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Donald L. Donham is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Stanford University (1979), following earlier degrees in Chemistry from Stanford (M.S., 1969) and Baylor University (B.S., 1967). Before joining UC Davis in 2003, he taught at Stanford and Emory Universities, and held postdoctoral fellowships at Cambridge University's Economics Department and African Studies Centre. His research focuses on power dynamics, economic-cultural interplay, historical methodology, Marxism, narrative theory, violence interpretation, and transcultural gender/sexuality studies.
Donham's work emphasizes ethnographic analysis of revolutionary movements (e.g., Ethiopia's 1974 revolution), labor systems in Maale communities, and postcolonial political economies. His award-winning publications include Marxist Modern: An Ethnographic History of the Ethiopian Revolution (1999) and Violence in a Time of Liberation (2011). He has directed Mellon Foundation-funded research on violence and served as editor of American Ethnologist. His students have researched topics ranging from Ethiopian youth culture to Lebanese Shi'i religiosity, South African land politics, and Brazilian sexualities.
Donham's academic career spans over five decades, with key roles at major institutions and recognition through fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Center, UC Humanities Research Institute, and others. His teaching includes courses on cultural anthropology theory, sexualities, and historical methodologies.
