Eugene S. Hunn

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Eugene S. Hunn (born 1943) is a professor emeritus in anthropology at the University of Washington. [1] His research interests include ethnobiology, ethnoecology, and cognitive anthropology. [2]

Hunn obtained his bachelor's degree in sociology from Stanford University in 1964. [3] He went on to receive a PhD in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1973. He began teaching in the department of anthropology at the University of Washington in 1972. [4] Hunn has conducted fieldwork in indigenous communities throughout North America.

Hunn became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1983. [5] Hunn has served as host of the annual conference of the Society of Ethnobiology. He has also served as editor of the Journal of Ethnobiology and President of the Society of Ethnobiology. In 2014, Hunn was awarded the Distinguished Ethnobiologist Award from the Society of Ethnobiology. [6]

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References

  1. "Hunn's Short Vita" (PDF). UW Faculty Web Server. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. Johnson, Leslie M.; Hunn, Eugene S. (2010). Landscape ethnoecology: concepts of biotic and physical space. Berghahn Books.
  3. "Eugene S. Hunn". University of Washington. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  4. "Archeology Program". National Park Service. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  5. Borras, Catherine. "AAAS Council Meeting, 1983" . Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  6. "Dr. Eugene Hunn Wins the 2014 Distinguished Ethnobiologist Award". Society of Ethnobiology. Retrieved 10 December 2022.