Research Specialties

Anthropology involves the comprehensive study of human experience. The most basic questions anthropologists ask are “How are humans the same, and how are they different in all times and in all places on earth?” but also “What distinguishes the human from other species and how do different humans understand that difference?” Anthropologists explore these questions by examining people through biological, archaeological, linguistic, and social lenses. Our faculty specialize in specific world regions and in specific fields of study.

Research Specialties of the Department of Anthropology Faculty
	Geographic Regions	Discipline(s)
Aisha Ghani Assistant Professor [email protected]	Middle East North America, United States	Empire, Colonialism, & Postcolonial Studies Power, Politics, Citizenship, & National Identity Race, Ethnicity, Migration, & Diasporas Religion & Philosophy Social Justice & Human Rights
David Lipset Professor [email protected] .	The Pacific	Material Culture Studies Ecologies Economy, Capitalism, Class, & Inequality Gender, Sexuality, & LGBTQ History Media & Representation Modernity & the Future Social Theory Symbolic Anthropology
David Valentine Associate Professor [email protected]	North America, United States	Biopolitics, Science, & Technology Studies Gender, Sexuality, & LGBTQ History Human Space Exploration Landscape, History, & Memory Linguistics Modernity & the Future Social Justice & Human Rights
Erin Durban Associate Professor [email protected]	Caribbean North America, United States	Biopolitics, Science, & Technology Studies Ecologies Economy, Capitalism, Class, & Inequality Empire, Colonialism, & Postcolonial Studies Gender, Sexuality, & LGBTQ History Social Justice & Human Rights
Gilbert Tostevin Professor [email protected]	Eurasia Europe Middle East	Archaeological Theory and Ethics Archaeologies of Culture Contact Cultural Transmission Theory European Archaeology Experimental Archaeology Forager Archaeology Lithic Technology Material Culture Studies Neanderthal Behavior Origins of Modern Humans Paleolithic Archaeology Pleistocene Eurasia Human Evolution Paleoanthropology
Gilliane Monnier Professor [email protected]	Eurasia Europe	European Archaeology Experimental Archaeology Lithic Residue Analysis Microarchaeology Neanderthal Behavior Paleolithic Archaeology Paleoanthropology
Hoon Song Associate Professor [email protected]	Asia: East, South, Southeast Europe North America, United States	Animality/Animal Studies Biopolitics, Science, & Technology Studies Landscape, History, & Memory Media & Representation Modernity & the Future Power, Politics, Citizenship, & National Identity Religion & Philosophy Social Theory Symbolic Anthropology
Karen Ho Professor [email protected]		Economy, Capitalism, Class, & Inequality Empire, Colonialism, & Postcolonial Studies Gender, Sexuality, & LGBTQ History Race, Ethnicity, Migration, & Diasporas Social Theory
Karen-Sue Taussig Associate Professor [email protected]	Europe North America, United States	Biopolitics, Science, & Technology Studies Medical Anthropology
Katherine Hayes Professor [email protected]	North America, United States	Archaeological Theory and Ethics Archaeologies of Settler Colonialism Ceramic Analysis Heritage Studies Historical Archaeology Material Culture Studies Empire, Colonialism, & Postcolonial Studies Landscape, History, & Memory Race, Ethnicity, Migration, & Diasporas
Maria Nieves-Colón Assistant Professor [email protected]	Caribbean Latin America	Ancient DNA Molecular Anthropology Empire, Colonialism, & Postcolonial Studies Race, Ethnicity, Migration, & Diasporas
Martha Tappen Associate Professor [email protected]	Africa Eastern, Central Eurasia	Experimental Archaeology Paleolithic Archaeology Taphonomy Zooarchaeology Human Evolution Out of Africa Studies Paleoanthropology
Michelle Brown Associate Professor [email protected]	Africa Eastern, Central	Primate Behavior and Ecology
Peter Wells Professor [email protected]	Europe	Archaeologies of Culture Contact Bronze Age Archaeology European Archaeology European Iron Age & Roman Archaeology Material Culture Studies Visual Representation & Identity
Serra Hakyemez Assistant Professor [email protected]	Middle East	Empire, Colonialism, & Postcolonial Studies Landscape, History, & Memory Media & Representation Power, Politics, Citizenship, & National Identity Race, Ethnicity, Migration, & Diasporas Social Justice & Human Rights Social Theory
Sofía Pacheco-Fores Assistant Professor [email protected]	Latin America	Bioarchaeology and Biogeochemistry
Stuart McLean Professor [email protected]	Europe	Animality/Animal Studies Ecologies Empire, Colonialism, & Postcolonial Studies Landscape, History, & Memory Media & Representation Modernity & the Future Poetry, Music, Theatre, & Performance Power, Politics, Citizenship, & National Identity Race, Ethnicity, Migration, & Diasporas Religion & Philosophy Social Theory
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