Quinnipiac University
Hillary Jeanne Haldane

Professor of Anthropology

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Dr. Haldane teaches classes in socio-cultural anthropology focused on sustainable development, medical anthropology, gender/sex/sexuality and the world of women's football. An internationally-recognized, award winning scholar, Dr. Haldane has published or presented over 100 books, book chapters, articles and research talks related to her scholarship on Indigeneity and gender-based violence, the political economy of higher education, and women's football. She is currently in the early stages of new research project in New Caledonia, as well as continuing her nearly 30 years of fieldwork in Aotearoa.

Education

  • BA, San Diego State University
  • MA, University of California Santa Barbara
  • PHD, University of California Santa Barbara

Organization

  • Anthropology

Office Location

  • College of Arts & Sciences 1 314

Mail Drop

  • CL-AC1

Selected Publications

Progress Report: Menstrual Equity Project Evaluation

Eisbach, A., Velez, C., Haldane, H.J.

Fall 2025 (2025)

Conference Presentation

Beyond Performative Recognition: FIFA, Human Rights Frameworks, and the Marginalization of Indigenous Sovereignty

Grainger, A., Haldane, H.J.

Play the Game, Tampere, Finland (2025)

Peer Reviewed Journal

Gender-based violence, authoritarianism, and the state: Battlegrounds of control and resistance.

Wies, J.R., Haldane, H.J.

84(4) Human Organization (2025)

Dancing in the Shadow of the Giant: Quinnipiac University's First Intertribal Powwow

Giblin, J. and Haldane, H.J.

CT Humanities Quick Grant (2025)

Chapter

Critical Perspectives on the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Events, Issues, Controversies

Bouyzourn, K., Matuska, N., Grainger, A., and Haldane, H. J.

The long rise of the Moroccan women’s football team 1st ed. Abigdon (Routledge 2025)

Chapter

Politics, Social Issues and the 2023 Women's World Cup

Grainger, A. and Haldane, H. J.

Coloniality or commitment? FIFA’s relationship to Indigeneity in the 2023 Women’s World Cup and beyond” 1st ed. Abigdon (Routledge 2025)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Reciprocity: Idyllic Myth vs. Anthropological Imperative

Haldane, Hillary J.

Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, Oregon (2025)

Menstrual Equity Project Evaluation Plan

Eisbach, A., Velez, C. and Haldane, H.

Connecticut Department of Public Health January (2025)

Non-Peer Reviewed Journal

Amid growing legalization, cannabis in culture and politics is the focus of this anthropology class

Haldane, Hillary J.

The Conversation February (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Old Sport, New Game: The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup as Global Disruption

Haldane, Hillary J.

Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Unite for Indigenous Peoples? FIFA and Indigeneity in the 2023 Women’s World Cup and Beyond

Grainger, A., and Haldane, H. J.

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Chicago, Illinois (2024)

Peer Reviewed Presentations

Show Your Work: The Transactional Realities of University Community Partnerships

Haldane, Hillary J.

American Anthropological Association, Tampa, Florida (2024)

Recommendations from the Council on Sexual Misconduct Climate Assessments

Haldane, H. J.

Connecticut General Assembly (2024)

Chapter

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management

Erueti, B., Grainger, A., and Haldane, H.

The Marketing and Branding of Indigeneity at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: The Marketing of Maori London (Routledge 2023)

Non-Peer Reviewed Journal

Request not Require: Campus COVID Policies and Structural Violence

Haldane, H.J.

SfAA News November (2022)

Books

Applying Anthropology to General Education

Wies, J.R., Haldane, H.J.

1st ed. London (Routledge 2022)

Chapter

FIFA's Feminist Foot Soliders

Haldane, H.J.

(Palgrave 2021)