Faculty & Staff

ROBIN M. CHANDLER

Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies
Ph.D., Northeastern University

Department of African American Studies
208 Lake Hall
(617) 373-5681
(617) 373-2625 (fax)
r.chandler@neu.edu
www.rmchandler.com

Areas of Study:
Globalization, Gender and Development, The Sociology of Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary Theory and Methodology, Micro-enterprise and the Arts, Global Arts Movements.

Selected Publications:

Women, War, and Violence: Personal Perspectives and Global Activism. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. , 2011

4th Annual International Conference on Sociology, Mini-conference on Violence against Women, May 10-13, Athens, Greece. Paper, “Gender-based Violence-Crisis and Opportunity”, 2010

“Artisans and the Marketing of Ethnicity: Globalization, Indigenous Identity, and Nobility Principles in Micro-Enterprise Development”, Ethnic Studies Review, Vol. 31, No.1. July, 2008

Selected Professional Activities:

Fulbright Specialist. Grand Bassa Community College, Buchanan, Liberia, 2010-present

Board member, National Association of Ethnic Studies, 2010-present

Institute for Race and Justice - Steering Committee/ Community Advisory Board, 2001-present.

Work/artist included in IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas, Exhibition and Book. National Museum of the American Indian, October. Touring exhibition SITES (Smithsonian) and NMAI, 2009-2010.

Upcoming Courses and Recent Courses Taught:
Spring 2012

AFRS 1185 Gender in the African Diaspora

AFAM 1109 Foundations of Black Culture I