Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban in 2003
Born (1945-01-06) January 6, 1945 (age 79)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
  • Anthropologist
  • author
  • beekeeper
  • conservationist
  • professor
  • political candidate
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
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(m. 1968)​
Academic background
EducationTemple University (BA, MA)
Northwestern University (PhD)
ThesisAn anthropological analysis of homicide in an Afro-Arab State: the Sudan (1973)
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropology
Sub-disciplineCultural relativism
Institutions

Carolyn B. Fluehr-Lobban (/ˈflʌr ˈloʊbən/;[1] née Fluehr; born January 6, 1945)[2] is an American anthropologist,[3] beekeeper, and a co-founder and past president of the Sudan Studies Association.[4] Fluehr-Lobban is a specialist in Islamic law, anthropology and ethics, human rights, cultural relativism and universal rights, and has authored texts books on Islamic societies and on race and racism.[5] She is professor emerita of anthropology at Rhode Island College, in Providence, Rhode Island,[6] and helped start its beekeeping program.[7] Fluehr-Lobban is also a lecturer at the Naval War College, in Newport, Rhode Island.[8] She established a scholarship at Georgia State University[9] where she took her first anthropology course, as well as the scholarships she and her husband established at Temple and Northwestern Universities. She was the secretary of the Rhode Island Beekeepers Society[10] and also lectures on bees and beekeeping.[11][12] A three-time Democratic party candidate for election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, she ran unsuccessfully in 2020, lost by four votes in the 2022 general election[13] against John Sellers,[14] and was also unsuccessful in the 2024 general election against Donald McFarlane.[15]

  1. ^ "Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban". Granite State Voices. November 5, 2024. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn". Library of Congress.
  3. ^ Wilson, Nicole (21 June 2011). "Anthropologist Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban retires from RIC". Rhode Island College News. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014.
  4. ^ Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn (2002). Historical Dictionary of the Sudan. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0810825475.
  5. ^ "Social Science Consultation with Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban on Censure of Anthropologists by the American Anthropological Association". pmicasebook.com. Psychology and Military Intelligence Casebook on Interrogation Ethics (PMIC). July 10, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  6. ^ "Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban". Rhode Island College. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "New: RIC to Launch Beekeeping Initiative". GoLocalProv. August 6, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  8. ^ Workshop on Pluralism, Coexistence and Conflict: Majority and Minority Communities in Muslim Societies: Abstracts and Bios Archived 2014-03-29 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 28 March 2014)
  9. ^ "Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban Scholarship". Georgia State University. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  10. ^ Kernan, Joe (July 27, 2011). "Our friend, the bee". Cranston Online.
  11. ^ Koh, Elizabeth (November 27, 2012). "RIC starts sustainability buzz with beehives". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  12. ^ Kernan, Joe (July 27, 2011). "Our friend, the bee". Cranston Herald. Warwick, RI. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  13. ^ "About Carolyn". Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban for NH Representative. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  14. ^ "Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  15. ^ "New Hampshire Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2024.