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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Florida

Benjamin Burgen

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Alumni

Email: burgen@ufl.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida
  • M.A., Anthropology, Washington State University, 2008
  • B.A., Anthropology and International Studies, University of Kansas, 2003

Subfield

Cultural Anthropology

Chair

Dr. Kane

Research Interests

Transnational Migration, Economic Anthropology, Anthropology of Development, West Africa, Senegal, Mauritania, France, Wolof, Soninke

Selected Publications

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

  •  Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, 2015
  • University of Florida Graduate School Doctoral Research Travel Award, 2015
  • Polly and Paul Doughty Research Award for Graduate Anthropology Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, 2015
  • FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellowship, Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Wolof, Academic Years 2012-2013 & 2011-2012
  • FLAS Fellowship, Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Intensive Wolof (Dakar, Senegal: Baobab Institute), Summer 2012

This student has graduated from the program so the information on this page may not be current.