Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Mesoamerica, Latinx Diaspora in the U.S.
Research Interests
Food sovereignty, Decolonial Anthropology, Community-based research, Bioarchaeology, Late Postclassic Mexico, Colonial Mexico, Foodways
Professor, Anthropology
Director, Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands
Director, Native American and Indigenous Studies
Geographical Areas of Specialization
North America; Midwest; Southeastern U.S.; Mississippi Valley
Research Interests
complexity; identity; migration; materiality; ritual; craft production; ceramics; GIS
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
North America; American Southwest; JapanResearch Interests
Prehistoric American Southwest, Lithic Technological Organization, Pottery Analysis, Sociopolitical Organization in Small-scale Agricultural Societies, Multi-vocal Studies (Collections-based Research and Collaborations), Animacy in Archaeological Research, Eastern and Western Thoughts in Anthropology
Elected Member: National Academies of Science
Distinguished Professor, Anthropology
Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography and School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Director, Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes (CASEL)
Faculty Associate: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Individualized Major Program, Native Studies Program, Food Studies Program
External Professor: University of Campinas, Center for Environmental Studies and Research (NEPAM), Brazil
Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Class III-Social Sciences, Section 5 Anthropology and Archaeology
Elected [International] Associate Member, Academie d'Agriculture de France (AAF), sect 10: Economie et politique
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions, Elsevier
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Amazon; Brazil; Latin America
Research Interests
environmental and economic anthropology; land use and landscape history; institutions and collective action; household economy and demographics; livelihoods and poverty; local ecological knowledge; people-forest interaction; social-ecological complex systems analysis; global environmental and climate change; sustainability sciences; integrative methodologies
Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Africa; North America; Senegal
Research Interests
circulation and value; material and visual culture; photography; gender and Islam
Professor, Anthropology, Cognitive Science, CISAB
Geographical Areas of Specialization
United States, Europe
Research Interests
Evolution of language and social cognition, Gesture, Primate communication, Parent-infant interaction, Language and thought, Assessing cognition in AI systems, Multimodality, SETI
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Ethiopia; Sub-Sahara Africa
Research Interests
anthropology and business; industry and industrialization in emerging markets; national economy; alcohol production, distribution, and consumption; science and technology studies (STS); anthropology of development
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Research Interests
Stigma, health disparities, obesity, psychosocial stress, embodiment, biological normalcy, allostatic load, biocultural anthropology, human biology, global health, public health
Professor, Anthropology
Professor, Gender Studies
Affiliate Faculty, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
China; Taiwan
Research Interests
state, citizenship, and law; migration; intimacy; marriage; gender and sexuality; LGBT families; reproductive politics; kinship and parenting
Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Contemporary and historic Italy; Native North America
Research Interests
contemporary and historic Italy; native North America
Professor, Anthropology
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
North Africa; Middle East; France
Research Interests
performance and civic life; intertextuality; colonial and postcolonial formations; theater, music, and poetry
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies
Director, Qualitative Data Analysis Laboratory
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Russia; Siberia; Mongolia
Research Interests
mass media; language politics; materiality; semiotics; digital media; multilingualism; language shift and endangerment; ethnography of institutions; historical anthropology; intellectual property; theories of value; socialism and post-socialism; race and ethnicity; Central/Inner Asia, Mongolia, Russia, Siberia
Professor, Anthropology
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Peru; Amazonia/Andes; elsewhere, although mostly Latin America
Research Interests
social theory; social movements; race; urban subcultures; music and society; indigenous and afro-descendent rights; political ecology
Assistant Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies and Anthropology
Research Interests
Black Borders and Borderlands, Black Ritual Performance, African Diaspora Spirituality and Religion, Feminist Filmmaking, Visual Anthropology, Sensory Ethnography, Documentary, Experimental Film, Critical Ethnography, Black Feminist Anthropology
Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Africa
Research Interests
functional morphology; ecology of hominids and apes
Ruth N. Halls Professor, Folklore and Anthropology
Research Interests
material culture; cultural performance; ethnology; cultural history; museum anthropology
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Director, Ancient DNA Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization:
Native America; Pacific; Asia
Research Interests
molecular anthropology; molecular evolution; population genetics; ancient DNA
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Geographic Areas of Specialization
Western North America, Gulf of Mexico
Research Interests
Zooarchaeology, Historical Archaeology, Fish and Fisheries, Animal Commodification and Trade, Chinese Diaspora, Migration, Archaeology of Food
Professor, Anthropology
Chair, Anthropology
Associate Faculty, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Mexico (Oaxaca); Mesoamerica
Research Interests
ancient and colonial Mexico; household archaeology; identity; food practices; soundscapes; social theory; colonialism; soil chemistry and microscale methods in archaeology, multispecies perspectives, critical heritage studies
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Madagascar; Africa; Indian Ocean; Northern Iraq; Kurdistan region; United States
Research Interests
environmental anthropology; agrarian studies; agro-ecological systems; political ecology; trade and development; anthropology of knowledge
Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Central and Eastern Europe; the Former Soviet Union, especially Ukraine and Russia; U.S.
Research Interests
Medical anthropology, disability studies, gender studies, HIV-AIDS, addiction, Chernobyl, civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), development, Cold War studies, cultural and literary diplomacy
Provost Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Mesoamerica; Belize; Central Asia; Kyrgyzstan
Research Interests
archaeology; settlement patterns; Maya, gender, ethics; archaeology and social context
Professor of Practice, Anthropology
Co-director, IU Graduate Certificate on College Pedagogy
Geographical Areas of Specialization
United States
Research Interests
Food in expressive culture; sustainable food systems; higher education pedagogy
Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru
Research Interests
Reproductive and Indigenous Justice
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Japan; Caribbean
Research Interests
contemporary Japan; African Diaspora; race, social identity; afro-asia; performance studies; transnationalism; human rights
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Adjunct Professor, Latino Studies
Associate Faculty, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Mexico; Mesoamerica
Research Interests
linguistic anthropology; semiotic anthropology; verbal art; youth and adolescence; Mesoamerican languages and cultures
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Geographical Areas of Specialization
Uganda; Costa Rica; Panama
Research Interests
primate ecology and evolution; environmental endocrinology; conservation biology and sustainability; evolutionary medicine and EcoHealth; nutritional anthropology
Provost Professor, Anthropology
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Geographical Areas of Specialization
South Asia; particularly India
Research Interests
human diet and nutrition and the adaptive significance of human dietary behavior; medical anthropology; biocultural perspectives and theory; biological normalcy – how population biology and ideas about “normal” human biology are related; human adaptability, particularly to stressful environments such as high altitude; demography; life history theory
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