Rosa De Jorio

De Jorio received a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a M.Sc. in social anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK; and a B.A. (Laurea) in Modern Literature with a specialization in ethno-anthropology from the University of Rome La Sapienza Italy.
 

De Jorio has carried out extensive fieldwork research in Mali, West Africa predominantly in urban areas. Topics of inquiry include the politics of cultural heritage; women’s networks and organizations;  Islam and the public sphere; displacement and globalization. Her research was sponsored by several institutions including the Social Science Research Council, the Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities (MUCIA), and the Italian Institute for African studies.