Verne A. Dusenbery

Verne A. ("Van") Dusenbery, co-director of the Bangladesh 2009 J-term program, "Development & Community in Bangladesh," is a Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Global Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts at Hamline University. While serving on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of HECUA, he helped develop this program in Bangladesh as HECUA's first Asia offering. In 2000, he and Professor Haroun Er Rashid piloted the course, which has gone on to win the IIE Heiskell Award for Best Practices in International Education. His interests include South Asian cultures, development models, and transnationalism.