SPRING 2002

Faculty News

This was another big year for books and scholarly projects in Anthropology & Sociology!

David Edwards published Before Taliban to considerable public interest, given the strategic importance of Afghanistan in the wake of the September 2001 terrorist attacks.. Edwards was also named a Scholar of Vision by the Carnegie Foundation, recognition that comes with research support for his forthcoming sabbatical leave. David's work was also featured in a major exhibit at the Asia Society in New York.

Federico Varese, who joined the department as Assistant Professor of Sociology in July, just published The Russian Mafia to considerable public notice, including a review in the Times Literary Supplement.

Jim Nolan, Associate Professor of Sociology and chair of Anthro/Soc, edited the book Drug Courts: In Theory and in Practice, just published by Aldine de Gruyter. His earlier book on drug courts received a glowing notice in the Harvard Law Review.

Michael Brown, Lambert Professor of Anthropology, published a Spanish translation of War of Shadows, a book that he co-authored with Eduardo Fernández. The translation, co-published by CAAAP-Lima/CAEA-Buenos Aires, was the subject of a several television and radio interviews in Peru, as well as print reviews in the Peruvian press.