Miner to direct African Studies Program
The University of Iowa International Programs announced new directors in five of its area studies programs and groups.
Edward Miner is the new director of the African Studies Program, replacing Rex Honey, a UI geography professor in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS). Miner is currently International Studies bibliographer for the University Libraries, where he manages library collections in African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, as well as linguistics. His research interests include digital librarianship and archives and their role in African development. He co-edited the digital archive Nuer Field Notes (Indiana University Digital Library Program, 2003), and currently manages a UI Libraries digital project on Akan religion and medicine. Miner has been at the UI since 2002 and will serve as director of the African Studies Program for three years.
