Department of Anthropology

James K. Gibb is a biological anthropologist specializing in human population biology. His research investigates how lived experiences, particularly among sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations, are biologically embedded over the life course through mechanisms such as stress, inflammation, and epigenetics. By integrating fieldwork, laboratory, and computational approaches, his work explores how social and environmental contexts shape variation in health, aging, and survival across diverse populations.
 
He will receive his PhD in Biological Anthropology from Northwestern University, where he also earned a Graduate Certificate in Society, Biology, and Health. He received his BA in Anthropology from the University of Waterloo, an MSc in Evolutionary Medical Anthropology from the University of Toronto and completed a Postgraduate Research Fellowship in Health & Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough.