Merle “Mae” Wallace
Professor of Anthropology and Director of Teaching Education
B.A., Temple University; M.A., University of Illinois, Springfield; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wallace’s work is focused on schools as they reflect and support communities. She has studied youth culture, minority access to higher education, educational reform and local curricula in Thailand. Her papers may be found in Education about Asia, The International Journal of Education, Anthro Notes and International Thai Studies Conference Proceedings. Wallace’s interest in the relationships between communities and schools is also evident in her work with teachers in the South Cumberland Rural Teacher Network, an organization that promotes professional development for high school teachers in schools near the university. Sewanee students participate in the teacher network and work in many other research and service-learning projects that engage them with local schools and communities.
