Dr. Robert Lawless
Cultural Anthropologist
robert.lawless@wichita.edu
316-978-6185
Office: 214 Neff Hall
Area of study/interests
Anthropology
Classes taught
Sociocultural courses
Biography
Did fieldwork in the Philippines, New York City, Haiti, and Florida
Received PhD at New School for Social Research, 1975
Publications
2002 "Haiti: Voodoo, Christianity, and Politics." In Religion and Politics in the Developing World: Explosive Interactions. Rolin G. Mainuddin, ed. Pp. 39-49. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate.
2004a "Haitians." In Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures, Vol. 2: Cultures. Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember, eds. Pp. 696-702. New York: Kluwer Academic.
2004b "Philippine Diaspora." In Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World, Vol. 1: Overviews and Topics. Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, and Ian Skoggard, eds. Pp. 244-253. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
2006a "Cannibalism." In Encyclopedia of Anthropology. H. James Birx, ed. Pp. 435-436. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
2006b "Comte, Auguste." In Encyclopedia of Anthropology. H. James Birx, ed. Pp. 553. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
2006c "Configurationism." In Encyclopedia of Anthropology. H. James Birx, ed. Pp. 555-556. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
2006d "Diffusionism." In Encyclopedia of Anthropology. H. James Birx, ed. Pp. 746-748. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
2006e "Duvalier, François." In Encyclopedia of the Developing World, Vol. 1: A-E. Thomas M. Leonard, ed. P. 497. New York: Routledge.
2006f "Haiti." In Encyclopedia of the Developing World, Vol. 2: F-N. Thomas M. Leonard, ed. Pp. 740-741. New York: Routledge.
2006g "Marcos, Ferdinand." In Encyclopedia of the Developing World, Vol. 2: F-N. Thomas M. Leonard, ed. Pp. 994-996. New York: Routledge.
2006h "Models, Anthropological." In Encyclopedia of Anthropology. H. James Birx, ed. Pp. 1605-1606. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
2006i "Rank and Status." In Encyclopedia of Anthropology. H. James Birx, ed. Pp. 1984-1985. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
2006j "Role and Status." In Encyclopedia of Anthropology. H. James Birx, ed. Pp. 2029-2030. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
2007 "Kalingas." In Encyclopaedia of the South-East Asian Ethnography, Vol. 1: A-L. N.S. Bisht and T.S. Bankoti, eds. Pp. 285-290. Dehli: Global Vision Publishing House.
2008a "The Dynamics of Food and the Kalingas: An Account of a People in the North Luzon Highlands, Philippines." Omertaa 2 Http://omertaa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=71.
2008b "Time among the Kalingas: An Account of a People in the North Luzon Highlands, Philippines." Omertaa 3 Http://omertaa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id63&Itemid=85.
2009a "Empires and the Sullying of Anthropology." CounterPunch 6-8 November Http://www.counterpunch.org/lawless11062009.html.
2009b (With Christian Antoine Girault and James A. Ferguson) "Haiti." Encyclopedia Online Britannica. Http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/251961/Haiti.