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anthropology educator

Victor Ferris Ayoub, American anthropology educator. Research fellow Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1955-1956; Ford Foundation Travel grantee, 1964, American Council Learned Societies grantee American Linguistic Summer Institute, Indiana University, 1952. Fellow American Anthropological Association.

Background

Ayoub, Victor Ferris was born on April 23, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Education

Bachelor in Literature, Antioch College, 1949; Master of Arts in Philosophy, Columbia University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology, Harvard University, 1955.

Career

Professor anthropology Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Colorado, 1956-1986, professor emeritus anthropology, since 1987. Visiting professor, Fulbright lecturer University Yarmouk, Jordan, 1982-1983, 89-90, American University Beirut, 1970-1971, University Colorado, summers 1968-1969, Ruters University, summer 1967. Visiting associate professor University Michigan, 1964-1965.

Dean program development Antioch College, 1974. Resident coordinator Great Lakes College Association Junior Year Abroad Program, Beirut, 1970-1971. Director Antioch Center for British Studies, London, 1971-1976.

Academic-in-residence Near East/S. Asia branch Bureau Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States.I.A., Washington, 1984-1988.

Achievements

  • Victor Ferris Ayoub has been listed as a noteworthy anthropology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Anthropological Association.

Connections

Married Nabiha Al-Awar. 1 child, Nina.

Spouse:
Nabiha Al-Awar

child:
Nina Ayoub