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Laurien Bowles is an assistant professor at Davidson College and an executive member of the Assoication of Black Anthropologist .

Education

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Bowles has earned and received the following degrees:

  • Ph.D. & M.A. from Temple University
  • M.A. & SOAS from University of London
  • B.A. from Pennsylvania State University[1]

Anthropological Work and Current Efforts

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Bowles is a cultural and visual anthropologist who focuses on different aspects of African life and history through ethnographic photography[1]. She has engaged in studies which highlight the narratives of African life and diaspora.[2][3]

She currently teaches courses which surround the topics of cultural or visual anthropology and Africana Studies at Davidson College[1].

Bowles serves as an executive member of the Association of Black Anthropologist (ABA) where she is a part of the communications collective. She serves to publish news and keep the ABA members informed and aware.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Laurian Bowles". www.davidson.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  2. ^ Bowles, L. R. (2017). Doing the Snap: Storytelling and Participatory Photography with Women Porters in Ghana. Visual Anthropology Review, 33(2), 107-118.
  3. ^ Vijeyarasa, Ramona (2016-03-03). Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman: Myths and Misconceptions about Trafficking and its Victims. Routledge. ISBN 9781317056829.
  4. ^ "ABA Executive Board". aba.americananthro.org. Retrieved 2018-06-12.


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