Faculty

Thomas A Abercrombie
Research/Interest: Cultural history/historical anthropology; memory and patrimonial regimes; colonialism and postcolonial situations; nationalism; ethnohistory of Andean societies, gender and sexuality in the Hispanic world; food and place; Andes, Spain.
Research/Interest: Cultural history/historical anthropology; memory and patrimonial regimes; colonialism and postcolonial situations; nationalism; ethnohistory of Andean societies, gender and sexuality in the Hispanic world; food and place; 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, Africa, religion and symbolism, witchcraft and magic, history of colonialism, Christian missionaries, African literature, urban neighborhood and landscape preservation movements, history of British and European anthropology and sociology
Research/Interest: Social anthropology, Africa, religion and symbolism, witchcraft and magic, history of colonialism, Christian missionaries, African literature, urban neighborhood and landscape preservation movements, history of British and European anthropology and sociology

Pam J. Crabtree
Research/Interest: Zooarchaeology; animal domestication and history of domestic animals; archaeology of later prehistoric and early medieval Europe; Iron Age Ireland; historical archaeology of North America.
Research/Interest: Zooarchaeology; animal domestication and history of domestic animals; archaeology of later prehistoric and early medieval Europe; Iron Age Ireland; historical archaeology of North America.

Sonia N. Das
Research/Interest: linguistic anthropology, language ideology, heritage language education, urban multilingualism, political economy, francophone Quebec, diasporic/mobile South Asians
Research/Interest: linguistic anthropology, language ideology, heritage language education, urban multilingualism, political economy, francophone Quebec, diasporic/mobile South Asians

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.

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: anthropology of media, visual anthropology/visual culture, cultural policy, nationalism, postcolonial theory, capitalism, neoliberalism, globalization, Indian cinema, South Asia
Research/Interest: anthropology of media, visual anthropology/visual culture, cultural policy, nationalism, postcolonial theory, capitalism, neoliberalism, globalization, Indian cinema, South Asia

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 Grant
Research/Interest: Former Soviet Union, Siberia, the Caucasus; cultural history and politics; religion.
Research/Interest: Former Soviet Union, Siberia, the Caucasus; cultural history and politics; religion.

Helena Hansen
Research/Interest: medical anthropology, science studies, urban anthropology, critical psychiatry, addictions, pharmaceuticals, Latin American and African American spirituality and faith healing.
Research/Interest: medical anthropology, science studies, urban anthropology, critical psychiatry, addictions, pharmaceuticals, Latin American and African American spirituality and faith healing.

Terry Harrison
Research/Interest: Primate and human paleontology; evolutionary morphology; paleobiology; allometry; taphonomy; paleoecology; zooarchaeology; Europe, East Africa, and Asia.
Research/Interest: Primate and human paleontology; evolutionary morphology; paleobiology; allometry; taphonomy; paleoecology; zooarchaeology; Europe, East Africa, and Asia.

James Higham
Research/Interest: Primate socio-ecology; life-history; sexual and social strategies and conflict; behavioral endocrinology; animal communication; conservation of biological diversity.
Research/Interest: Primate socio-ecology; life-history; sexual and social strategies and conflict; behavioral endocrinology; animal communication; conservation of biological diversity.

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.

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.
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

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.

Scott A. Williams
Research/Interest: Biological anthropology; postcranial morphology; positional behavior; origins of orthogrady and bipedalism; evolution of the vertebral column; mammalian phylogenetics; longevity.
Research/Interest: Biological anthropology; postcranial morphology; positional behavior; origins of orthogrady and bipedalism; evolution of the vertebral column; mammalian phylogenetics; longevity.

Rita P. Wright
Research/Interest: Urbanism; state formation; gender relations; the ancient Near East, and South Asia.
Research/Interest: Urbanism; state formation; gender relations; the ancient Near East, 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.


