Post-graduate Fellowships

Dr. Cynthia Fowler

Associate Professor/Chair of Sociology and Anthropology

Dr. Cynthia Fowler holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in anthropology from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii. She teaches introduction to cultural anthropology and communications, diversity, global health, ecological anthropology, medical anthropology, ethnography, ethnographic film and cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania. During Interim she has taught courses on water and society, fire ecology of the Southern Appalachians and holistic health, among others. Her main area of study concerns biosocial dynamics on Sumba Island in Eastern Indonesia. Another area of study occurs at the intersections of fire ecology and science and technology studies. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Indonesia, Hawaii, Vietnam, Brazil and the U.S. South. Fowler is committed to academic and engaged scholarship, which for her involves teaching undergraduate anthropology courses, performing service for the college, engaging with the community through participation in local and professional organizations, reviewing and editing academic publications and conducting research and writing. Away from Wofford she can usually be found in the garden, forests, rivers, and lakes with a hoe in her hand, on her mountain bike or her paddleboard.

Dr. Kirsten Krick-Aigner

Professor of German

Dr. Kirsten Krick-Aigner’s teaching interests include German language, German-language literature and cultural studies, and humanities. Her research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century Austrian and German literature and cultural studies; Austrian and German fairy tales, folktales and literary tales (19th, 20th and 21st century); women’s studies, including 20th- and 21st-century German-speaking women’s poetry and prose; cultural studies, including 20th- and 21st-century dramatic arts and art history (Expressionism, post-WWII and contemporary); film studies, including German Expressionist film, “New German Cinema” film, and contemporary Austrian and German film; and literary translation of contemporary German-language texts. She earned her B.S. degree in German from Georgetown University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in German literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She enjoys the opportunity to build lifelong relationships with students that Wofford provides. Away from Wofford, she likes cooking, traveling, gardening and writing.

Dr. John McAlister Ware

Associate Professor and Chair of English

Ph.D., University of North Carolina
M.A., University of North Carolina at Wilmington
B.A., University of Virginia

Dr. John M. Ware’s teaching interests include Restoration and 18th-century British drama, horror film, environmental film, English grammar and usage, and history and varieties of English. His research interests include Restoration and 18th-century British drama (comedies and musicals of the late 18th century in particular) and horror film (American horror film and folk horror in particular). In his spare time he enjoys reading, writing, film, dogs, gardening and enjoying the outdoors.