Several faculty are involved in delivering the Exploring Community & Culture™ course, depending on the semester and enrollment.
Sharna Bremner is a Senior Student Services Coordinator for IFSA programs in Adelaide, Australia. She is currently undertaking her doctoral degree in International Development at the University of Adelaide and holds a Bachelor of Development Studies (Honours) from the same institution. Her research is focused on the intersections of health and education policy in post-conflict developing countries and her publications include The World Bank’s Health Projects in Timor Leste: The Political Economy of Effective Aid (Rosser & Bremner, 2015). Sharna assisted in the development of the curriculum for the Exploring Australia: Community & Culture course and has served as the course coordinator and instructor since its inception in 2016. Sharna has assisted more than 1,500 IFSA students in her years as a Student Services Coordinator, and her daily activities include the provision of academic and personal support to students, curriculum development for the Exploring Australia: Community & Culture course, and engagement with partner and host universities. She is excited to bring her knowledge and experience to the faculty role with Exploring Community & Culture in a Global Context.
DR. FRANCISCO FRENÁNDEZ-REPETTO
Dr. Francisco Fernández-Repetto has been involved in the development and creation of the Exploring Yucatán: Community & Culture, having collaborated in the development, training, and implementation of C&C courses for several IFSA program locations, and supported other IFSA initiatives regarding C&C perspective around the world. Francisco is a Full Professor of Anthropology at the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY), where he teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He belongs to the prestigious National System of Researchers and is currently involved in student advising and directing research projects, thesis, and dissertations.
Francisco holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Florida, Gainesville, an Master’s in Sociology from the Autonomous Benito Juárez University in Oaxaca, and a Bachelor’s of Art in Social Anthropology from the UADY, where he has been a professor for more than 30 years. His research interests span from popular religion to anthropology of higher education, visual anthropology, and anthropology of tourism. He has been actively publishing in those areas as well as attending numerous conferences. Recently, he has been teaching different courses from anthropological theory to monographic courses related to the Yucatán.