Faculty/Staff Information
Isidore Lobnibe
Professor, Department Head, Anthropology
503-838-8306 | lobnibei@wou.edu
BELL 210B
At WOU since
09/16/2007Areas of responsibility
Professor Isidore Lobnibe is currently on Leave with the Merian Institue for Advanced Studies in Africa( MIASA)
Education
Socio-Cultural Anthropologist,Specializing on West Africa, Ghana and Burkina Faso
Teaching focus
Language and Culture( Anth 213D) Anthropological Theory ( Anth 324D), Transnationa migration, Research Design and Ethnographic methods, Medical anthropology, Africa
Research areas
West African Agrarian economy, political Economy, social organization, migration,: Ghana & Burkina Faso
Professional experience
Adviser , Anthropology club
Current research
Changing funeral and mortuary practices among the Dagara
Publications and Presentations
Imagining Futures: Memory and Beloning in an African Family, Indiana Universty Press, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/dp/product/0253060206?ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&tag=indiunivpres-20
Professional memberships
African Studies Association, American Anthropologicl Association, Ghana Studies
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