I am a Social Anthropologist at The University of Edinburgh working at the intersection of education and ethics. My research and teaching to date has been conducted with young adult student populations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway, where I assess how values emerge in relational, embodied, and institutionalized forms. I use multi-modal and co-creative methods, exploring the role photography, film, and music can play in illuminating ethnographic work.
I received a PhD in Social Anthropology from The University of Edinburgh in 2024, a Master’s of Theological and Cultural Anthropology from Eastern University in 2018, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Temple University in 2011. I have taught in high schools, universities, and community learning programs in the US, the UK, Norway, China, and Thailand. Currently, I teach at Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science and Futures Institute. My teaching focuses on anthropology, development, environment, and religion, and uses online and in-person methods for undergraduate and master level students.
I also teach embodied and experimental ethnographic method workshops with Edinburgh’s Student Development Office and produce music, film, and photography in my own work, mostly for my band Cape Wrath.
If you’d like to get in touch please email me at: jamiglisson@gmail.com.
Portrait by Buddy Szczesniak. All other photographs by Jamie Glisson.