Background
Sampson, Steven Lewis was born on September 7, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Horace N. and Dorothy (Madway) Sampson.
Sampson, Steven Lewis was born on September 7, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Horace N. and Dorothy (Madway) Sampson.
Bachelor, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1971; Master of Arts, U. Massachusetts, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Massachusetts, 1980.
Fulbright scholar, unites states department Education, Romania, 1975-1976; research fellow, Ford Foundation U. Massachusetts, 1976-1977; instructor, U. Copenhagen, 1978-1980; research fellow, Social Science Research Council, Denmark, 1980-1982; instructor, U. Copenhagen, 1982-1983; research fellow, Institute Ethnology and Anthropology U. Copenhagen, 1983-1986; research fellow, Social Science Research Council, Copenhagen, 1987-1996; associate professor social anthropology, Lund U., since 1996. Translator Danish-English, Copenhagen. Consultant on Eastern Europe, since 1991.
Member American Anthropological Association, American Association Slavic and East European Studies, Romanian Studies Association, British National Association Soviet and East European Studies, Danish Ethnographica 1 Society, Anthropological Association of Denmark.
Married Inger Thorun Hjelmervik. Children: Sune, Anna, Andreas.