Five College African Studies : Mitzi Goheen

Mitzi Goheen

Professor

Department of Anthropology & Sociology; Black Studies - Chair
Amherst College

Chair, Black Studies (Amherst College)
Editor, African Studies Review with Ralph Faulkingham)
Co-Director, USFIL grant (with Elliot Fratkin)
Study Abroad Committee, Amherst College

Office: 309 Cooper House
Telephone: (413) 542-2740
E-mail: mrgoheen@amherst.edu
Web:https://cms.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/mrgoheen, African Studies Review

Degree: Ph.D., Anthroplogy, Harvard University.

Research Interests: West Africa, emphasis on Cameroon; youth, gender, political.

Courses include: African Cultures and Societies; Africa: Power and Representation; Economic Anthropology and Social Theory; Evolution and Culture.

Publications: Men Own the Fields, Women Own the Crops: Gender and Power in the Cameroon Highlands (book; U of Wisconsin Press 1996; 1999); Nso and its Neighbors, edited book: co-editor with Elizabeth Chilver, Oxford; Numerous journal articles and book chapters on political economy, national-local politics and gender in Cameroon.

Languages: Pidgin English; Lamnso; French

Geographic focus: Cameroon; West Africa; African Continent; Black Atlantic

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	Mitzi Goheen Professor Department of Anthropology & Sociology; Black Studies - Chair Amherst College Chair, Black Studies (Amherst College) Editor, African Studies Review with Ralph Faulkingham) Co-Director, USFIL grant (with Elliot Fratkin) Study Abroad Committee, Amherst College Office: 309 Cooper House Telephone: (413) 542-2740 E-mail: mrgoheen@amherst.edu Web:https://cms.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/mrgoheen, African Studies Review Degree: Ph.D., Anthroplogy, Harvard University. Research Interests: West Africa, emphasis on Cameroon; youth, gender, political. Courses include: African Cultures and Societies; Africa: Power and Representation; Economic Anthropology and Social Theory; Evolution and Culture. Publications: Men Own the Fields, Women Own the Crops: Gender and Power in the Cameroon Highlands (book; U of Wisconsin Press 1996; 1999); Nso and its Neighbors, edited book: co-editor with Elizabeth Chilver, Oxford; Numerous journal articles and book chapters on political economy, national-local politics and gender in Cameroon. Languages: Pidgin English; Lamnso; French Geographic focus: Cameroon; West Africa; African Continent; Black Atlantic