Peace Corps Training Records

Warren L. D'Azevedo received his B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University in 1962.

D'Azevedo's graduate studies in anthropology centered on western Africa where he lived during a graduate fellowship. In 1962 while teaching anthropology at the University of Utah, he was asked to play a key role in developing and implementing the training of Peace Corps volunteer/trainees selected to teach in elementary and secondary schools in Liberia. Working with other area specialists, D'Azevedo developed a curriculum which would give trainees the cultural, historical, and to some degree, language knowledge necessary for success in Liberia.

D'Azevedo continued to serve as an area specialist for other Liberian Peace Corps training projects during the 1960s, teaching Peace Corps trainees at the University of Pittsburgh, Syracuse University, and San Francisco State College. He also advised programs in Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

Professor D'Azevedo was invited to teach anthropology in the combined psychology and sociology departments at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1963. In 1967, a separate anthropology department was established and Dr. D'Azevedo was appointed the first chairman. He retired as professor emeritus in 1988.