THE KISTE AND OGAN SOCIAL CHANGE
SERIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY
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ROBERT C NISTE
ECGENE OGAN
University of Suanescta
Robert C. Kiste was born and raised in Indiana. After
completing his uncergraduate studies in anthropologyat
Indiana University in 1961. he took his graduate training
at the University of Oregon. where his Ph.D. in anthropology was awarded in 1967. In the same vear. he moved to
the University of Minnesota where he now has an appoint-
ment as associate professor of anthropology. While on
sabbatical leave during the 1972-73 academic year. he
taught at the University of Hawai. Dr. Kiste’s specializations and interests inciude social and cultural change. the
history of anthropology. and Oceania, particularly Micronesia. Among his current professional memberships are
the American Anthropological Association, the Association
for Social Anthropology in Oceania, and the Society for
Applied Anthropology.