Stone appointed director of International Studies

M. Priscilla Stone, Ph.D., has been appointed director of the Office of International Studies and adjunct professor of anthropology in Arts and Sciences, according to Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean of Arts and Sciences.

Stone will direct the University initiative to expand the curriculum and programming in this major area of undergraduate and graduate education. In addition, the existing functions of international studies -- including funding programs such as the Fulbright and international program development -- will continue.

Stone: International curriculum expands

Under Stone's leadership, several programs have been consolidated in international studies. The Office of Overseas Programs, guided by Interim Director Robert Booker, now is directly incorporated into international studies. Booker replaces Michele W. Shoresman, Ph.D., who has become director of graduate and joint degree programs in the School of Law.

Stone also has become director of the International Studies as a Second Major Program. She replaces Richard J. Walter, Ph.D., professor of history.

Stone has been at the University for three years, teaching in anthropology and serving as coordinator of African and international studies -- roles in which she will continue. Prior to her arrival, she was director of the Africa Program at the Social Science Research Council in New York.

Stone earned a doctorate in anthropology in 1988 from the University of Arizona, with research specialties in agricultural development, globalization and gender studies. She is the author of numerous articles on agrarian development and change in Africa and co-editor of "Rethinking Commodities: Anthropological Views of the Global Marketplace" and "Population and Environment: Rethinking the Debate."