Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Ph.D., American University
- B.A., Georgetown University
Dr. Greene leads the Intercultural Development concentration within the School of Intercultural Studies. She is a cultural anthropologist by training and has conducted periodic field research among women in the black townships outside of Cape Town, South Africa since 1997, including research as a Fulbright Scholar in 1999/2000. Her research interests include women and development issues, micro-finance, black economic empowerment, and community development. Prior to joining SICS at Biola University, she worked on the University of Connecticut-African National Congress (UConn-ANC) Archives Project in Storrs, CT as the Archives Project Researcher. She also has worked for the Academy for Educational Development (AED) in Washington, D.C. (working on a United States Agency for International Development -USAID-contract). Dr. Greene enjoys teaching students and writing. She has a passion for development issues and an understanding of its role in building God's Kingdom here on earth.
Affiliations
- American Anthropological Association
- Society for Cultural Anthropology
- Society for Economic Anthropology
- African Studies Association
- Fulbright Association
- Evangelical Missiological Society
Awards and Honors
Women's Leadership Development Institute Participant, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, 2006
Biola University Faculty Research and Development Grant Recipient, 2005
Harvey and Sarah Moore Fellowship, American University, Washington, D.C., 2001
Fulbright Student Research Grant, U.S. Fulbright Program, South Africa, 1999 and 2000
Articles
- “On the Trail of African National Congress History in North America.” Connecticut Libraries: A Publication of the Connecticut Library Association. January 2004:9
- “Karuwanci and Independent Women: The Reconstruction of Female Gender in Muslim Hausa Society.”Crosscurrents 8 (Autumn): 77-81. 1996.
Papers and Presentations
- “Flexibility and Black Women's Long-term Investment Groups: Adaptation of the Cultural Form of Saving as a Group in Post-Apartheid South Africa.” Paper presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 24, 2002.
- “Karuwanci and Independent Women: The Reconstruction of Female Gender.” Paper presented at the Contemplating Sex: Inferences, Strategies, and Meanings 2nd Annual Research Conference, Rutgers University, March 23, 1996