Leadership · joined 2016
Dr. Naomi Bekele
Associate Director, Human Systems
Institutional memory, field ethnography, documentary systems, and cross-cultural models of uncertainty.
STATUSACTIVELOCATIONWyman Hall
PROFILE
Dr. Naomi Bekele is an associate director, human systems at Wyman Laboratory. Their work centers on institutional memory, field ethnography, documentary systems, and cross-cultural models of uncertainty. They support interdisciplinary research across the laboratory's measurement, computation, and field programs.
RESEARCH / RESPONSIBILITIES
- language systems
- memory and cognition
- cultural transmission
- institutional memory, field ethnography, documentary systems, and cross-cultural models of uncertainty
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Anthropology — Columbia University
B.A., Linguistics — University of Virginia
CURRENT PROJECTS
WCH-18B Archive 18BWCH-342 Continuity Variance StudyWCH-301 Narrative Coherence StudyFALL 2026 / TEACHING & SEMINARS
RECENT ACTIVITY