Women in Science and Engineering at Yale (2020 Edition)

Louisa Lombard, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology

Louisa Lombard earned her Ph.D. from Duke University in 2012. As a cultural anthropologist, she “studies African borderland areas where the state is largely absent.” Her current book project explores the Central African Republic space by using historical and ethnographic methods. Her current research is on military peacekeepers and the understanding of themselves as ethical actors.

Ndele, Central African Republic. Mother with child, visiting a friend at the Prefectural Hospital for Bamingui-Bangoran. Keeping a hospitalized friend company is a social obligation in Central Africa, and often fun as well. Photo credit: Louisa Lombard