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Daniel Jordan Smith is the Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Brown University's Department of Anthropology. He joined Brown in 2001 and has since conducted extensive research focusing on Nigeria. His work encompasses a variety of social issues, including population processes, political culture, kinship, infrastructure, and health. He has received several prestigious awards for his contributions to the field, including the 2008 Margaret Mead Award for his book "Culture Corruption: Everyday Deception Popular Discontent Nigeria" and the 2015 Elliott P. Skinner Award for "AIDS Doesn’t Show Face: Inequality, Morality, Social Change Nigeria." Smith's current research, supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020, explores the ways Nigerians manage to cope with failures in basic infrastructure and how these issues relate to state power and citizenship. His publication record reflects a deep engagement with issues of medical anthropology and political culture in sub-Saharan Africa, and he teaches courses that address cultural and medical anthropology, development studies, and anthropological demography.
Brown University • Providence, RI
Teaches courses in cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, and development studies.
Department: Department of Economics