ROBERT K. HITCHCOCK
Curriculum Vitae
ADDRESS
OFFICE:
Department of Geography andoffice: (517) 884-1239
Center for Global Change andfax: (517) 353-2932
Earth Observations (CGCEO)email:
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MichiganStateUniversity
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Ph.D.University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Anthropology, December, 1982.
M.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Anthropology, June, 1977
B.A. University of California at Santa Barbara, Anthropology and History, June, 1971.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April, 2009 - present.
Professor, Department of Geography and Center for Global Change and Earth Observations (CGCEO), Adjunct Professor, Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, August 2009-present.
Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, August, 2006 – August, 2009.
Professor, Department of Anthropology and Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2000-2006 (Vice-Chair, 2003-2006).
Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1996-1999 (Chair, 1996-1999).
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 1994 –2000.
Coordinator of African Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, August, 1988 – August, 2006
Coordinator of Conflict and Conflict Resolution Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. August, 1997-August, 2006.
Director of International Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, August, 1999 - December, 2000.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 1988-July, 1994.
Lecturer, Project Management and Evaluation Program, International Management Development Institute (IMDI), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February-March 1989.
Lecturer, First Annual Institute in Technology Transfer, South DakotaStateUniversity, Brookings, South Dakota, June-July, 1983.
Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January-May, 1977.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August-December, 1974.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Member, Panel of Environmental Experts (POE), Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), Government of Lesotho and Government of South Africa, 1990-present.
Traditional Sector Specialist, Home Economics Section and Community Development Section, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Government of Swaziland, June, 1985-August, 1987.
Planning Advisor/Research Manager, National Refugee Commission, Government of Somalia, Mogadishu, Somalia, August, 1983 - August, 1984.
Senior Rural Sociologist, Division of Planning and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, June, 1980 - July, 1982.
Consultant, Land Issues, Ministry of Local Government and Lands, Gaborone, Botswana, June, 1977 - April, 1979.
Research Assistant, U.S. National Science Foundation Grant to the University of New Mexico for work on Regional Studies of San in the Eastern Kalahari, Botswana, August, 1975-November, 1976
Lecturer, Southwestern Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January-May, 1974.
Museum Aid, Remote Sensing Division, Chaco Center, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September, 1971 –December, 1973.
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
Chair, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, August, 2006 – August, 2009.
Vice-Chair, Department of Anthropology and Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2003-2006
Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1996-1999.
Coordinator of African Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, August, 1988 – August, 2006
Coordinator of Conflict and Conflict Resolution Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. August, 1997-August, 2006.
Director of International Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, August, 1999 - December, 2000.
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ecological anthropology, human-environment interactions, international human rights, social and environmental impacts of economic development, resettlement, poverty-alleviation, indigenous peoples, hunter-gatherers, farmers, pastoralists, refugees, internally displaced peoples,Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, and native North and South America.
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Anthropology 110
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 212
Introduction to Archaeology 232
Conflict and Conflict Resolution 261
Peoples and Cultures of Africa 362
Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East 915
Advanced Readings in Anthropology 396: Cultural Anthropology
Social Structure 412/812
Ecological Anthropology 473/873
Applied and Development Anthropology 474/874
Human Rights, Environment, Development 476/876
Field Methods in Ethnography 482/882
Special Readings in Anthropology 896: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Research Other Than Thesis 996: Qualitative Methods in Anthropology
Advanced Ethnography Seminar 915: Ethnoarchaeology
ISS 330a Africa: Social Science Perspectives
GEO 155H Human Geography
ANP 825 International Social Science Research Grant Writing for Graduate Students
ANP 880/491Hunters and Gatherers
ANP 881: Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology
Readings and Research Courses: Anthropology, Geography, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Refugee Studies
SKILLS
Cadastral survey
Geographic Position Systems (GPS) instrumentation use
Remote sensor data (e.g. space imagery and aerial photos) analysis
Digital mapping
Land Use Planning
Social impact analysis and assessment
Environmental impact assessment
Institutional analysis of organizations
Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs)
Development project design, implementation
Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E)
Conflict resolution
Archaeological survey and excavation
LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM FIELDWORK
Botswana, 1975 – present (11 years in the field)
Lesotho, 1990-present (intermittent)
Michigan, 2006-2011 (intermittent)
Great Plains, U.S. 1983 – present (intermittent)
Peru, 2007
Namibia, 1987, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2011
Zimbabwe, 1980, 1992, 1994, 1999
Uganda, 1994
Guatemala, Sierra de las Minas, 1994
Gabon, 1993
Swaziland, 1985-87, 1998
Somalia, 1983-84
British Columbia, Canada, 1966, 1969
Hawaii, 1971, 1977
California, 1965-1971, 1974 (Intermittent)
Pennsylvania, 1966
Colorado, Trinidad region, Purgatoire River, 1967
Saudi Arabia, 1960-64 (intermittent)
Greece (Rhodes), 1961
Egypt, 1961
RESEARCH GRANTS
Received: 2011
“Documentation and Use by Anthropologists of Ju/’hoan Oral Texts,” National Science Foundation, start date September 1, 2011, 2 years, PIs: Marguerite Biesele, Kalahari Peoples Fund, Robert K. Hitchcock, Michigan State University, $127,127.
Submitted:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (2011) Grant proposal application to the World Bank Trust Fund for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (TFESSD) “Impacts of Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Knowledge. Africa: Regional Case Studies on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Traditional Knowledge and Adaptation Strategies.” June, 2011. $3,500,000.
“Wildlife and Land Management in Botswana’, Government of Botswana, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife, and Tourism, October, 2010 submission, November 1, 2011 start date. Kalahari Peoples Fund, Austin (KPF), Austin, Texas, PIs: Megan Biesele, Robert K. Hitchcock, Wayne Babchuk, $150,000.
“CNH: Collaborative Research: Pastoralism, Climate, and Decision Making in the Southern Kalahari: Potential Hemispheric Consequences,” National Science Foundation, Start Date 1 August, 2010, 3 years, PIs: Greg Okin, UCLA, Yongkang Xue, UCLA, Paolo D'odorico, University of Virginia,Kelly Caylor, Princeton University,Kathy Galvin, Colorado State University, Randall Boone, Colorado State University, Robert K. Hitchcock, Michigan State University, $1,475,000.
‘Undefended Childhood in a Global Context, Structural Challenges to Schooling, Health, and Well-being among Indigenous Children’, Global and Thematic Initiative (GATI), Michigan State University, Co-principal investigators: Robert Hitchcock, Anthropology, MSU, DeBrenna Abenyiga, Department of Social Work, MSU, and Deborah Johnson, Department of Family and Child Ecology, MSU. $21,904
Recent
‘Sustainable Adaptations to Drought and Climate Variability in Agricultural Production Systems across Nebraska.’ National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), July 1-2004 – June 30, 2005 (extended to 2007). CSI/HDGCR: Climate and Social Interactions-Human Dimensions of Global Change Research (Co-Principal Investigator with Mike Hayes, Donald Wilhite, Cody Knudson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska), $107,909
“Crossing Borders”: Human Rights and Human Diversity: Area Studies”, Ford Foundation grant to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Co-Principal Investigators: Dane Kennedy, Department of History, David P. Forsythe, Department of Political Science, and Robert K. Hitchcock, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, (4 years), 1999-2003, extended to 2004, $50,000 year one, extension, $150,000 (total $200,000).
Community Health Endowment of Lincoln grant to Mary Willis and Robert Hitchcock for a Blueprint Project on ‘Health of Sudanese Refugees in Nebraska’. $5,100, 1 year 2002-2003.
Woods Foundation (Lincoln, Nebraska) grant to the Lincoln Literacy Council, First Presbyterian Church, and Department of Anthropology and Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, for a project on ‘Literacy Training for Sudanese Refugee Women in Nebraska,’ $40,000, 2002-2003.
Cooperative, State, Research, Education, and Extension Service grant entitled “City Sprouts North Omaha Community Food Project,” (with David LePage and Kate Brown, City Sprouts, Omaha, Nebraska), $162,750, October 1999 - September, 2002 (extended to September, 2003)
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration grant to ‘Anthropological Study on the Potential Impact of Refugees in M’Kata, Namibia’ to Robert Hitchcock of the Department of Anthropology of Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $29.000, 2001.
Ford Foundation grant for support of Human Rights at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Co-Principal Investigator with Dane Kennedy and David Forsythe), $50,000 (one year), 1997-98.
U.S. Agency for International Development grant entitled “Community-Based Natural Resources Management and Private Voluntary Organization/Non-government Organization Training and Institutional Development (Botswana)” Private Agencies Cooperating Together (PACT), Washington D.C. (With Marilyn Richards, Louis L. Mitchell, Bob Richards, et al) $750,000, January, 1996 - January, 1999.
Research Council, University of Nebraska grant for research on "Decision-Making among Primitive Hunters" (Co-Principal Investigator with Peter Bleed), ($2,000), January-December, 1992.
Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD) grant for "Investigation of Early Iron Age Settlement and Possible Tswana Origins in Southeast Botswana." (Alec Campbell, Co-Principal Investigator), ($17,500) June, 1988 - June, 1990
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for research on development of pastoralist economies in Southern Africa (with Edwin N. Wilmsen and James R. Denbow, Co-Principal Investigators). African Studies Program, BostonUniversity and NationalMuseum and ArtGallery, Gaborone, Botswana ($170,000), 1984-1986.
U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grants for research on Basarwa (San, Bushman) populations of the eastern Kalahari Desert, Botswana (Nos. SOC75-02253 and BNS76-20676) (research assistant to Henry Harpending and Patricia Draper, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico) ($200,000 and $12,000), 1975-1976.
University of Hawaii Foundation grant for research on prehistoric Hawaiian chiefdoms and communities using aerial photography (with Ross H. Cordy and Michael Kaschko, Co-Principal Investigators) ($7,500), 1974-1975.
National Geographic Society Grant (No. 1177) for research on the use of remote sensing in the analysis of prehistoric roads and Anasazi society in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (with Thomas R. Lyons and James I. Ebert, Co-Principal Investigators), ($12,000), 1973-1974.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grant for research on the use of space imagery in anthropological and archaeological investigations (with Thomas R. Lyons and James I. Ebert, Co-Principal Investigators), Chaco Center, National Park Service, ($900,000), 1973.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Recognition Award for Contributions to Students, UNL Parent's Association and The Teaching Council of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, January, 26, 1990, January 25, 1991, January 30, 1998, January 29, 1999, January 28, 2000, January, 2002, January, 2003, January, 2004 (10-year award, January, 2004), January 2005, January 2006.
Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Fulfilling the Dream’ Award, University of Nebraska Chancellor’s Award, Lincoln, Nebraska, January 20, 2003.
Gandhi Award, University of Nebraska-Omaha School of Social Work, Omaha, Nebraska, March, 2001.
Alternatives to the Military Nebraskan of the Year Peacemaker Award, Alternatives to the Military Committee, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 20, 2000.
Honorary Membership, Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, Black Masque Chapter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 10, 1999.
UNL Parents Association Five Year Recognition Award for Contributions to Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, January 29 1999.
End Hunger Award from the Mayor of the City of Lincoln, Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the End Hunger Network, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 17, 1994.
College of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 15, 1994.
Shades of Leadership Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Culture Center, for outstanding contributions to students of color and the University community, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 14, 1994.
Image Award, Afrikan Peoples Union, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 9, 1994.
Mortar Board Chapter Citation Award, Black Masque Chapter of the National Mortar Board, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 11, 1994.
Hope for Humanity Award for Excellence in Humanitarian Efforts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 29, 1993.
Elected as a member of the Alpha Phi Chapter of Phi Beta Delta, Honorary Society for International. Scholars, April 1991.
Elected member of the Society of the Sigma Xi (honorary scientific fraternity), 1973.
Graduated with High Honors (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of California,. Santa Barbara, June 1971.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND FIELDWORK
Assessment of Hai//om San in Etosha National Park and Hai//om Resettlement Farms, Namibia, November, 2011
Social impact assessment of a proposed copper-silver mining project, western Botswana (Ghanzi District and southern North West District), July-August, 2011.
Assessment of situation of remote area populations in Botswana, Kweneng, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, March-April, 2011.
Ethnographic and development-oriented research among African, Middle Eastern, and Russian refugees and immigrants, East Lansing, Michigan, January, 2007 – 2011.
Ethnographic and ethnohistoric research on indigenous peoples, social movements, and genocide issues, global perspectives, 2000 – present.
Ethnographic, archaeological and ethnoarchaeological research on San and other peoples, Botswana, 1975-present.
Research on Sudanese and Ogoni refugees in Nebraska, with special emphasis on human rights, health, and resettlement, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2002 - present.
Research on trans-boundary water and natural resource management regimes, concentrating on northeastern, eastern, and southern Africa, 1990 - present (archival and fieldwork).
Research on the potential impact of refugees resettlement in Osire and M’kata, Namibia. June-September, 2001.
Research on Ju/’hoansi San populations in northwestern Botswana (/Xai/Xai) and northeastern Namibia (Eastern Otjozondjupa), June-July, 1995, August - October, 1995, July-August, 1997
Niobrara and Missouri Scenic Riverways region, South Dakota. Investigations of land use, economics, social organization, and planning issues among Native American populations along the Niobrara and MissouriRivers (the NIMI Project), for the National Park Service, Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska offices. Intermittent, March, 1993 - October, 1994.
Eastern Bushmanland and Kaokoland, Namibia. Carried out research on decentralization and natural resource management among Ju/'hoansi and Himba populations, May-June, 1992.
Eastern Bushmanland, Namibia. Carried out an institutional analysis of the Nyae Nyae Farmers Cooperative and the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation for the Ford Foundation, May - June, August 1992.
Bulalima-Mangwe and Binga Districts, western Zimbabwe. Carried out research on the impacts of natural resource management and income generating projects among Tyua, Ndebele, and Tonga populations. June-July, 1992.
Okavango Delta, North West District and Nata Region, Central District, Botswana. Conducted research on natural research management and community institutions for the Botswana Natural Resources Management Project, July-August, 1991.
Highlands of Kingdom of Lesotho. Conducted social and environmental impact assessment of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project in the highlands area of the Kingdom of Lesotho, August, 1991.
Remote Areas of western and southern Botswana. Conducted an assessment of a remote area development program and did research on leadership, customary courts, and community institutions, May-June, 1990.
Botswana. Conducted research on the impacts of the Accelerated Remote Area Development Program (ARADP) in rural Botswana for the Ministry of Local Government and Lands and the Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD), Ministry of Development Cooperation, May-July, 1990.
Lesotho. Conducted research on the social, environmental, and cultural resource impacts of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) in the mountains of the Kingdom of Lesotho, March-April, 1990.
Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. Conducted research on institutions related to wildlife and resource management as part of a project paper design team, June-August, 1989.
Kalahari Desert, Botswana. Carried out socioeconomic studies as part of a program involved in designing a monitoring and research strategy for the Remote Area Development Program of the Government of Botswana and the Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD), May-July, 1988.
Eastern Bushmanland, Namibia. Conducted socioeconomic, development-related, and environmental research on issues relating to resettlement and economic development for Ju/’hoansi San, May-June, 1987.
Swaziland. Conducted socioeconomic and development oriented research among rural Swazi populations, with special emphasis on traditional leaders and rural women, June, l985 - August, 1987.
Lower Shabelle, Gedo, Hiran, and North West Regions, Somalia. Oversaw socioeconomic research among refugee populations (mainly Somali pastoralists and Oromo agropastoralists from Ethiopia), August, 1983 - August, 1984.
Botswana. Conducted monitoring and evaluation work in commercial ranching and communal land areas in rural Botswana, with particular emphasis on examining the impacts of land reform, livestock projects, and general remote area development projects, June, 1980 - August, 1982, August, 1985 - August, 1987 (intermittent).
Gabane, Kweneng District, Botswana. Archaeological excavation crew member, NationalMuseum and ArtGallery, Botswana, January-October, 1981.
Eastern, southwestern, and northwestern Botswana. Conducted ethnographic and development-related research among remote area populations as well as carrying out various ethnoarchaeological studies, July, 1977 - April, 1979.
Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Conducted remote sensing and archaeological survey work in traditional land units of Hawaii, June, 1977.
East-central Kalahari Desert, Botswana. Carried out anthropological and ethnoarchaeological investigations among Basarwa (San) populations, August, 1975 - November, 1976.
Malpais area, western New Mexico. Conducted archaeological survey for the School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June, 1975.
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Conducted archaeological excavations as part of a mitigation program by UCSB for NASA's space shuttle, June-August, 1974.
ChacoCanyon, northwestern New Mexico. Conducted archaeological and ecological survey and remote sensing investigations for the National Park Service, October, 1971 - April, 1974.