Timothy Finan

Tim Finan has been on the faculty of the University of Arizona since 1981, when he joined the then Bureau of Ethnic Studies (BER) as a research associate.  He was part of the transition of BER to the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA) in 1983 as an assistant research anthropologist.  From 1994 - 2009, he served as the Director of BARA and currently has emeritus status in the School of Anthropology.  After obtaining an BA from the University of Detroit, Tim served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ceará, Northeast Brazil, from 1970-1974.  He completed his doctoral degree in Anthropology at the University of Arizona in 1980 after two years of fieldwork on peasant marketing systems in the same region he had lived during his Peace Corps service.  Tim has maintained an active research program in Northeast Brazil for over 30 years and has taught at several universities there.  He is proud to have been awarded honorary citizenship status in Fortaleza and Guaraciaba do Norte in Ceará.  Over his career as a development anthropologist, Tim has worked in 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. In 2011, he introduced the Master's in Development Practice program at the University of Arizona, and he continues to contribute to development theory and practice.