doctoral_advisor birth_place influences nationality fields name birth_date known_for residence prizes article_title citizenship alma_mater
clyde kluckhohn hewitt , minnesota wilson max gluckman meyer fortes e.e. evans-pritchard lucy mair raymond firth wallis ruth sawtell wallis clyde kluckhohn robert marett american social anthropology elizabeth colson 15 june 1917 study of the gwembe tonga united states of america lewis 1973 -rrb- aaa distinguished lecture -lrb- 1975 -rrb- honorary degrees henry , brown university , rochester university national academy of sciences morgan -lrb- 1977 -rrb- lecturer , university of rochester -lrb- elizabeth colson
 american university , ph.d -lrb- 1945 -rrb- of minnesota , ba , ma radcliffe college
elizabeth colson

elizabeth florence colson -lrb- born june 15 , 1917 -rrb- is an american social anthropologist and professor emerita of anthropology at the university of california , berkeley .
she is best known for the classic long-term study of the tonga people of the gwembe valley in zambia and zimbabwe , which she began in 1956 with thayer scudder -lrb- 11 years after she obtained her doctorate and when scudder was a second-year graduate student -rrb- .
dr. colson focused her research on the consequences of forced resettlement on culture and social organization , the effects of economic pressure on familial relationships , rituals , religious life , and even drinking patterns .
