The profiles were written by Gail Glover, Steven Morelli, Matt Phillips and Susann Viafora. Photos were taken by Evangelos Dousmanis. Yes, it makes sense for someone studying philosophy and culture to live among the denizens of the earth's most bizarre societies. He even learned their language. And wherever he goes, he looks for traits people share.
Commonalities are more difficult.
Common themes were the subject of his dissertation, Peterson said. He studied how West Africans and African Americans reacted to their colonial experience, especially how blacks who rose in class related to those left behind. He found they tended to forget the struggles they left. He cited Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as an example in America. Some might find that an unusual thesis for philosophy, but his adviser Nkiru Nzegwu said it was an innovative addition to the program's aims.