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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

Awards & Honors


Graduate Student Mentoring Award

Other Unknown · December 2012

Teaching evaluations in top 5% of Duke undergraduate instructors

Other Unknown · December 2010

In the News


Published October 17, 2023
Helping Social Scientists Grow an Idea into a Research Project
Published August 1, 2023
Duke Diary Dispatch: Speaking Chinese, and Teaching It, in Togo
Published June 8, 2023
Duke Diary Dispatch: In Togo, Connecting With Your Food
Published December 5, 2019
Atlantics: Faculty Study the Movement of MIgrants Between Africa and Europe
Published June 27, 2019
Charles Piot on the Man Who Fixes Immigration Dreams in Rural Togo
Published March 25, 2019
Spring Books: Adventures in Artificial Intelligence, Peruvian Guerrillas, Snow Leopards and More
Published June 21, 2017
Charles Piot: What is Ethical Development in Todays Globalized World?
Published December 3, 2015
Counting the Impact of Duke Civic Engagement
Published March 12, 2015
International Summit Explores Global Service Learning
Published February 19, 2014
Cultural Anthropology Journal Goes Open Access
Published February 3, 2014
Expanding Duke's Presence in Africa