Augusta Lynn Bolles (born 1949) is an American anthropologist, professor Emerita of women's studies and affiliate faculty in anthropology, African American studies, American studies, comparative literature and the Latin American studies center at the University of Maryland,[2] and co-chair of The Cottagers' African American Cultural Festival.
in English literature and anthropology from Syracuse University, and an M.A.
She married James Mackin Walsh on February 9, 1980, in the Kirkpatrick Chapel of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
[4] Bolles is credited as a path maker in Black feminist anthropology with theories focused on care[5] and for paving the way for the Cite Black Women movement founded by Christen A.
[6] Prior to teaching at the University of Maryland, Bolles was a professor of sociology and anthropology and the director of African-American studies at Bowdoin College.