Daniel Smith
Education:
- AB in Sociology from Harvard University (1983)
- MPH from Johns Hopkins University (1989)
- PhD in Anthropology from Emory University (1999)
Leadership Positions:
- 2007-2009 William C. McGloughlin Award for Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences
- 2015 – 2018 he was appointed a Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence
- 2006-2011 he was Associate Director of the Population Studies and Training Center
- 2012-2019 he was Chair of the Department of Anthropology
Publications:
- A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria (Princeton University Press, 2007)
- AIDS Doesn’t Show Its Face: Inequality, Morality, and Social Change in Nigeria (University of Chicago Press, 2014)
- To Be a Man Is Not a One-Day Job: Masculinity, Money, and Intimacy in Nigeria (University of Chicago Press, 2017)
Published articles include:
- “Corruption and “Culture” in Anthropology and in Nigeria”.” Current Anthropology, vol. 59, no. Suppl 18, 2018, pp. S83-S91.
- “Special Issue: Population and Development: Comparative Anthropological Perspectives.” Studies in Comparative International Development, vol. 50, no. 4, 2015, pp. 433-454.
- “Corruption complaints, inequality and ethnic grievances in post-Biafra Nigeria.” Third World Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 5, 2014, pp. 787-802.
Biography:
Daniel Smith conducts research in medical anthropology, anthropological demography, and political anthropology in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on Nigeria. His research in medical and demographic anthropology includes work on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and behavior, adolescent sexuality, marriage, kinship, and rural-urban migration. His research focuses on understanding the intersection of social change and social reproduction. One of his most notable projects includes leading the Nigeria component of an NIH-supported, five-country comparative ethnographic study entitled “Love, Marriage, and HIV.”
Dr. Smith currently holds grants from the National Institutes of Health. Completed Grants include the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California, funded by the Templeton Foundation.
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