Kathryn Dudley, professor of anthropology and American studies at Yale University, has received the Conrad M. Arensberg Award from the Society for the Anthropology of Work. Presented biennially, the lifetime achievement award recognizes scholars who have made outstanding contributions to the anthropological study of work.
As a sociocultural anthropologist, Dr. Dudley has explored the production of embodied knowledge and social trauma under the regimes of labor marginalized by transformations in global capitalism. Her work has led to three monographs: The End of the Line: Lost Jobs, New Lives in Postindustrial America (University of Chicago Press, 1994), Debt and Dispossession: Farm Loss in America’s Heartland (University of Chicago Press, 2000), and Guitar Makers: The Endurance of Artisanal Values in North America (University of Chicago Press, 2014). Additionally, Dr. Dudley has produced a short documentary film, “Black Land Loss,” which examines African American farmers’ class action lawsuit against the USDA.
Dr. Dudley earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University.