About

Education

B.A. Bryn Mawr College; M.A. and Ph.D. Harvard University

Teaching areas

Africa; Economic Anthropology; Film Studies; Gender Studies, Human Rights; Immigration and Refugee Studies.

Research

African immigrants in Maine, especially economic, employment, and resource allocation issues; impact of economic ‘development’ on urban and rural populations, especially its effects on gender relations; political mobilization of African market women; representations of Africa and Africans in various film and video industries.

My latest book: The Politics of Wealth in Southwestern Nigeria: Why Ondo’s Women Went to War.

Classes

• FYS 432:  Disney Demystified: Race, Gender & Sexuality in “The Magic Kingdom”
• Anth 228: Person and Community in Contemporary Africa
• Anth 255: Cinematic Portraits of Africa
• Anth 339: Production & Reproduction: Economic Anthropology
• Anth s10: Encountering Community: Ethnographic Fieldwork Methodology
• Anth s27: Decoding Disney: Race, Gender & Sexuality in the Animated Blockbuster
• Anth s29: Global Maine: Documentary Production in Community
• ANWS 275: Gender and Culture
• INDS 100: African Perspectives on Justice, Human Rights, and Renewal
• FYS 432 2018 syllabus Disney Demystified as of August 28 2018 without cover cartoon
• AN339 syllabus as of Sept 6 2018 with cover sheet and websites
• Needs Assessment Project for Community Credit Union in Androscoggin County, Maine

Below are links to material on my Somali Employment Study

• http://goo.gl/yCaY5f
• https://www.bates.edu/news/2009/03/01/help-wanted-2/
• http://abacus.bates.edu/pix/PerceivedBarriers09Jan20.pdf
• https://www.bates.edu/news/2009/12/08/islamic-banking/
• Dealing Courteously with Androscoggin Bank’s Somali Patrons
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOcQ3tZJvBY&feature=em-share_video_user (The Androscoggin Bank & New Mainers–Part I)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9PsgRRzxj8&feature=em-share_video_user (The Androscoggin Bank & New Mainers–Part 2)

Below is a link to an Analysis of Wages Project for AN339, Fall 2015

• “Small Business Owners’ Perspectives on Raising the Minimum Wage in the Lewiston-Auburn Area.” A Community Engaged/Purposeful Work Project by Students in AN339: Production and Reproduction, Fall 2015

Below are links to AN339: CEL Presentation at Nutrition Center, Nov. 28, 2017

• “Creating a Cooperative Farm-to-Table Restaurant in Lewiston.” A Community Engaged Project by Students in AN339: Production and Reproduction, Fall 2017 
• See video: https://vimeo.com/244762789. (Somali Bantu Farm-to-Table Project).
• See video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tyyM-vj7S8xf6JhXgPcXSmsaeb1MAFfx/view. (Isuken Co-Op Food Truck)
• https://www.bates.edu/harward/2018/01/17/news-from-the-harward-center-for-community-partnerships-winter-2018/

Below are links to Global Maine Short Term 2018 videos

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wuoEd8XT-OD-T3sRtQgxNKu5UaBF8XUJ/view. (ProsperityME)
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tyyM-vj7S8xf6JhXgPcXSmsaeb1MAFfx/view. (Isuken Co-Op Food Truck
• FINAL DRAFT Communit Credit Union Needs Assessment project Bates Anthro339 Fall 2018
• Credit Union in French
• Credit Union in Somali