Dr. Charles Hale

Charles Hale is the SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences as well as a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Global Studies.

He is a leading social science scholar whose research bridges multiple disciplines, with a focus on race and  ethnicity, racism, social movements and identity politics among Black and indigenous peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean.

He is highly regarded for his innovations in collaborative approaches, which characterize not only his research and  reaching, but his administrative leadership as well. Hale, who previously taught at the University of Texas, Austin, is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for research and teaching in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Dr. Hale was a founding member of the Caribbean Central American Research Council and continues to serve on the CCARC board. He earned his B.A. in Social Studies from Harvard University, and his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Stanford  University.