Assistant Professor
mlburch@umich.eduOffice Information:
207-C West Hall
1085 S. University Ave.
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1107
phone: 734-647-9622
Education/Degree:
PhD, Anthropology, Portfolio in African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin 2017MS, Urban Studies, University of New Orleans 2003
BA Goddard College/Institute for Social Ecology 1998
Highlighted Work and Publications
“Captive Afterlives in the Age of Mass Conviction.”
Melissa Burch
2019
History and Anthropology: 1–6
“Scripting the Conviction: Power and Resistance in the Management of Criminal Stigma.”
Melissa Burch
2018
Under Review, American Anthropologist
“(Re)entry from the Bottom Up: Case Study of a Critical Approach to Assisting Women Coming Home from Prison,”
Melissa Burch
2016
Critical Criminology
Current Courses
AAS 353-001
Urban Ethnography and the Black Experience
ANTHRCUL 353-001
Urban Ethnography and the Black Experience