Matthew Krystal
Professor of Anthropology
Contact +1 630 637 5309
mbkrystal@noctrl.edu
Office Location
116 S. Brainard House, 201
Born and raised in Chicagoland, Professor Krystal has been at North Central College since 2003.
Selected Scholarship
Con Los Brazos Abiertos: 25 Years of Community Tourism in San Miguel Totoncipán, Guatemala (ethnographic film)
Altars by the Lake (ethnographic film)
Where the Stone Tones (ethnographic film)
Visions of Coffee (ethnographic film)
Prayers for a Safe Journey (ethnographic film)
How to Jaspe (ethnographic film)
Xaq'ap Kem / Telar de Cinta / Headband Loom (ethnographic film)
106 Days for Democracy (ethnographic film)
Courses Taught
ANTH 145: Culture and Language in Community (Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology)
ANTH 235 Field Methods
ANTH/ENVI 305 Cultural Ecology
ANTH 315 Applied Economic Anthropology
ANTH 345: Religion, Spirituality, and Community
ANTH 352 Law and Order in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH 355: Native Nations of North America
ANTH 365: Mayas, Aztecs, and Their Neighbors
ANTH 485 Theory and Practice in Anthropology
ENVI 315 Global Environmental Perspectives