Senior Associate Dean of Faculty
Professor of Anthropology/Environmental Studies
Davidson College
Curriculum Vita (abbreviated)(full)
My real name is Eriberto Patrick Lozada, Jr.; Fuji is a nickname that I picked up in junior high school (and is the subject of an Asian American Studies essay in Struggle for Ethnic Identity, 1999, Altamira Press). I was born in New York City, New York, but moved around until I graduated from high school from Roslyn, Long Island.
I was a Chemistry and Physics major at Harvard College (1986), and after serving as a U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer, went back to Harvard for various degrees. I was a Masters of Theological Studies candidate at Harvard Divinity School and received my masters in Regional Studies: East Asia. In June, 1999, I received my Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Harvard, researching a Hakka Catholic village (the Hakka are a Chinese diaspora subethnic group). Thanks to the Mellon Foundation, I also received a Masters of Environmental Management (focusing on coastal environmental management) at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment in May 2012. Prior to my coming to Davidson College, I taught anthropology and religious studies at Butler University in Indianapolis.
I played lacrosse in college, and remained active in the sport until 2018 as the head coach for the Davidson College Men’s Lacrosse team (MCLA) and as an NCAA and high school lacrosse official until 2016. I was also an ice-hockey referee.
My wife Rebecca Ruhlen is also an anthropologist, with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, and an international board certified lactation consultant. Our oldest son Patrick is also a China specialist; our youngest son Michael is a student at Grinnell College.
