Robert Albro

Robert Albro received his Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1999. Since 1991 Dr. Albro has maintained long-term ethnographic research, and published widely, on popular and indigenous politics in Bolivia, with a particular focus on the changing terms of citizenship, democratic participation, and indigenous movements in this country. His current research is concerned with global cultural policy making, as it meaningfully shapes the ongoing terms of globalization, including the relevance of culture in contexts of security. Dr. Albro's research and writing have been supported over the years by the National Science Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the American Council for Learned Societies, among others. Dr. Albro has also been a Fulbright scholar, and has held fellowships at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Albro has held several leadership positions in the American Anthropological Association, including Chair of the Committee for Human Rights and Chair of the Commission on Anthropology’s Engagement with the Security and Intelligence Communities. He was recently a member of the National Research Council’s Committee on Unifying Social Frameworks. Dr. Albro was given the AAA’s President’s Award in 2009 for outstanding contributions to the Association. Most recently he has taught at Wheaton College (MA) and at George Washington University. He is currently in residence at American University’s School of International Service.