Degrees Earned:
|
Degree
|
Discipline
|
School
|
Date
|
| Ph. D |
Social Anthropology |
University of Cambridge (UK) |
1984 |
| BA |
History |
Stanford |
1974 |
Major Influences on Professional Life:
Friends and coworkers
Subfields of Interest within Anthropology:
Gender, global feminisms, women's groups, international development, economic anthropology, Africa, kinship/household
Interests within G/L/B/T/Q Anthropology:
Gender constructs, gender crossing, women's organizations, alternative families
Regions of specialization and Languages:
West Africa (Ghana); Tui, French
Major Publications:
Onions are my Husband (University of Chicago Press 1994)
Current research, interests, goals:
Currently editing life histories of Asante market women from Kunas (Ghana) for narrative form and economic ideas. I would like to start work with economic ideas in the US, perhaps with same-sex households.
