Anthropology Department

Faculty

Betsey Brada

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Medical anthropology, anthropology of global health and humanitarianism, science studies and expertise, anthropology of the body, pedagogy and ritual, HIV/AIDS, Africa. On sabbatical 2023-24

Robert Brightman (Emeritus)

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Social/cultural theory, semiotics and structuralism, sociolinguistics, environmental anthropology, hunter-gatherer societies, functional syntax and language typology, Native North America.

Tarik Nejat Dinç

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Environmental justice, science and technology studies, critical agrarian studies, risk and uncertainty, mining and extractivism, toxicity, climate change, more than human anthropology, Turkey, Mediterranean, Middle East

Alejandra Roche Recinos

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Archaeology, economic anthropology, political economy, lithic studies, exchange and value, Indigeneity, archaeology of Mesoamerica, Guatemala, Mexico.

Charlene E. Makley 

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Development, globalization, anthropology of capitalism, exchange and value, sex/gender/sexuality and intersectionality, ethnicity, nationalism, religion and ritual, feminist theory, linguistic anthropology, media studies, China, Tibet, East Asia.

Paul A. Silverstein

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Race and ethnicity, colonialism and postcoloniality, migration, urbanity, social class, sport, practice theory, historical anthropology, France, North Africa, Middle East. 

Anand Vaidya (Chair)

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Environmental politics, law, social movements, land and property, political economy, collective action, caste, indigeneity, India, South Asia.