Research updated - more in depth

 PhD in Cultural Anthropology:

1. University of Wisconsin - Madison
1. Professors to possible have as mentors
1. Focus on folklore:
1. Katherine Bowie (Combining archival research with oral histories, interviews and participant-observation.... she focuses on Asia but still.) 
2. Maria Lepowsky (historical anthropology, cultural anthropology, ritual)
3. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (Cultural identity.... she focuses on Japan but still...)
2. Focus on religion and Ritual
1. .... none of them.... fuck. 
2. In this schools program a mentor is assigned, in all of the other ones you have to find a mentor. 
2. Intended Minor: Folklore
3. Language requirement: Swedish ("Language requirements are determined on an individual basis with the major professor and will depend on the area concentration within the department.")
2. Washington University at St. Louis
1. Professors to possible have as mentors
1. If focus on folklore:
1. John Bowen (historical research, religion and ritual... focuses on middle east but still.)
2. Anna Jacobson (religion, faith, piety, morality, spiritual and religious healing... focuses in Afrika but still.)
3. Rebecca Lester (embodiment, intersubjectivity, and cultural practices of self-cultivation.... just super fucking interesting)
2. if focus on religion and ritual:
1. Same 3. 
2. Intended Minor: Writing
3. Language Requirement: possibly be waived?
3. UCLA
1. Professors to possible have as mentors
1. Susan Slyomovics (folklore and material culture)
2. Philip Newman (Culture theory, comparative religion)
2. Intended Minor: none
3. Language requirement: Can get it waived?
4. UC San Diego
1. Professors to possible have as mentors:
1. Aftab Jassal ( communities construct and enliven multiple social, ontological, and aesthetic realities through narrative and ritual performance, including ritual storytelling and possession..... focuses on india but still)
2. Yeah... hes the only one. 
2. Intended Minor: none
3. Language requirement: can possibly be waived?