Katrina T. Greene
- Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies
- 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
- Society for Economic Anthropology
- Society for Cultural Anthropology
- American Anthropological Association
- 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
- Fulbright Student Research Grant, U.S. Fulbright Program, South Africa, 1999 and 2000
- Harvey and Sarah Moore Fellowship, American University, Washington, D.C., 2001
Publications
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
- “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
- “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.