Melinda Crowley

Melinda Crowley is a Research Anthropologist at the Statistical Research Division at the U.S. Census Bureau. At the Bureau, she has conducted cognitive research on hate crimes and ethnographic research on the topic of privacy and confidentiality. Currently she is working on her Ph.D. in Anthropology at American University in Washington, D.C. which focuses on civic engagement among ethnic minorities. She is also a recent graduate of the prestigious Presidential Management Intern Fellows Program.

Part of her academic career has been devoted to overseas research in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa, although her geographical areas of interests also include Brazil, The Netherlands, and the United States. Her research interests focus on issues of race and ethnicity, social inequality, health and illness, culture change, community ethnography, international development, and the anthropology of public policy. Her most recent publication includes Identity Thieves, Warranty Cards and Government Surveys: The Ethnography of Personal Information Management (1999).

Additionally, Melinda has also presented research at a variety of professional conferences, including the American Anthropological Association, the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists, the American Association on Public Opinion Research, and the International Conference on Survey Nonresponse.