Stewart, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Malcolm), 1916-

Professor emeritus at Arizona State University, and anthropologist who conducted fieldwork among the Mohave Indians.

Kenneth Stewart was the first anthropologist employed by Arizona State University and was a faculty member for 32 years. He earned his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Stewart joined the ASU faculty in 1947, before the formation of the anthropology department. His first position was in the education department, where he taught various courses in sociology, ancient history, urban studies, and minority studies, but his specialty remained Southwest ethnology. He later joined the anthropology department and remained a part of the ASU faculty until his retirement in 1979.

Dr. Stewart conducted fieldwork among the Mohave Indians in 1946 and 1970-71. He published widely on the Mohave during his career, with articles in such journals as Southwest Journal of Anthropology, The Kiva, Plateau, and Ethnohistory . While professor emeritus at ASU, Dr. Stewart wrote the introductory section and a chapter on the Mohave in Volume 10 of the Handbook of North American Indians .

Following his retirement from ASU, Dr. Stewart remained active as an amateur musicologist and avid traveler.

Source: CLAS News, Arizona State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Fall 2002.