Heather Paxson

Heather Paxson is an American cultural anthropologist and science and technology studies scholar. She is an expert on the anthropology of reproduction, and on the anthropology of food, including in particular cheese and commonplace family food practices. She is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [1][2]

Paxson is a graduate of Haverford College, and obtained her Ph.D. from Stanford University.[2]

She is an editor of the Oxford Companion to Cheese.[1] Her other books include:

• Making Modern Mothers: Ethics and Family Planning in Urban Greece (University of California Press, 2004)[3]
• The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America (University of California Press, 2013)[4]

She is married to fellow cultural anthropologist, STS scholar and professor, Stefan Helmreich.

References

1. "Heather Paxson". anthropology.mit.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
2. "Heather Paxson". web.mit.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
3. Reviews of Making Modern Mothers:
   • S. G. (June 2004), Population and Development Review, 30 (2): 371–372, JSTOR 3401402CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Kelly, Ann (November 2006), Political and Legal Anthropology Review, 29 (2): 286–290, doi:10.1525/pol.2006.29.2.286, JSTOR 24497581CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Moutsatsos, Chrisy (February 2010), American Ethnologist, 37 (1): 170–172, doi:10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01248_4.x, JSTOR 40389888CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
4. Reviews of The Life of Cheese:
   • Holtzman, Jon D. (2013), Flavour, 2 (1): 15, doi:10.1186/2044-7248-2-15CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Hajdik, Anna Thompson (Summer 2014), Agricultural History, 88 (3): 449–450, doi:10.3098/ah.2014.088.3.440CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Lyon, Sarah (November 2014), Anthropology of Work Review, 35 (2): 115–116, doi:10.1111/awr.12048CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)