Kannan Nambiar

Assistant Professorial Lecturer in Anthropology
E-mail nambiar@gwu.edu
Office: 2106 G St., 303A / (202) 994-8716

Dr. Nambiar is a cultural anthropologist with a special interest in rural development and in human rights and ethics. He has worked in South Asia, West Africa, and the U.S.

Research

Dr. Nambiar is writing an ethnography on a fishing community in Maine entitled: "A Down East Fishing Community: The Processes of Transformation." He is also developing a new study of possession ritual and cultural change in Kerala, India.

Selected Publications

Articles and Monographs

1994	Nambiar, K. Socioeconomic Impact Monitoring and Evaluation of the Northern Region Pilot Infrastructure Scheme (NRPIS). Accra: The World Bank and the Republic of Ghana.
1992	Nambiar, K. Urban Poverty in Sierra Leone: A Preliminary Study. Freetown: The World Bank and the Government of Sierra Leone.

Course Taught

Anth 002: Sociocultural Anthropology
Anth 117: Methods in Sociocultural Anthropology
Anth 150: Human Rights and Ethics
Anth 151: Development Anthropology
Anth 157: Kinship, Family, and Community
Anth 196: Topics: South Asian Diasporas
Anth 196: Topics: Peoples and Cultures of India

Education

Ph.D. 1984, SUNY at Stony Brook
M.A. 1979, SUNY at Stony Brook
B.A. 1974, Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY)