Faculty
Betsey Brada
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)
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
Archaeology, economic anthropology, political economy, lithic studies, exchange and value, Indigeneity, archaeology of Mesoamerica, Guatemala, Mexico.
Charlene E. Makley
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
Race and ethnicity, colonialism and postcoloniality, migration, urbanity, social class, sport, practice theory, historical anthropology, France, North Africa, Middle East.
Anand Vaidya (Chair)
Environmental politics, law, social movements, land and property, political economy, collective action, caste, indigeneity, India, South Asia.