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Watkins currently is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the American University in Washington DC. [2] She is conducting a long term study on the W. Montague Cobb skeletal collection, which is composed of remains of African-Americans who died in Washington D.C. between 1930 and 1969 [3]
For many decades, the School of Education was part of American University's College of Arts and Sciences, and it became a separate and independent school on July 1, 2019. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy , who had been the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at Johns Hopkins University (JHU), and a Professor of Counseling and Human Development at ...
Thomas received her B.A. in semiotics with honors from Brown University in 1988. She continued her education at New York University, earning a M.A. in 1994 from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and a Ph.D. in 2000 from the Department of Anthropology.
David Rolfe Graeber (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ b ər /; February 12, 1961 – September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist. His influential work in economic anthropology, particularly his books Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), Bullshit Jobs (2018), and The Dawn of Everything (2021), and his leading role in the Occupy movement, earned him recognition as one of the foremost ...
James Ferguson (born June 16, 1959) is an American anthropologist. He is known for his work on the politics and anthropology of international development, specifically his critical stance (development criticism). He was chair of the Anthropology Department at Stanford University. [4] His best-known work is his book, The Anti-Politics Machine.
She formerly served as Joint Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies at the University of Florida. [3] Harrison received her BA in Anthropology in 1974 from Brown University, and her MA and PhD in Anthropology from Stanford University in 1977 and 1982, respectively. [4] She has conducted research in the US, UK, and Jamaica.
In 1896, Franz Boas established the department of anthropology at Columbia; [18] it was only two years later, in 1898, that Teachers College was founded. [19] Although it was not until 1935 that a course entitled "Anthropology and Education" was offered, some students trained in both programs, including Elsie Clews Parsons. [19]
Aimee Cox completed her undergraduate studies at Vassar College, where she received a B.A. in anthropology in 1994.While attending Vassar College, Cox remained actively involved in dance which she states was a major part of her college experience.