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Risa Ellovich

RANK: Assistant Professor of Anthropology

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. - Anthropology, Indiana University (1979)

M.A. - Anthropology, Indiana University (1972)

B.A. - Sociology, Chatham College (1969)

POSITIONS HELD:

Undergraduate Administrator, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, NCSU (1993-2001)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, NCSU (1979-present)

Instructor, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, NCSU (1976-1979)

Lecturer, Anthropology and African Studies, Indiana University (1975-1976)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Social organization

Urban anthropology

Women in Africa

Africa

TEACHING AND GRADUATE ACTIVITIES:

Undergraduate Courses

Urban Anthropology
Cross Cultural Perspectives on Women
Anthropological Research Methods
Peoples and Cultures of Africa
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Graduate Courses

Urban Anthropology
Cross Cultural Perspectives on Women
Committee Member on two Ph.D. committees and one MA committee

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (LAST 10 YEARS)

I have had numerous book and media reviews published in the last 10 years in Choice. They focused on cultural anthropology, anthropology and gender, African ethnography, African urbanization and African women.
LANGUAGES

French

Bambara/Dioula

SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

Reader panel member, Dept. of Education, Resource and Area Study Centers Competition, Afirca (1999)

Reader panel member, Dept. of Education, Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research and Faculty Research Abroad Programs, Africa proposals, (1981, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Reader panel member, Dept. of Education, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, Africa proposals (1987, 1993)

Textbook reviewer, cultural anthropology (Harper/Collins, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, West).

Article reviewer (Urban Anthropology, Canadian Review of African Studies, Signs, City and Society)

Coordinator, Southeastern Regional Seminar in African Studies (SERSAS) (1989-92)

Secretary, Southeastern Regional Seminar in African Studies (SERSAS) (1989-present)

Planning Committee, Carolina Seminar: African Ecology and Social Change (1994-present)

University (NCSU)

Faculty Hearings Panel (1986-90), (1998-present)

Self-Study Steering Committee for SACS review, CHASS representative (1992-94)

African-American Studies Advisory Committee (1995-present)

Council on Undergraduate Education (1991-93)

Merit Scholars Program Interviewer (1989-present)

Park Scholars program interviewer (1999- present)

CHASS ! Coordinators of Advising Committee (1993-present)

! Dean=s Committee on Minority Affairs (1982-present)

! Search Committee, CHASS Assistant Dean (1996)

! Honors and Scholars Committee (1993-97), (1998-present)

Department ! Undergraduate Committee (curriculum committee) member (1990-present); chair (1993-present)

! Graduate Committee (1993-present)

! Anthropology Search Committee (1993-94)

! Anthropology Coordinator (1989-90), (1996-97)

University

! Member, Academy of Outstanding Teachers (1983-present)

FUTURE PLANS: ! I intend to continue participating on campus committees, reading for Fulbight-Hays, reviewing for Choice. After my administrative duties end, I would like to resume considering research issues concerning African families in urban settings, specifically extended family relations in West Africa.

! A possible area of interest is domestic violence in urban African families on which I have already collected some data.