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Daniel K. Thompson

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Title: Assistant Professor
Phone: (321) 514-7387
Education:
  • Ph.D. in Anthropology, 2019 — Emory University
  • M.A. in Anthropology, 2017 — Emory University 
  • M.A. In Geography, 2012 — University of Miami
  • B.A. in Religious Studies adn English, 2010 — University of Miami

 

Awards:
  • 2018 — Jigjija University Research Grant 
  • 2018 — Annotation for Transparent Inquiry Challenge
  • 2017 — National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Cultural Anthropology 
  • 2017 — George Armelagos Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate student, Department of Anthropology 
  • 2017 — Institute for African Studies Graduate Student Prize, Emory University 
  • 2014 — George W. Woodruff Fellowship, Emory University
  • 2012 — Outstanding Graduate Research Award, Department of Geography and Regional Studies 
  • 2011 — National Geographic Society Young Explorers Grant 
  • 2011 — Arsht Ethics and Community Research Grant
  • 2009 — Beyond the Book Undergraduate Research Scholarship (University of Miami)

 

Research Interests:
  • Urban Political Economy 
  • Human Migration
  • Cross-Boarder Trade
  • Governance 
  • Cartographic Representation 
  • Eastern & Southern Africa 
Discipline: Anthropology