UNIVERSITY OFFICER
Arjun Appadurai, an anthropologist and an expert on globalization, has been appointed provost and
senior vice president for academic affairs. Mr. Appadurai was educated at the University of Bombay, Brandeis University (B.A.) and the University of Chicago (M.A. and Ph.D. in social thought). He has had extensive teaching and research experience, most recently as the William K. Lanman, Jr., Professor of International Studies at Yale University, where he is director and chair of the Center on Cities and Globalization. Early in his career, Mr. Appadurai served as the Samuel N. Harper Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, where he also was the director of the Globalization Project. Previously, he was professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Appadurai has received numerous academic honors, scholarships and grants, and he is the author or editor of nine books (three additional books are in preparation) and more than 80 scholarly articles. In addition to English, he is fluent in French, Hindi, Marathi and Tamil. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and serves on the boards of many scholarly bodies.
