creating modes of mental health promotion and healing based upon antiracist and antisexist frameworks. Additionally, Faye V. Harrison has three sons, Giles, Mondlane and Justin. Her eldest son, Giles, has followed in the footsteps of Harrison by receiving his PhD in cultural anthropology. Education Faye Harrison completed her undergraduate studies at Brown University in 1974, receiving a B.A. in Anthropology. While attending Brown University, Harrison was supported by professors Louise Lamphere and George Houston Bass. Louise Lamphere was integral in inspiring Harrison’s motivation to study anthropology. George Houston Bass influenced Faye Harrison to appreciate and incorporate the art of performance within her academia. After receiving her bachelors degree from Brown University, Harrison was granted the Samuel T. Arnold Fellowship to continue graduate level research from 1974 to 1975. Harrison continued her studies at Stanford University where she received a M.A. (1977) and Ph.D. (1982) in Anthropology. As a student, she received funding from Fulbright-Hays (1978–79), the Wenner-Gren Foundation (1980-81), the Danforth Foundation (1981–82), and the Ford Foundation (1987–88). While at Stanford, she studied with St. Clair Drake and Bridget O’Laughlin, whom she credits as a major influence on her approach to anthropological and political anti-racist activism. Harrison was deeply influenced by St. Clair Drake and his understanding of the relationship between anthropology and racial politics as well as the history of Black Anthropologists. Harrison has claimed that one of her primary goals of re-envisioning anthropology, as focused on in her book Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age (2008), is “meant to extend his legacy as a teacher and role model.” Career Educator 1983-1989: Assistant Professor, University of Louisville 1989-1997: Associate Professor, University of Tennessee-Knoxville 1996-1998: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Binghamton, State University of New York (SUNY). 1997-1999: Professor of Anthropology and Graduate Director of the Women's Studies Program, University of South Carolina-Columbia 1999-2004: Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville 2004-2014: Professor of African American Studies and Anthropology, and Affiliate Faculty with the Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for Women’s Studies & Gender Research, University of Florida While a professor at the University of Florida, Harrison taught courses in the department of Anthropology. Harrison was also a professor of African American Studies. During an interview with the university, "the reputation and high caliber of the Anthropology department at the University", according to Harrison, was a major factor in her decision to teach