Given my continuing research with the Cape Verdean community in and around Providence, and my permanent residence in the area, I am honored to have an affiliation with the Brown anthropology department.

I now edit the longstanding book series in Contemporary Ethnography (inaugurated in 1989 by Kirin Narayan, Paul Stoller, and Dan Rose). I work closely with our Press editor, Elisabeth Maselli, on every manuscript. We have an efficient turn-around time and provide hands-on editorial experience. We always welcome beautifully and/or adventurously written ethnographers on any subject, concerning any part of the world. Our titles regularly win awards.

After retiring from full-time teaching, I'm now devoting my time to doing full-time research, writing, and editing, as well as running the Beng Community Fund. I'm always available to present talks, run workshops, and do short-term teaching (in the US or abroad).

At the U. of Illinois, I taught over two dozen courses, ranging in level from introductory undergraduate lecture courses to doctoral seminars. Many of my courses drew students from across campus and were cross-listed in other departments, including African Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Global Studies, European Union Studies, Religious Studies, and the Campus Honors Program.

With Philip Graham, I have founded the Beng Community Fund as a means to give back to the Beng community of Côte d'Ivoire, in partial recompense for all they have given us. We direct all proceeds from the two memoirs we have co-authored about our lives with the Beng (Parallel Worlds, and Braided Worlds) to fund projects that will help rural Beng villagers thrive; all projects are selected with input from Beng villagers via our In-Country Correspondent, as well as from our Board of Directors. The NGO has tax-exempt, 501 (c) (3) status in the US, so all donations to the organization are tax-deductible in the US.

As a Visiting Professor at Princeton during fall 2013, I enjoyed teaching two undergraduate courses in Anthropology (one of which was cross-listed with Gender and Sexuality Studies), mentoring five undergraduate students in their junior thesis work, and getting to know colleagues both within my home department and across campus.

As a Visiting Professor at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales during fall 2010, I enjoyed giving two lectures in French on current trends in anthropology and in childhood research, and getting to know colleagues and students associated with EHESS.