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Dr. Olivia Thompson
World Anthropology Society, Box 5555
Dallesport, WA 98617 USA
(509) 555-2323
OliviaThompson@was.org

Higher Education
•     Honors BA in Political Science and Sociology, summa cum laude, Hampton University, 1973
•     MA in Social Anthropology, Hampton University, 1974
•     PhD in Social Anthropology, University of Toronto, 1976

Academic Appointments
•     Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Alberta, Canada, 1976-77
•     Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Calgary, Canada, 1977-80
•     Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Trenton University, USA, 1981-94
•     Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington, USA, 1994-1998
•     Professor of Social Anthropology and Humanities, Hroch University, USA, 1998-present

Editorial Work
Editor, Perspectives on Northern Vietnamese Social Theory, 1990-95
Editor, Northern Vietnam: Social and Cultural Theory, JZI Press, 1994-

Publications: Books
1979 Northern Vietnam: An Introduction to Social Structures, Santa Clair: Goodman (translated in Korean and Chinese)
1988 Social Anthropology: Problems Through Conflict and Order, Toronto: Wesley
1998 Exploring Undiscovered Minority Cultures, Merlot: University of Seine Press
2000 Northern Vietnam: A Society in Transition, Merlot: University of Seine Press

Grants and Awards
Canada Council Social Anthropological Study, 1974-76
Hampton University Research Grant, 1977
Social Anthropology Research Foundation Award, 1985
National Endowment for Social Anthropological Research Development Fund Grant 1990
National Endowment for Social Anthropological Research Development Fund Grant 2000-2001
UN Extended Endowment for the World Anthropology Society
Full Endowment 2006-2008