Dr. Megan Biesele,
President Emerita

Megan Biesele co-founded Shumla School with Carolyn Boyd and served as its President during its first years. Currently she is a member of its Board, with the title President Emerita. Dr. Biesele received her PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University in 1975. She has taught anthropology part-time at The University of Texas at Austin, Rice University (Houston), and Texas A&M University (College Station). She helped found one of the first US anthropological advocacy organizations, the Kalahari Peoples Fund, in 1973, and is currently its Director. Biesele served as an elected member of the Committee for Human Rights (CfHR) of the American Anthropological Association. She was the recipient in 2000 of the Lucy Mair Medal for Applied Anthropology from the Royal Anthropological Institute, London.