Cat BoltenCatherine Bolten

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies
(PhD, University of Michigan)
(On leave AY 2012-2013)
317 Hesburgh Center
574-631-5099
http://kroc.nd.edu/facultystaff/Faculty/catherine-bolten
email: cbolten@nd.edu

Geographic focus: West and Southern Africa

Thematic interests: Morality; post-conflict development; structural violence; youth

Current research: Education, youth unemployment, and inter-generational conflict in Sierra Leone.

Selected publications

Carnival I Did It to Save My Life
(University of California Press, 2012)

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Articles:

“Rethinking Burgeoning Political Consciousness: Student Activists, the Class of ’99 and Political Intent in Sierra Leone,” The Journal of Modern African Studies 47,3 (2009)

“The Agricultural Impasse: Creating ‘Normal’ Post-War Development in Sierra Leone,” The Journal of Political Ecology 16 (2009).