People

Karla L. Davis-Salazar

Dr. Karla Davis-Salazar

Associate Professor

Contact

Office: SOC 156C
Email: karladavis@usf.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Anthropology, Harvard University
  • A.M., Anthropology, Harvard University
  • B.A., French Language and Literature, University of Michigan

Teaching

Introduction to Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Teaching Anthropology, Anthropology and Higher Education.

Research

After serving as an associate dean in ±«Óătv's Office of Undergraduate Studies for four years, I find universities to be fascinating social and cultural systems. Academia and administration truly are different worlds, and learning to “do” administration is a transformative process. My research on higher education therefore applies anthropological methods and theories to problems in higher education as a means of building bridges between faculty and administrators. To this end, I am currently engaged in research projects investigating: 1) the structures and lived experience of “academic middle management” roles, such as associate deans; 2) the experiences of university stakeholders with structural and organizational changes in higher education institutions, particularly how faculty and administrators make sense of such disruptions to their lives and livelihoods; and 3) academic motherhood, which is a joint project with a ±«Óătv colleague investigating the gendered experiences and array of personal, professional, and institutional challenges facing mothers in academia.

Recent Publications

  • Davis-Salazar, Karla L. 2024. . Learning and Teaching 17(1): 54-76.

  • Davis-Salazar, Karla L. 2024. . Journal of Educational Administration and History, 1-20.

  • Davis-Salazar, Karla L. 2023. . Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management 45(6): 674-689.

Graduate Students

Emma Abell-Selby, and Clara Buie.