Rob McKee
Degrees
- Ph.D., University of Rochester (1995)
- M.A., University of Rochester (1985)
- A.B., Harvard College (1975)
Current positions
- SIL-Africa Area anthropology consultant (2006– )
Other experience
- SIL linguist-translator, Mangbetu language project, Democratic Republic of Congo (1980 – 1989)
- SIL-Eastern Congo Group anthropology consultant, 1998 – 2005)
- SIL-Eastern Congo Group technical consultant, Mangbetu language project (2000 – 2004)
Memberships
- International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences
- Pan African Anthropological Association
Language proficiency
- French
- Mangbetu, Meegye dialect
- Bangala, Isiro-area dialect
Research interests
- Death compensations
- Mangbetu-Asoa subgroup linguistics and anthropology Myth and tale analysis
- Subtitles in ethnographic film
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2007. Concerning Meegye and Mangbetu’s bilabial trills. In Advances in Nilo-Saharan Linguistics: Proceedings of the 8th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, University of Hamburg, August 22-25, 2001. Doris L. Payne and Mechthild Reh, eds. Pp. 181-189. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
1995. Meje-Mangbetu (northeastern Zaire) death compensations as intergroup rites of passage: A structural, cultural, and linguistic study. Ph.D. thesis. University of Rochester.
1991. “ ‘Here’, ‘there’, ‘yonder’, and beyond with Meje aspect.” In Proceedings of the Third Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Kisumu, Kenya, August 4-9, 1986. Franz Rottland and Lucia N. Omondi, eds. Pp. 165-180. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag.
Selected papers presented
2006. “Transcending postcolonial stereotypes through filmed dilemma tales? In which the subtitles do let film subjects ‘speak for themselves’ ” Paper presented at the intercongress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa, December 3-7, 2006.
2005. “Mangbetu tales of Leopard and Azapane: Storytelling and the assertion of politico-cultural identity. ”Paper presented at the International Conference on Storytelling and Cultural Identity, Angra, Terceira, Azores, Portugal, June 27-29, 2005.
1998. “Genesis prologue myth as epistemological charter: Toward a ‘golden mean’ resolution of the creation-evolution debate. ” Paper presented at the 14th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A., July 26-August 1, 1998.
Selected online publications
2007. “The Meegye connective bhe as a discourse developmental marker. ” GIAL Electronic Notes Series, April 2007, Vol. 1, No. 2. http://www.gial.edu/GIALens/vol1-2/McKee-paper.pdf