Professor G William Skinner is a leading authority on demographic anthropology and comparative family systems of Asian peoples. He has been Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis since 1990. His field research includes studies of overseas Chinese communities throughout South East Asia, a study of Chinese social services and community leadership in Bangkok, and a study of assimilation, acculturation and national integration of the overseas Chinese in Indonesia. Professor Skinner’s most recent research has been research in Japan on the historical ethnography, historical geography, and local history of Ogaki and its rural hinterland. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (US) since 1980 and was President of the Association for Asian Studies from 1983 to 1984.
In recognition of his tremendous contributions to the field of anthropology and to higher education, the University has resolved to confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa.
