William H. Durham
Encyclopedia
William H. Durham is an American biological anthropologist, and Bing Professor in Human Biology, at Stanford University
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with a master’s and PhD.
He has studied the demography, genetics, and resource management of the San Blas Kuna of Panama
, El Salvador
and Honduras
, and deforestation in Mexico, Central, and South America.
He is currently Editor of the Annual Review of Anthropology.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
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Life
William Durham earned a B.A. at Stanford University, and graduated from the University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
with a master’s and PhD.
He has studied the demography, genetics, and resource management of the San Blas Kuna of Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
, El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
and Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
, and deforestation in Mexico, Central, and South America.
He is currently Editor of the Annual Review of Anthropology.
Awards
- 1983 MacArthur Fellows ProgramMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
- National Science Foundation fellowship
- Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
- Danforth Foundation fellowship
Works
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- Escasez y sobrevivencia en Centroamérica: orígenes ecológicos de la guerra del fútbol, UCA Editores, 1988, ISBN 9788484051084 (reprint 1992, ISBN 9780804721561)