Faculty
Thomas A Abercrombie
Research/Interest: Cultural history/historical anthropology; colonized societies; postcolonial situations; nationalism; ethnohistory of social movements, gender and sexuality in the Hispanic world; Andes, Spain.
Research/Interest: Cultural history/historical anthropology; colonized societies; postcolonial situations; nationalism; ethnohistory of social movements, gender and sexuality in the Hispanic world; Andes, Spain.
Susan C. Antón
Research/Interest: Physical anthropology; skeletal biology; evolution of genus Homo; dispersal; evolutionary morphology; human osteology and anatomy; growth, development and life history patterns. Field programs in Asia and the Pacific.
Research/Interest: Physical anthropology; skeletal biology; evolution of genus Homo; dispersal; evolutionary morphology; human osteology and anatomy; growth, development and life history patterns. Field programs in Asia and the Pacific.
Shara E. Bailey
Research/Interest: Physical anthropology; paleoanthropology; dental morphology and morphometrics; Middle-Late Pleistocene hominins; Neandertals; modern human origins; Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution; Europe; Africa.
Research/Interest: Physical anthropology; paleoanthropology; dental morphology and morphometrics; Middle-Late Pleistocene hominins; Neandertals; modern human origins; Plio-Pleistocene hominin evolution; Europe; Africa.
Thomas O. Beidelman
Research/Interest: Social anthropology; religion; colonial history; oral literature; Africa and ancient Greece.
Research/Interest: Social anthropology; religion; colonial history; oral literature; Africa and ancient Greece.
Pamela J. Crabtree
Research/Interest: The archaeology of later prehistoric and early medieval Europe and zooarchaeolog in addition to the archaeological study of forts of the French and Indian War period in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a cooperative project between New York University and the National Park Service. Professor Crabtree and Peter Bogucki (Princeton University) are currently editing an encyclopedia of the Barbarian world, to be published by Charles Schribner's Sons.
Research/Interest: The archaeology of later prehistoric and early medieval Europe and zooarchaeolog in addition to the archaeological study of forts of the French and Indian War period in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a cooperative project between New York University and the National Park Service. Professor Crabtree and Peter Bogucki (Princeton University) are currently editing an encyclopedia of the Barbarian world, to be published by Charles Schribner's Sons.
Arlene Davila
Research/Interest: race and ethnicity; nationalism; media studies; political economy, globalization; the politics of museum and visual representation; urban studies; consumption; Latinos in the U.S.
Research/Interest: race and ethnicity; nationalism; media studies; political economy, globalization; the politics of museum and visual representation; urban studies; consumption; Latinos in the U.S.
Anthony F. Di Fiore
Research/Interest: Research interests include biological anthropology; primate behavior and ecology; population genetics; South America. Dr. Di Fiore specializes in the comparative behavior, ecology, and population genetics of neotropical primates. His current research projects include a field study of social relationships in woolly and spider monkeys at his field site (Proyecto Primates) in Amazonian Ecuador, collaborative field research on the socioecology of pair-living neotropical primates (including titi monkeys, sakis, and owl monkeys) in Ecuador and Argentina, and molecular studies of population structure and mating systems in many of these primates as well as in red howler monkeys in Venezuela and golden lion tamarins in Brazil.
Research/Interest: Research interests include biological anthropology; primate behavior and ecology; population genetics; South America. Dr. Di Fiore specializes in the comparative behavior, ecology, and population genetics of neotropical primates. His current research projects include a field study of social relationships in woolly and spider monkeys at his field site (Proyecto Primates) in Amazonian Ecuador, collaborative field research on the socioecology of pair-living neotropical primates (including titi monkeys, sakis, and owl monkeys) in Ecuador and Argentina, and molecular studies of population structure and mating systems in many of these primates as well as in red howler monkeys in Venezuela and golden lion tamarins in Brazil.
Todd R. Disotell
Research/Interest: physical Anthropology, primate evolution; molecular evolution; genetics and mitochondrial DNA; analytical techniques of phylogenetic systematics; the history of biological anthropology.
Research/Interest: physical Anthropology, primate evolution; molecular evolution; genetics and mitochondrial DNA; analytical techniques of phylogenetic systematics; the history of biological anthropology.
Tejaswini Ganti
Research/Interest: Indian cinema, South Asia, anthropology of media, visual anthropology/visual culture, popular culture, cultural policy, nationalism, postcolonial theory, diasporas, and theories of globalization.
Research/Interest: Indian cinema, South Asia, anthropology of media, visual anthropology/visual culture, popular culture, cultural policy, nationalism, postcolonial theory, diasporas, and theories of globalization.
Haidy Geismar
Research/Interest: Visual anthropology, Pacific anthropology, intellectual, cultural and indigenous property rights, economic anthropology, cross-cultural theories of value and valuation, materiality, contemporary indigenous art, museum theory and criticism.
Research/Interest: Visual anthropology, Pacific anthropology, intellectual, cultural and indigenous property rights, economic anthropology, cross-cultural theories of value and valuation, materiality, contemporary indigenous art, museum theory and criticism.
Michael Gilsenan
Research/Interest: Anthropology and sociology of Islam; history and anthropology, narrative theory; anthropology of power and violence; urban studies; cultural representation.
Research/Interest: Anthropology and sociology of Islam; history and anthropology, narrative theory; anthropology of power and violence; urban studies; cultural representation.
Faye Ginsburg
Research/Interest: Social anthropology; ethnographic film; indigenous media; social movements in the United States; gender and reproduction.
Research/Interest: Social anthropology; ethnographic film; indigenous media; social movements in the United States; gender and reproduction.
Bruce M. Grant
Research/Interest: The former Soviet Union, Siberia, the Caucasus; Azerbaijan; (post-) Soviet cultural politics; shamanism; Islam; cinema; histories of anthropology.
Research/Interest: The former Soviet Union, Siberia, the Caucasus; Azerbaijan; (post-) Soviet cultural politics; shamanism; Islam; cinema; histories of anthropology.
Terry Harrison
Research/Interest: Primate and human paleontology, evolutionary morphology, and paleoecology. Broader research interests include the systematics and evolutionary history of hominoids and cercopithecoids, comparative anatomy and functional morphology of primates, paleobiology, allometry, vertebrate paleontology, evolutionary theory, taphonomy, paleoecology and zooarchaeology. He has extensive paleontological fieldwork experience in Europe, East Africa, and Asia. His current major research projects include early hominid paleontology at Laetoli in northern Tanzania, phylogenetic relationships and paleobiology of early Miocene catarrhines from East Africa, systematics of Miocene fossil apes from China, and the impact of human hunting and paleoecological change at prehistoric sites in Borneo.
Research/Interest: Primate and human paleontology, evolutionary morphology, and paleoecology. Broader research interests include the systematics and evolutionary history of hominoids and cercopithecoids, comparative anatomy and functional morphology of primates, paleobiology, allometry, vertebrate paleontology, evolutionary theory, taphonomy, paleoecology and zooarchaeology. He has extensive paleontological fieldwork experience in Europe, East Africa, and Asia. His current major research projects include early hominid paleontology at Laetoli in northern Tanzania, phylogenetic relationships and paleobiology of early Miocene catarrhines from East Africa, systematics of Miocene fossil apes from China, and the impact of human hunting and paleoecological change at prehistoric sites in Borneo.
Clifford J. Jolly (Retired)
Research/Interest: Physical anthropology; primatology; serology; population genetics and speciation; East Africa and Asia.
Research/Interest: Physical anthropology; primatology; serology; population genetics and speciation; East Africa and Asia.
Aisha Khan
Research/Interest: Race and ethnicity; social stratification; theory and method in diaspora studies; religion; the Caribbean and Latin America.
Research/Interest: Race and ethnicity; social stratification; theory and method in diaspora studies; religion; the Caribbean and Latin America.
Owen M. Lynch (Retired)
Research/Interest: Urban anthropology; social anthropology; political economy of urban space; cultural construction of emotion; religion; India.
Research/Interest: Urban anthropology; social anthropology; political economy of urban space; cultural construction of emotion; religion; India.
Emily Martin
Research/Interest: Anthropology of science and medicine, gender, cultures of the mind, emotion and rationality, history of psychiatry and psychology, US culture and society.
Research/Interest: Anthropology of science and medicine, gender, cultures of the mind, emotion and rationality, history of psychiatry and psychology, US culture and society.
Sally E. Merry
Research/Interest: Anthropology of law; human rights; colonialism; transnationalism; gender and race; US, Pacific and Asia/Pacific region.
Research/Interest: Anthropology of law; human rights; colonialism; transnationalism; gender and race; US, Pacific and Asia/Pacific region.
Fred R. Myers
Research/Interest: Research with Aboriginal people in Australia, concentrating on Western Desert people. He is interested in exchange theory and material culture, the intercultural production and circulation of culture, in contemporary art worlds, in identity and personhood, and in how these are related to theories of value and practices of signification.
Research/Interest: Research with Aboriginal people in Australia, concentrating on Western Desert people. He is interested in exchange theory and material culture, the intercultural production and circulation of culture, in contemporary art worlds, in identity and personhood, and in how these are related to theories of value and practices of signification.
Rayna Rapp
Research/Interest: Gender, reproduction, health and culture, science and technology, United States and Europe.
Research/Interest: Gender, reproduction, health and culture, science and technology, United States and Europe.
Susan C. Rogers
Research/Interest: Sociocultural anthropology; French society and culture; rural development; tourism; Europeanist ethnography and history.
Research/Interest: Sociocultural anthropology; French society and culture; rural development; tourism; Europeanist ethnography and history.
Renato I. Rosaldo
Research/Interest: Sociocultural anthropology history, society; island Southeast Asia, US Latinos and Latin America.
Research/Interest: Sociocultural anthropology history, society; island Southeast Asia, US Latinos and Latin America.
Bambi B. Schieffelin
Research/Interest: Linguistic anthropology, language ideology, literacy, language socialization, childhood, missionization, Papua New Guinea, Caribbean.
Research/Interest: Linguistic anthropology, language ideology, literacy, language socialization, childhood, missionization, Papua New Guinea, Caribbean.
Lok Siu
Research/Interest: Diaspora, transnationalism, citizenship, gender and racial formations, and Asians in the Americas.
Research/Interest: Diaspora, transnationalism, citizenship, gender and racial formations, and Asians in the Americas.
Noelle M. Stout
Research/Interest: Ethnographic film and visual studies; gender and sexuality; feminist anthropology; nationalism; late-socialist Cuba; Cherokee cultural politics
Research/Interest: Ethnographic film and visual studies; gender and sexuality; feminist anthropology; nationalism; late-socialist Cuba; Cherokee cultural politics
Constance R. Sutton (Retired)
Research/Interest: Caribbean and West Africa ethnography, transnational migrations/diasporic processes, gender, state hierarchies, and globalization, new international social movements (especially the international women's movement), and post-colonial changes in historical consciousness and identities.
Research/Interest: Caribbean and West Africa ethnography, transnational migrations/diasporic processes, gender, state hierarchies, and globalization, new international social movements (especially the international women's movement), and post-colonial changes in historical consciousness and identities.
Christian Tryon
Research/Interest: Archaeological and geological methods to explore the behavioral evolution of Middle and Later Pleistocene hominins and the origin of Homo sapiens.
Research/Interest: Archaeological and geological methods to explore the behavioral evolution of Middle and Later Pleistocene hominins and the origin of Homo sapiens.
Randall White
Research/Interest: Paleolithic Europe; prehistoric art; archaeological approaches to reconstructing technologies of ancient hunter-gatherers; France.
Research/Interest: Paleolithic Europe; prehistoric art; archaeological approaches to reconstructing technologies of ancient hunter-gatherers; France.
Rita P. Wright
Research/Interest: Urbanism; state formation; gender relations; the ancient Near East, Egypt and South Asia.
Research/Interest: Urbanism; state formation; gender relations; the ancient Near East, Egypt and South Asia.
Angela Zito
Research/Interest: Cultural history/historical anthropology; critical theories of religion; religions of China; religion and media; history and anthropology of embodiment; performance and subjectivity.
Research/Interest: Cultural history/historical anthropology; critical theories of religion; religions of China; religion and media; history and anthropology of embodiment; performance and subjectivity.
