Cora Du Bois

Cora Du Bois

1. Cora Du Bois

2. Contents Early life and education Early work Work in Indonesia Later work Modal Personality Structure Theory Select publications Works Cited

3. Early life and education 1926-1927 - Du Bois took her first course in anthropology and was taught by Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict. In January 1927 – Du Bois studied under Alfred L. Kroeber and Robert Lowie. 1932 – Du Bois received her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Berkeley. Du Bois concentrated on the uses of psychiatry in anthropology.

4. Early work 1929 - Under the guidance of Alfred L. Kroeber and Robert Lowie, Du Bois began field work among the Wintu people of northern California. 1936 – Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College. 1939-1942 – Professor of Anthropology at Sarah Lawrence.

5. Work in Indonesia 1937-1939 – Du Bois’ most substantial fieldwork was done in Alor , now Indonesia. Du Bois’ focus was on personality and culture of the people of Alor . Du Bois learned their language and called it “ Abui " or " Aboei ". Du Bois gained the confidence of the villagers by offering them medical aid.

6. Later work 1942-1944 – Applied Anthropology for the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA 1945-1950 – Applied Anthropology for the State Department 1950-1951 – Applied Anthropology for the World Health Organization 1951 – Established a small research unit for the Institute of International Education 1954-1969 - Zemurray Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University and Radcliffe College 1971-1976 – Professor-at-large at Cornell University 1974 – Professor-at-large at the University of California at San Diego

7. Modal Personality Structure Theory   DuBois pioneered the concept of "modal personality structure.” Taking cues from Kardiner and Linton’s concept of basic personality structure, she proposed that a certain personality structure occurs most frequently within each society, but that it is not necessarily common to all members of that society.

8. Select publications 1939 – “The 1870 Ghost Dance” 1944 – “People of Alor : A Social-Psychological Study of an East Indian Island ” 1949 – “Social Forces in Southeast Asia”

9. Works cited – APA Style Du Bois , Cora Alice, 1903-1991. (n.d.). Retrieved November 27, 2019, from https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6qf9632 .  New York Times News Service. (2018, September 3). AUTHOR CORA DUBOIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA EXPERT. Retrieved November 27, 2019, from https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-04-14-9102030274-story.html . “Special Intelligence.” Accessed November 27, 2019. https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/special-intelligence/ .  University of Chicago Library. (2008). Guide to the Cora DuBois Papers 1961-1972. Retrieved November 27, 2019, from https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.DUBOISC .

10. Works cited – Chicago Style “Du Bois , Cora Alice, 1903-1991.” Du Bois , Cora Alice, 1903-1991 - Social Networks and Archival Context. Accessed November 27, 2019. https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6qf9632 .  New York Times News Service. “AUTHOR CORA DUBOIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA EXPERT.” chicagotribune.com , September 3, 2018. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-04-14-9102030274-story.html .  Special intelligence. (n.d.). Retrieved November 27, 2019, from https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/special-intelligence/ . “Guide to the Cora DuBois Papers 1961-1972.” 2008. Guide to the Cora DuBois Papers 1961-1972. University of Chicago Library. 2008. https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.DUBOISC .