Lynn Bolles Explained

Lynn Bolles
Birth Name:	Augusta Lynn Bolles
Birth Date:	^[1]
Occupation:	Anthropologist
Language:	English
Nationality:	American
Citizenship:	United States
Education:	Syracuse University
Alma Mater:	Rutgers University
Genres:	-->
Subjects:	-->
Notablework:	-->
Spouse:	James Mackin Walsh (1980-)
Spouses:	-->
Partners:	-->

Augusta Lynn Bolles (born 1949) is an American anthropologist, professor Emerita of women's studies and affiliate faculty in anthropology, African American studies, American studies, comparative literature and the Latin American studies center at the University of Maryland,^[2] and co-chair of The Cottagers' African American Cultural Festival.

Biography

She graduated with an A.B. in English literature and anthropology from Syracuse University, and an M.A. in anthropology and a Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology from Rutgers University.^[3] She is the daughter of Augusta Beebe Bolles and George Bolles. She married James Mackin Walsh on February 9, 1980, in the Kirkpatrick Chapel of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.^[4]

Bolles is credited as a path maker in Black feminist anthropology with theories focused on care^[5] and for paving the way for the Cite Black Women movement founded by Christen A. Smith.^[6] Prior to teaching at the University of Maryland, Bolles was a professor of sociology and anthropology and the director of African-American studies at Bowdoin College.^[7] She also served as president of the Association of Black Anthropologists (1983–84), the Caribbean Studies Association (1997–98), the Association for Feminist Anthropology (2001-2003), and the Society for the Anthropology of North America (2009-2011).^[8]

Selected Publications

• Bolles, A. L. (2023). Decolonizing anthropology: An ongoing process. American Ethnologist, 50(3), 519-522.^[9]
• Bolles, A. L., Boellstorff, T., Dudgeon, M. R., Khandelwal, M. R., Kingfisher, C., Kramer, E. A., ... & Theidon, K. (2016). Mapping feminist anthropology in the twenty-first century. Rutgers University Press.^[10]
• Bolles, A. L. (1996). We paid our dues : women trade union leaders of the Caribbean. Howard University Press.^[11]
• Bolles, A. L. (1996). Sister Jamaica : a study of women, work, and households in Kingston. University Press of America.^[12]
• Bolles, L. A. (1987). Anthropological research methods for the study of women in the Caribbean. Women in Africa and the African Diaspora, 65-77.^[13]
• Bolles, L. A. (1987). Anthropological research methods for the study of women in the Caribbean. Women in Africa and the African Diaspora, 65-77.^[14]

External links

Relevant Archival Collections

• A. Lynn Bolles papers: University of Maryland Special Collections and University Archives. This contains a variety of ethnographic data from Dr. Bolles' time in the Caribbean collecting information for her doctoral dissertation, personal photographs, news clippings, and awards, and also several other publications not listed above.
• Scattered holdings: Bowdoin College Special Collections and Archives (use link and search “Lynn Bolles”).

Cite Black Women Podcast interview

• S2E15: A Conversation with A. Lynn Bolles on The History and Labor of Citational Practices.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Library of Congress Linked Data Services. Library of Congress. 9 March 2018.
2. Web site: A. Bolles The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies . 2024-11-07 . wgss.umd.edu.
3. Web site: The eclipse (College Park, Md.), 2001-11-06 Digital Collections @ University of Maryland Libraries . 2024-11-07 . digital.lib.umd.edu.
4. News: The New York Times: Sunday February 10, 1980. 2018-03-09. en.
5. Book: Cox, Aimee Meredith . Shapeshifters: Black girls and the choreography of citizenship . 2015 . Duke University Press . 978-0-8223-7537-1 . Durham London.
6. Williams . Erica L. . 2020-10-01 . The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Reflections on A. Lynn Bolles's “Telling the Story Straight” . Transforming Anthropology . en . 28 . 2 . 136–138 . 10.1111/traa.12194 . 1051-0559.
7. News: Hedyt . Marci . November 6, 2001 . Lynn Bolles: Her achievements & impact she has had on the Caribbean . The Eclipse . 2.
8. Bolles . A. Lynn . 2010 . In Memoriam Alston Barrington "Barry" Chevannes (1940-2010) . Caribbean Studies . 38 . 2 . 145–148 . 1940-9095.
9. Bolles . A. Lynn . August 2023 . Decolonizing anthropology: An ongoing process . American Ethnologist . en . 50 . 3 . 519–522 . 10.1111/amet.13199 . 0094-0496. 1903/30881 . free .
10. Book: Mapping feminist anthropology in the twenty-first century . 2016 . Rutgers University Press . 978-0-8135-7431-8 . Lewin . Ellen . New Brunswick, New Jersey London . Silverstein . Leni M..
11. Book: Bolles, A. Lynn . We paid our dues: women trade union leaders of the Caribbean . 1996 . Howard Univ. Pr . 978-0-88258-087-6 . Washington, DC.
12. Book: Bolles, Augusta Lynn . Sister Jamaica: a study of women, work, and households in Kingston . 1996 . University Press of America . 978-0-7618-0211-2 . Lanham.
13. Book: Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn . Women in Africa and the African diaspora . Harley . Sharon . Rushing . Andrea Benton . 1987 . Howard university press . 978-0-88258-171-2 . Washington, D.C.
14. Bolles . A. Lynn . December 1985 . Of Mules and Yankee Gals: Stuggling With Stereotypes in the Field . Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly . en . 10 . 4 . 114–119 . 10.1525/ahu.1985.10.4.114 . 0193-5615.