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 is currently a research anthropologist in BARA and as a professor (non-tenured) in the School of Anthropology.  Tim graduated from the University of Detroit with a BA degree in Literature and History, then joined the Peace Corps in Ceará, Northeast Brazil from 1970-1974. He has maintained an active research program in Brazil over the last 20 years, and has worked as a development anthropologist in 34 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. In 2011, he founded the Master's in Development Practice program at the University of Arizona and he remains active in development theory and  practice.  He teaches the undergraduate course Anthropology and Development and several graduate courses on methodology and global change.