development practices.
"Democracy as Social Action: Homebirth Midwives and the Push for State Licensure" in Cultural Anthropology: Contemporary, Public and Critical Readings, edited by Keri Brondo
Oxford University Press
Cultural Anthropology: Contemporary, Public, and Critical Readings helps students think anthropologically by introducing core concepts through engaging case studies. The majority of selections are contemporary pieces from public, critical, and applied anthropology. These timely readings will generate discussion among students regarding the value of an anthropological perspective in the modern world. While the selections represent a range of geographic and cultural areas, the book includes a high number of U.S.-based fieldwork examples so that students are inspired to think anthropologically "in their own backyards." Several case studies offer examples of anthropology in action, and special features throughout the text profile anthropological application through news stories ("In the News") and interviews ("Anthropology in Practice").
Bridging the Gaps: Faith-based Organizations, Neoliberalism, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-edited with Laurie Occhipinti and Julie Adkins
Lexington Press
As neoliberal philosophies and economic models spread across the globe, faith-based non-governmental ("third-sector") organizations have proliferated. They increasingly fill the gaps born of state neglect by designing and delivering social services and development programming. This collection shines a much-needed critical light onto these organizations by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism and development practices on the poor and powerless. The essays―grounded in empirical case studies―cover such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Bridging the Gaps demonstrates the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in Latin America, revealing both the promise and the limitations of this "new" mode of development.
Not by Faith Alone: Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-based Organizations in the United States, co-edited with Julie Adkins and Laurie Occhipinti
Lexington Press
This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism, poverty, and the social service sector on the poor and powerless. In doing so, Not by Faith Alone generates provocative and sophisticated analyses-grounded in empirical case studies-of such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Taken together, the chapters in this volume demonstrate the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in development. The contributors argue for an understanding of faith-based development that moves beyond either dismissing or uncritically supporting faith-based initiatives. Instead, contributors demonstrate the importance of grounded analysis of the specific discourses, practices, and beliefs that imbue faith-based development with such power and reveal both the promise and the limitations of this particular vehicle of service delivery.
Twinning Faith and Development: Catholic Church Partnering in the US and Haiti
Kumarian Press
Twinning Faith and Development documents the operation of a project in which two Catholic churches— one in the US and one in Haiti—partner to spur development in Haiti. Hefferan explores development as it is conceived, designed, and implemented by those outside the conventional aid industry, those not considered to be development experts. She looks at both twinning’s failings and its possibilities as an alternative to conventional development practices.
"Democracy as Social Action: Homebirth Midwives and the Push for State Licensure" in Cultural Anthropology: Contemporary, Public and Critical Readings, edited by Keri Brondo
Oxford University Press
Cultural Anthropology: Contemporary, Public, and Critical Readings helps students think anthropologically by introducing core concepts through engaging case studies. The majority of selections are contemporary pieces from public, critical, and applied anthropology. These timely readings will generate discussion among students regarding the value of an anthropological perspective in the modern world. While the selections represent a range of geographic and cultural areas, the book includes a high number of U.S.-based fieldwork examples so that students are inspired to think anthropologically "in their own backyards." Several case studies offer examples of anthropology in action, and special features throughout the text profile anthropological application through news stories ("In the News") and interviews ("Anthropology in Practice").
Bridging the Gaps: Faith-based Organizations, Neoliberalism, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-edited with Laurie Occhipinti and Julie Adkins
Lexington Press
As neoliberal philosophies and economic models spread across the globe, faith-based non-governmental ("third-sector") organizations have proliferated. They increasingly fill the gaps born of state neglect by designing and delivering social services and development programming. This collection shines a much-needed critical light onto these organizations by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend the fissures and mitigate the effects of neoliberal capitalism and development practices on the poor and powerless. The essays―grounded in empirical case studies―cover such topics as the meaning of "faith-based" development, evaluations of faith-based versus secular approaches, the influence of faith-orientation on program formulation and delivery, and examinations of faith-based organizations' impacts on structural inequality and poverty alleviation. Bridging the Gaps demonstrates the vital importance of ethnography for understanding the particular role of faith-based agencies in Latin America, revealing both the promise and the limitations of this "new" mode of development.
"Researching Religions and Development" in Handbook on Religions and Development, edited by Emma Tomalin
Routledge Press
This Handbook provides a cutting-edge survey of the state of research on religions and global development. Part one highlights critical debates that have emerged within research on religions and development, particularly with respect to theoretical, conceptual and methodological considerations, from the perspective of development studies and its associated disciplines. Parts two to six look at different regional and national development contexts and the place of religion within these. These parts integrate and examine the critical debates raised in part one within empirical case studies from a range of religions and regions. Different religions are situated within actual locations and case studies thus allowing a detailed and contextual understanding of their relationships to development to emerge. Part seven examines the links between some important areas within development policy and practice where religion is now being considered, including: Faith-Based Organisations and Development Public Health, Religion and Development Human rights, Religion and Development Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Religion Global Institutions and Religious Engagement in Development Economic Development and Religion Religion, Development and Fragile States Development and Faith-Based Education Taking a global approach, the Handbook covers Africa, Latin America, South Asia, East and South-East Asia, and the Middle East. It is essential reading for students and researchers in development studies and religious studies, and is highly relevant to those working in area studies, as well as a range of disciplines, from theology, anthropology and economics to geography, international relations, politics and sociology.
