Expertise

Areas of research interest

  • Political Anthropology: State-society relations, civil society and good governance, human rights and justice, inequality and conflict, cultures of conflict resolution, ethnicity and nationalism.
  • Anthropology of Religion: Religion and identity politics, New Religiosity and Conflict, Religion and (in)tolerance; new religious movements and youth, religion and international migration.
  • Development: Science, new technology and Society; Indigenous knowledge, science and power; sustainable livelihoods and resource management; land rights and state policy.

Media Availability

This researcher is available to speak to the media. Contact Lanaya Lewis, public information officer, at lanaya.lewis@csus.edu

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Organizational Affiliations

Professor, Anthropology Department

Education

Educational Psychology
1987–1990, B.A., Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia, Addis Ababa) - AAU
Anthropology
1994–1997, M.A., Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia, Addis Ababa) - AAU
Sociocultural Anthropology
1999–2003, Ph.D., University of Bergen (Norway, Bergen)