Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Education

  • Ohio State University: Ph.D. in anthropology
  • University of Connecticut: M.A. in international studies
  • Northwestern University: B.A. in political science

Research

  • Political anthropology, environmental anthropology, African political cultures, social-ecological systems, ethnographic methods, migration and subjectivity, global education. 

Selected Publications

  • Schareika, Nikolaus, Christopher Brown, Mark Moritz. 2021. “Critical Transitions from Pastoralism to Ranching in Central Africa”. Current Anthropology, volume 62, no. 1.
  • Brown, Christopher. 2019. The Cultural Logic of Strangerhood: Subjectivity, Migration and Belonging among Ghana’s Transnational Zongo Community. Doctoral Dissertation, The Ohio State University.