Stephen R. Wooten (B.A., 1986, Massacusetts-Amherst; M.A., 1993, Ph.D., 1997, Illinois) has been an assistant professor at UO since 2001 (joint with International Studies). Stephen R. Wooten is a sociocultural anthropologist whose research interests include: local-global dynamics, agrarian change, political economy and ecology, and expressive culture. Dr. Wooten conducts ethnographic field research in West Africa (Mali and Cote d'Ivoire). His research publications include: "Colonial Administration and the Ethnography of the Family in the French Soudan" in Cahiers d'etudes africaines,  "Antelope Headdresses and Champion Farmers: Negotiating Meaning and Identity through the Bamana Ciwara Complex" in African Arts and "Losing Ground: Gender Relations, Commercial Horticulture and Threats to Local Plant Diversity in Rural Mali" in a forthcoming edited volume entitled: Women and Plants: Gender Relations in Biodiversity Management and Conservation. Dr. Wooten holds a joint appointment in Anthropology and International Studies. Contact information: (541) 346-5299.