J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat

J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat, Ph.D.
J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat, Ph.D.
	Kovats-Bernat - Port-au-Prince, Haiti (2016)
Born	August 14, 1970; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Education	B.A., Muhlenberg College (1993); M.A., Temple University (1997) ; Ph.D., Temple University (2001)
Occupation	Cultural Anthropologist, Ethnographer
Spouse(s)	Dina Kovats-Bernat

J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat (born 1970) is an American cultural anthropologist with a specialization in Haiti.

Early life and education

Kovats-Bernat was raised in Kensington, a Philadelphia neighborhood, and Allentown, Pennsylvania.[1] He earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy and anthropology from Muhlenberg College in 1993,[2] and his Ph.D. in anthropology from Temple University in 2001, with a dissertation on street children in Port-au-Prince.[3]

Career

Kovats-Bernat has worked as a faculty member at Muhlenberg College since 2001[2] and has been a visiting assistant professor at Shippensburg University.[1] His recent research has focused on Voudoun and Haitian witchcraft; in 2014 he received a grant from the National Geographic Society for fieldwork in Haiti about the rites of zombification,[1][4]

He has also been a Consultant on Civil Affairs (Officer Grade P-5, Civilian) for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, and Distinguished Visiting Research Affiliate and Ethnologist-in-Residence (Distingué Invité des Adjoints de Recherche et Ethnologue en Résidence) with the Faculty of Ethnology at the State University of Haiti.

Publications

In 2006 he published Sleeping Rough in Port-au-Prince: An Ethnography of Street Children and Violence in Haiti.[5]

Personal life

Kovats-Bernat is married to Dina, whom he met at Muhlenberg College.[2]

References

Molly Foster (September 18, 2018). "SU visiting anthropology professor shares heart-wrenching account of his time in Haiti". The Slate. Shippensburg University. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
Dana Perillo (Winter 2002). "Coming to Work at a Place You Call Home". Muhlenberg magazine. Muhlenberg College. p. 17. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat (2001). The Impact of Poverty, Violence and State Repression on the Cultural Identity and Social Agency of Street Children in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (PhD). Temple University. OCLC 52318042.
"Grantee 2014: J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat". National Geographic Society. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 9780813033020. Nathanial Gardner (August 2008). "Review: Sleeping Rough in Port-au-Prince: An Ethnography of Street Children and Violence in Haiti by J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat". Journal of Latin American Studies. 40 (3): 608–10. doi:10.1017/S0022216X08004616. JSTOR 40056726.

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[Ship-1] Molly Foster (September 18, 2018). "SU visiting anthropology professor shares heart-wrenching account of his time in Haiti". The Slate. Shippensburg University. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[Muhl-2] Dana Perillo (Winter 2002). "Coming to Work at a Place You Call Home". Muhlenberg magazine. Muhlenberg College. p. 17. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

[3] J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat (2001). The Impact of Poverty, Violence and State Repression on the Cultural Identity and Social Agency of Street Children in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (PhD). Temple University. OCLC 52318042.

[4] "Grantee 2014: J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat". National Geographic Society. Retrieved June 7, 2019.

[5] Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 9780813033020. Nathanial Gardner (August 2008). "Review: Sleeping Rough in Port-au-Prince: An Ethnography of Street Children and Violence in Haiti by J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat". Journal of Latin American Studies. 40 (3): 608–10. doi:10.1017/S0022216X08004616. JSTOR 40056726.