This Month, the NC Psychoanalytic Foundation is pleased to highlight James Peacock, PhD who has served on the NCPF Board of Directors since January 2003. He has also been involved on the nominating committee since 2007 and currently acts as co-chair of this committee. As we mentioned last month, the nominating committee will be busy in the next few months as NCPF looks to look for additional members within our community to share their expertise and time, and in turn, enrich our overall Board. Please feel free to let NCPF know if you are interested in sharing your time and talents!

James L. Peacock is Kenan Professor of Anthropology and formerly Director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Duke University and his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Harvard. His fieldwork includes studies of proletarian culture in Surabaya, Indonesia (see Rites of Modernization, University of Chicago Press), of Muslim fundamentalism in Southeast Asia (see Muslim Puritans, University of California Press), and of Primitive Baptists in Appalachia (see Pilgrims of Paradox, Smithsonian). He is also the author of The Anthropological Lens (Cambridge University Press). In addition to his academic work, Dr. Peacock was Chair of the Anthropology Department from 1975-1980 and 1990-1991, and Chair of the Faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill from 1991-1994. He was President of the American Anthropological Association from 1993-1995. In 1995 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Recently, The Anthropological Lens was published in China and Dr. Peacock will soon revisit Muhammadijah, a Muslim organization, now boasting 35 million members.

Thank you Dr. Peacock for your continued support of the Foundation!