Dr. Thayer Scudder, Anthropology Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology, will be visiting BSC as part of Phi Beta Kappa's Visiting Scholar Lecture Series. Each year PBK, our nation's oldest academic honor society, sends about a dozen distinguished scholars around the country to give lectures and visit institutions with PBK chapters.
Dr. Scudder was educated at Harvard University, and earned an A.B. in Biology and Anthropology in 1952, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1960. He then did a Post Doctoral Fellowship at the London School of Economics, which was followed by positions at institutes in Rhodesia and Cairo. He joined the faculty at Caltech in 1962. His research into the socioeconomic issues of river basin development has made him a leading expert on dams and refugee relocation effects. For more information about Dr. Scudder's research and his recent publications, visit his Caltech faculty profile.
Dr. Scudder will deliver two lectures during his two-day visit. The first, "NGOs and Non-Profits: The Global Career Landscape", will be given as part of the Career Seminar Series on March 27 from 2-3:30 in Norton Center 270. The other, "Global Threats, Global Futures: Learning to Live with Declining Living Standards", will be given in the Norton Theatre during Common Hour on Thursday, March 28, and will count as an EEIS credit.
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