Amy Stambach is Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is also an affiliate of the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Global Studies Program. Professor Stambach’s early research and publications (including her first book Lessons from Mount Kilimanjaro: Schooling, Community, and Gender in East Africa) are the result of two years of anthropological fieldwork in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania.  More recently, she has expanded her interests to include a study of the educational initiatives of transregional religious groups who work in governmental and private settings. This research informs several recent publications, including her forthcoming book, Faith in Schools: Religion, Education, and American Evangelicals in East Africa (Stanford University Press). Professor Stambach teaches courses on Anthropology and Education; Theories of Social and Educational Change; and Global Studies: Themes, Theories, Methods. She is interested in the various cultural, political, and social contexts within which human rights regimes are understood around the world.

Email: aestambach@wisc.edu