Five College African Studies : Elliot Fratkin

Elliot Fratkin

Professor

Department of Anthropology
Smith College

Co-Director, African Studies Program Smith College
Co-Director, USFIL grant (with Mitzi Goheen)

Office: 107 Wright Hall
Telephone: (413) 585-3338
E-mail: efratkin@smith.edu
Web: http://www.smith.edu/anthro/faculty/fratkin.html

Degree: Ph.D., Catholic University of America (1987)

Research Interests: African Pastoralism, Anthropology of Development, Health in Africa.

Courses include: Africa: Population, Environment and Health Issues; African Systems of Healing.

Publications: Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya (2004); As Pastoralists Settle: Social, Demographic, and Health Consequences in Northern Kenya (with Eric A. Roth, 2005); East African Pastoralism in Transition: Maasai, Boran, and Rendille Cases (African Studies Review, 2001).

Languages: French, Maa (Maasai).

Geographic focus: Northern Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea.

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	Elliot Fratkin Professor Department of Anthropology Smith College Co-Director, African Studies Program Smith College Co-Director, USFIL grant (with Mitzi Goheen) Office: 107 Wright Hall Telephone: (413) 585-3338 E-mail: efratkin@smith.edu Web: http://www.smith.edu/anthro/faculty/fratkin.html Degree: Ph.D., Catholic University of America (1987) Research Interests: African Pastoralism, Anthropology of Development, Health in Africa. Courses include: Africa: Population, Environment and Health Issues; African Systems of Healing. Publications: Ariaal Pastoralists of Northern Kenya (2004); As Pastoralists Settle: Social, Demographic, and Health Consequences in Northern Kenya (with Eric A. Roth, 2005); East African Pastoralism in Transition: Maasai, Boran, and Rendille Cases (African Studies Review, 2001). Languages: French, Maa (Maasai). Geographic focus: Northern Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea.