ArturoEscobarCurriculumVitaePresentPositionsKenan.docVIP

Arturo Escobar Curriculum Vitae Present Positions: Kenan Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, UNC-Chapel Hill Adjunct Professor, Department of Communications, UNC-Chapel Hill Fellow, Institute of Arts and Humanities, UNC Fellow, Center for Urban and Regional Research, UNC Present Address: Department of Anthropology, CB 3115 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 2759-3115. e-mail: aescobar@ /~aescobar/ Birthplace: Manizales, Colombia Nationality: United States / Colombia EDUCATION 9/78 - 12/87: University of California, Berkeley Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in: The Philosophy, Policy and Planning of Development 1/76 - 1/78: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Masters Degree in Food Science and International Nutrition 1/75 - 12/75: Universidad del Valle Medical School One year of graduate work in biochemistry 8/69 - 1/75: Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia B.S., Chemical Engineering INTERESTS Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Political Ecology, Development Studies, Cultural Studies of Science and Technology, Political Economy, Theories of Complexity. FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE 1. Pacific Coast rainforest, Colombia: fieldwork with black movement activists, development experts, and biodiversity conservation planners (January 1993 - January 1994; July 1994-November 1994; Summers 96, 97, 98, 2000; after that ongoing research with activists from the region in various places). 2. Department of National Planning of Colombia: fieldwork with rural development, food and nutrition planning units, Bogotá and Cali (1981-1982; summers 1983, 1990).  EMPLOYMENT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE Present Position: Kenan Distinguished Teaching Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Visiting Professor (Fulbright Fellow), Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales, Universid