ROBERT K. HITCHCOCK
Curriculum Vitae
ADDRESS
OFFICE:
Department of Geography and office:
(517) 884-1239
Center for
Global Change and fax: (517) 353-2932
Earth
Observations (CGCEO) email: hitchc16@msu.edu
207A Manly
Miles
Michigan
State University
East
Lansing, MI 48823-5243
HOME:
1488 Sylvan Glen Road
Okemos, MI 48864-3714
Tel: (517) 347-8412, cell: (517) 614-5266
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
Professor, Department of
Geography and Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, 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 Dakota State University, 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 th