Students

Positions of those I have been privileged to mentor who have graduated with a Ph.D.:

Former advisees:

  • Satoshi Abe, Tottori University, Japan
  • Julianna Acheson, was U of Maine at Farmington, Department of Anthropology, now owns the Maine Inn in Kennebunkport
  • Mamadou Baro, U of A, School of Anthropology
  • Aomar Boum, UCLA, Department of Anthropology
  • Micah Boyer, University of South Florida,
  • Anita Carrasco, Luther College, Department of Anthropology, Decatur, Illinois
  • Michael Coffey, TEP, Senior Economist, Tucson, AZ
  • Tara Deubel, University of South Florida, Department of Anthropology
  • Annika Ericksen, Gustavas Adolphus College
  • Gina Gemignani, Gender Consultant (2008 – Present), World Bank, Washington D.C.
  • Hsaïn Ilahiane, U of A, Honors College and School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
  • Jón Haukur Ingamundarson, University of Akureyri, Iceland, Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Joshua Holst, Colorado College
  • Bayo Ijagbemi, U of A, Lecturer Africana Studies Program
  • Beth Kangas, Lecturer, Oakland University
  • Kristin Loftsdottír, University of Iceland, Department of Anthropology
  • Mourad Mjahed, International Programs, Southwestern Community College, San Diego, CA
  • Ahmadou N’diade, Senior Researcher, ACDI/VOCA Cape Verde & Uganda
  • Janice Newberry, University of Lethbridge, Department of Anthropology, Alberta, Canada
  • Aminata Niang, SURA (Sustainable and Resilient Africa)
  • Victoria Phaneuf, US Department of Interior
  • Andrea Smith, Lafayette College, Department of Anthropology
  • Charlie Stevens, Miami University, Lecturer American Studies and International Studies
  • Angela D. Storey, University of Louisville, Anthropology and Director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research
  • Marcela Vásquez-León, U of A, School of Anthropology, BARA and LAS
  • Rebecca Wey, BARA, University of Arizona
  • Jonna Yarrington, Colorado State University, Anthropology and Geography
  • Landon Yarrington, Colorado State University, Instructor

Those who completed M.A.s and advanced to doctoral study

  • Allison Davis
  • Jie Gao, defending Ph.D. on Chinese business community in Morocco (2025)
  • Clara Randimbiarimanana, defending Ph.D. on the coastal communities in Madagascar and Senegal (2026)
  • Trent Shipley
  • Sophia Truneh

Those I advised for final 3 years while their official advisor (Robert Netting was on leave)

  • Catherine Besteman, Colby College, Department of Anthropology, Maine
  • Futoshi Kinoshita, Tsukuba University, Japan