Sandra Cate

Now retired, Sandra Cate has had several careers: labor organizing, graphic design for non-profits, and anthropologist/folklorist, teaching at San José State University and UC Santa Cruz. Her research interests have included global processes, art in cultural context, religion and ritual, consumption and exchange, conflict, gender and sexuality, tourism, and concepts of heritage. She has written books, book chapters, and articles on contemporary Buddhist art, the contemporary Asian art market and the changing conditions shaping festival and textile production in Southeast Asia.