Elgin L. Klugh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Anthropology
Dickson Hall, rm. 409
Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
973-655-5145/4119
klughe@mail.montclair.edu
EDUCATION:
M.A. in Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida, 1999
B.A. in International Studies, Morehouse College, 1995
MAJOR RESEARCH THEMES:
Heritage, Education, African Diaspora, African American History and Culture, Race, Community Development, Urban Communities, Transnationalism
FALL 2006/SPRING 2007 COURSES:
ANTH 170 Peoples of Africa
ANTH 100 Cultural Anthropology
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Klugh, Elgin L.
2006 The Glover School Historic Site: Rekindling the Spirit of a School Community. In Schools as
Imagined Communities: The Creation of Identity, Meaning, and Conflict in U.S. History. S. Dorn, D.
Cobb-Roberts, and B. Shircliffe, eds. USA: Palgrave Macmillan.
Klugh, Elgin L. and Kathryn M. Borman
2006 Districts Employees Weigh-In on Comprehensive School Reform in the Context of No Child
Left Behind. In Examining Comprehensive School Reform. K. Borman and D. Aladjem, eds. Pp.
237-293. USA: Urban Institute Press.
Klugh, Elgin L.
2005 Reclaiming Segregation-Era, African American Schoolhouses: Building on Symbols of Past
Cooperation. Journal of Negro Education 74(3): 246-259.
RECENT PAPERS PRESENTED:
Grassroots Heritage Presentation in Maryland and Florida - Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings in Vancouver, BC, April 2006
From Smithville to Colesville Estates: A Case Study of Past and Present Impacts of Race and Social Capital in the Housing Market of the 1960s - Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, DC, November 2005
District, School Principal, and Community Perspectives of the Impact of NCLB on CSR - Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, DC, November 2005
How Urban Schools Take on Reform: Lessons from Five Large City School Districts – Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meetings in Santa Fe, NM, April 2005