- Director of Assessment, Accrediation, Curriculum, and General Education
- Professor of Anthropology
- Center for Applied Anthropology Director
Contact Information
Research & Teaching Interests
Applied cultural (cognitive/environmental) anthropology; anthropological methods and theory; agriculture, conservation, and ritual; behavior and folk knowledge; technology and pedagogy; Belize, Internet, Madagascar, and the United States.
Current Research
My research is focused upon community development in Kentucky through the lenses of applied cognitive and environmental anthropology using mixed research methods (qualitative and quantitative approaches). In directing the Center for Applied Anthropology (CfAA), I engage students in applying anthropology to real world problems to prepare them for careers and graduate school. For more information about my research, please visit my web site.
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. University of Connecticut
- M.A. California State University, Fullerton
- B.A. California State University, Fullerton
- A.A. Orange Coast College
Courses
- ANT 275 Language and Culture
Accolades
- Nominated, Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award, NKU (2022).
- Executive Board Member, Society for Anthropological Sciences, American Anthropological Association (2016-2020).
- Graduate Faculty Scholar, Northern Illinois University (2017-19).
- Outstanding Advisor Award, NKU (2011).
Selected Publications
- Hume, Douglas W. 2025. “Legacy of the Ethnographic Field School in Belize.” Annals of Anthropological Practice 49(1): e12233. https://doi.org/10.1111/napa.12233.
- Neely, Sharlotte and Douglas W. Hume, eds. 2020. Native Nations: The Survival of Indigenous Peoples. 3rd ed. Vernon: JCharlton Publishing Ltd.
- Hume, Douglas W. 2020. “Transmission of Swidden Farming Ritual Knowledge among Households in Eastern Madagascar.” Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science 4 (1): 45–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-019-00041-5.
- Hume, Douglas W. 2016. “Darkness in Academia: Cultural Models of How Anthropologists and Journalists Write About Controversy.” World Cultures eJournal 21 (1). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/75j9q56x.
- Hume, Douglas W. 2013. “Anthropology: Tribal Warfare.” Nature 494 (7437): 310. https://doi.org/10.1038/494310a.
- Hume, Douglas W. 2009. “Vary Gasy: Meanings of Rice and Implications for Agricultural Development in Eastern Madagascar.” Etudes Océan Indien, Plantes et Sociétés dans L’Océan Indien Occidental, 42/43: 243–56. https://doi.org/10.4000/oceanindien.812.
- Hume, Douglas W. 2006. “Swidden Agriculture and Conservation in Eastern Madagascar: Stakeholder Perspectives and Cultural Belief Systems.” Conservation and Society 4 (2): 287-303.
- Hume, Douglas W. 2006. “Tanim-Bary Rituals Among the Betsimisaraka in Andasibe.” Taloha: Revue Scientifique Internationale Des Civilisations 16-17.
- For additional publications, please see his Curriculum Vitae.
