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This website is the personal project of Cyrus O’Brien, PhD. You can read about me and my work at www.cyrusobrien.com. The work published here is entirely mine and does not represent the views or opinions of any other person or organization.

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Credentials

• PhD in Anthropology and History from the University of Michigan (2018)
• Postdoctoral work at Washington University in St. Louis
• Major awards and fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Wenner Gren Foundation, the Michigan Society of Fellows, and more.
• Scholarship in journals such as The Journal of American History and The Review of African Poltical Economy.
• In 2025, Cyrus served as an expert panelist for survey design for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics.