Richard Lobban

Richard A. Lobban, Jr., husband of Dr. Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, is an anthropologist and early pioneer in

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modeling, archaeologist,

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, Sudanist, foreign policy expert,

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activist, mentor, father, and

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. He is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and African Studies at Rhode Island College,

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since 1972; also a lecturer at the Archaeological Institute of America and the

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. He is an expert in Ancient Sudan and Ancient Egypt, with a particular focus on

Nubia Nubia () (Nobiin: Nobīn, ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (just south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or ...

. He is a co-founder of the Sudan Studies Association. =Books= Lobban has also authored numerous books and publications such as the ''Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia'', ''Historical Dictionary of Sudan'' (2002), and ''Social Networks in Urban Sudan'' (1973). He has also authored/co-authored books such as ''Historical dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'' (1997), ''Cape Verde: Crioulo colony to independent nation'' (1995), ''Historical dictionary of Cape Verde'' (2007), and ''Middle Eastern women and the invisible economy'' (1998). American anthropologists American archaeologists American Egyptologists Living people Rhode Island College faculty 1943 births {{US-archaeologist-stub