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Charles D. Piot

Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Box 90091, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Durham, NC 27708-0091
210 Friedl Building, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Cultural Anthropology · 2011 - Present Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of African and African American Studies · 2011 - Present African & African American Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies · 2021 - Present Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Interim Chair of the Department of Cultural Anthropology · 2022 - 2022 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Acting Co-Chair in the Department of Cultural Anthropology · 2018 - 2022 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies · 2017 - 2020 Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Cultural Anthropology · 2017 - 2017 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Chair of the Department of Cultural Anthropology · 2014 - 2017 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor in the Department of Women · 2009 - 2014 Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Interim Chair in the Department of Cultural Anthropology · 2012 - 2012 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology · 2000 - 2010 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies · 2010 - 2010 African & African American Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor in Women's Studies · 2005 - 2008 Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Interim Director of the Program in African and African-American Studies · 2006 - 2008 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Creed C. Black Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology · 2001 - 2006 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of African and African American Studies · 2000 - 2005 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of African and African-American Studies · 1997 - 2000 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology · 1997 - 2000 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Cultural Anthropology · 1995 - 1997 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Visiting Assistant Professor · 1993 - 1995 Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences