Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban Explained

Birth Date:6 January 1945
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party:Democratic
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Education:Temple University (BA, MA)
Northwestern University (PhD)
Thesis Title:An anthropological analysis of homicide in an Afro-Arab State: the Sudan
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/openview/a4d42d164207156b27533ae674ba801c/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
Thesis Year:1973
Discipline:Anthropology
Sub Discipline:Cultural relativism

Carolyn B. Fluehr-Lobban (;[1] née Fluehr; born January 6, 1945)[2] is an American anthropologist,[3] beekeeper, and a co-founder and past president of the Sudan Studies Association.[4] Fluehr-Lobban is a specialist in Islamic law, anthropology and ethics, human rights, cultural relativism and universal rights, and has authored texts books on Islamic societies and on race and racism.[5] She is professor emerita of anthropology at Rhode Island College, in Providence, Rhode Island,[6] and helped start its beekeeping program.[7] Fluehr-Lobban is also a lecturer at the Naval War College, in Newport, Rhode Island.[8] She established a scholarship at Georgia State University[9] where she took her first anthropology course, as well as the scholarships she and her husband established at Temple and Northwestern Universities. She was the secretary of the Rhode Island Beekeepers Society[10] and also lectures on bees and beekeeping.[11] [12] A three-time Democratic party candidate for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, she ran unsuccessfully in 2020, lost by four votes in the 2022 general election[13] against John Sellers,[14] and was also unsuccessful in the 2024 general election against Donald McFarlane.[15]

Life

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban received a Bachelors of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in anthropology from Temple University. She received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Northwestern University in 1973. She is married to the archaeologist Richard Lobban, whom she met in Temple University's Department of Anthropology.[16] [17] Together, they established the Dr. Richard A. Lobban Jr. and Dr. Carolyn B. Fluehr-Lobban Pre-Dissertation Research Award in Anthropology at Temple University.[18]

Fluehr-Lobban and her husband Richard Lobban have helped place 170 acres in permanent watershed protection for Newfound Lake.[19] They have donated to the Lakes Region Conservation Trust and joined some of their neighbors in placing conservation easements on their property.[20]

Publications

See also: Bibliography of anthropology.

Books

As editor
As co-editor

Articles

Academic

General

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban. Granite State Voices. November 5, 2024. November 11, 2024.
  2. Web site: Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn. Library of Congress.
  3. Web site: Anthropologist Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban retires from RIC. Wilson. Nicole. 21 June 2011. Rhode Island College News. https://web.archive.org/web/20140329013427/http://www.ric.edu/news/details.php?News_ID=1403. 29 March 2014.
  4. Book: Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn . Historical Dictionary of the Sudan . Scarecrow Press, Rowman & Littlefield . Lanham, MD . 2002 . 978-0810825475.
  5. Web site: Social Science Consultation with Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban on Censure of Anthropologists by the American Anthropological Association. . July 10, 2009. pmicasebook.com. Psychology and Military Intelligence Casebook on Interrogation Ethics (PMIC). February 10, 2017.
  6. Web site: Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban. Rhode Island College. November 11, 2024.
  7. Web site: New: RIC to Launch Beekeeping Initiative. GoLocalProv. August 6, 2012. November 11, 2024.
  8. http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/files/workshopabstracts102111.pdf Workshop on Pluralism, Coexistence and Conflict: Majority and Minority Communities in Muslim Societies: Abstracts and Bios
  9. Web site: Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban Scholarship. Georgia State University. November 11, 2024.
  10. News: Kernan. Joe. Our friend, the bee. Cranston Online. July 27, 2011.
  11. News: Koh. Elizabeth. RIC starts sustainability buzz with beehives. November 27, 2012. The Brown Daily Herald. March 28, 2014.
  12. News: Kernan . Joe. July 27, 2011 . Our friend, the bee. Cranston Herald. Warwick, RI. February 10, 2017.
  13. Web site: About Carolyn. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban for NH Representative. November 11, 2024.
  14. Web site: Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban. New Hampshire Public Radio. November 11, 2024.
  15. Web site: New Hampshire Election Results. The New York Times. November 11, 2024.
  16. News: . January 21, 2014. Hobbyist Beekeeping Good for Environment . Rhode Island College Campus News. Providence, RI. February 10, 2017.
  17. News: Lobban. Richard. 2012. Reflections on Dr. William B. Schwab . American Anthropological Association, Association of Senior Anthropologists. February 12, 2017 .
  18. Web site: Upcoming events & Notices. . 2012. cla.temple.edu. Department of Anthropology, Temple University. February 10, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170212164124/http://www.cla.temple.edu/anthro/news/. February 12, 2017. dead.
  19. Web site: Carolyn on the Issues. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban for NH Representative. November 11, 2024.
  20. Web site: Bridgewater Hill Properties. Lakes Region Conservation Trust.

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