Brian J. Spooner, DPhil

Professor of Anthropology

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1961

Is assistant director of the British Institute of Persian Studies in Tehran, Iran until 1968.

1967

Obtains a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University.

1968

Teaches as an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania until 1974.

1972

Publishes “Population Growth: Anthropological Implications.”

1973

Publishes “The Cultural Ecology of Pastoral Nomads.”

1974

Teaches as an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania until 1989.

1974

Is an advisor in the Department of the Environment for the Iranian Office of the Prime Minister until 1977.

1976

Is a senior advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Desertification in Nairobi, Kenya until 1978.

1984

Publishes “Ecology in Development. A Rationale for Three-Dimensional Policy.”

1985

Is chair of the Anthropology Graduate Group at the University of Pennsylvania until 1988.

1986

Is director of the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania until 1995.

1987

Serves as a board member of the American Council of Overseas Research Centers until 2005.

1989

Teaches as a full professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania until retiring in 2021.

1990

Serves as vice president of the American Research Institute in Turkey until 1995.

1994

Is president of the American Institute of Iranian Studies until 1996.

1995

Publishes “Reading Nasta’liq, Persian and Urdu Hands from 1500 to the Present.”

1999

Is president of the American Institute of Pakistani Studies until 2005.

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