Dr. Erin Kenny

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Education

• PhD, Anthropology, 2005, University of Kentucky
• MS, Anthropology & Gender Studies, 1995, Wichita State University
• BS, Anthropology & Geology, 1991, James Madison University

Teaching

• ANT100 World Cultures
• ANT313 Volunteerism & Development in the Global South
• ANT395 History of Anthropological Theory

Professional experience

Promoted to full professor.

2025 _Women & Education: Global Lives in Focus_, Bloomsbury Press
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/women-and-education-9781440865497/

Research and professional interests

• Africa 
• Household economics 
• Gender and kinship 
• Diaspora and immigration 
• Intergenerational obligations
• Women's entrepreneurship 
• Women in higher education
• Ozarks Poverty Research

Awards and honors

• Fulbright IIE, 2002
  Fulbright CIS, 2012