New Faculty 2009

Daniel Carl Mains,  Faculty Fellow in Anthropology
 
I study urban youth in Ethiopia and I am particularly interested in capitalism, the experience of time and space, economic development, modernity, and popular culture and consumption.  I am currently working on two projects.  The first is a book titled Hope is Cut: Youth, Unemployment, and The Future in Urban Ethiopia.  The book examines how young men in Jimma, Ethiopia negotiate the gap between their aspirations for the future and economic realities.  The second is a collaborative research project titled "Poverty, Social Change, and Shifting Expectations: The Makings of Mental Health Disorders among Ethiopian Adolescents."  The study examines the relationship between youth aspirations and mental health, especially depression and anxiety.  At Colby I will be teaching courses related to globalization and Africa, international development, and global youth cultures.
 
 
Thomas Philip Abowd, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology