Sidney Wilfred Mintz was born on November 16, 1922 in Dover, New Jersey. Sidney W. Mintz is a renowned cultural anthropologist with an extensive history of socially relevant ethnographic research and literature. He received his bachelor's degree in psychology in 1943 from Brooklyn College and his doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in 1951; both prestigious institutions are located in New York. Mintz began teaching as an undergraduate and has since been a professional faculty member at several highly regarded universities and institutions in the United States, France, Germany, China, Puerto Rico, and Australia. He is currently a professor of anthropological research at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Sidney Mintz's research focuses on the history of different regions of the Caribbean. He has published numerous articles, editorials and books on the culturally relevant effects the sugar industry has had on the social populations of Caribbean island nations. Mintz has received numerous awards throughout his career, including but not limited to: The Caribbean Review Medalist, 1983; Smithsonian Board, 1985-91; Lecturer and Huxley Memorial Medalist, 1994; and Distinguished Lecturer, The American Anthropological Associated, 1996 (Mintz). Sidney Mintz's first fieldwork experience was in Puerto Rico in 1948, while he was studying at Columbia University. Two of his mentors are acclaimed anthropologists, Ruth Benedict and Julian Steward. This experience must have greatly influenced Mintz, as he has since focused his academic career on Caribbean and South American cultures (Kuever). Mintz mentions on his personal website: “The world area of ​​greatest interest… in the center of the paper… that Mintz seeks to discern in his works, is the existence of a peasant class within Caribbean society in a historical context. His socio-cultural ethnographies have contributed much to the anthropology and history of Caribbean peoples and cultures. Works Cited Kuever, Erika. “Sidney Mintz.” Indiana University, 2006. Web. March 1, 2011. Mintz, Sidney. Caribbean transformations. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1974. Print.Mintz, Sidney. Sweetness and power. New York: Viking, 1985. Print. Mintz, Sidney. The birth of African American culture. Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 1992. Print.Mintz, Sidney. Three ancient colonies. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2010. Print.Mintz, Sidney. Worker In The Barrel. New York: Yale University Press, 1960. Print. Mintz, Sidney. “Sidney Mintz.” Sidney Mintz, 2010. Web. 22 February. 2010.