Catherine BoltenCatherine Bolten

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies
(PhD, University of Michigan)
317 Hesburgh Center
574-631-5099
email: cbolten@nd.edu

Geographic focus: West and Southern Africa

Thematic interests: Morality; Post-conflict development; Structural violence; Youth

Current research: Inter-generational conflict in Sierra Leone

Selected publications: “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).