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Ann Kingsolver
Professor of Anthropology

My career came full circle when I moved back to Kentucky to direct the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program at UK from 2011-2015. I grew up in Nicholas County, Kentucky, and listen to mostly rural residents around the world discussing globalization, livelihoods and identities. 

Teaching

In the spring semester of 2026 I will be teaching ANT 310 Cross-Cultural Law and Justice (an elective for the Law & Justice major) and ANT/APP 536 Global Appalachia (which will meet on Zoom and is open to both undergrad and grad students).

 

Contact Information
ann.kingsolver@uky.edu
Lafferty 203A & Appalachian Center, 624 Maxwelton Ct., Rm. 202
on sabbatical fall 2025
859-218-4088
Education
B.A. in Anthropology & Sociology with Honors, Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College), 1982; M.A. in Anthropology, U Mass. / Amherst, 1987; Ph.D. in Anthropology, U Mass. / Amherst, 1991. Dissertation: "Tobacco, Toyota, and Subaltern Development Discourses: Constructing Livelihoods and Community in Rural Kentucky."
Research Interests
  • globalization
  • critiques of racial capitalism
  • interpretations of place and identity
  • Anthropology of Work
  • transnational collaborations
  • university-community knowledge equity
Affiliations
  • Anthropology
  • Appalachian Center
  • Environmental and Sustainability Studies
  • International Studies