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Anthropology & Geography Faculty
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Elizabeth T. Abrams, Assistant Professor
Biomedical Anthropology, Human Evolutionary Biology, Life History Theory, Pregnancy and Lactation, Infectious Disease and Immune Function; East Africa (Malawi and Tanzania)

Brian S. Bauer, Professor
New World prehistory, development of complex societies, archaeological and ethnohistorical theory and method; Andean civilization

Molly Doane, Assistant Professor
Globalization, Commodity Changes and Consumption, Social Movements, Political Economy, Environment

Robert J. Hasenstab, Clinical Assistant Professor; Director of GIS Laboratory
Archaeology, GIS, Remote Sensing, Cultural Resource Management, Northeast United States, Iroquois Prehistory

Laura Junker, Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Complex Societies; Maritime Trade; Ceramic Production; Southeast Asia

Lawrence H. Keeley, Professor
Paleolithic Archaeology, Prehistoric Warfare, Functional Analysis of Stone Tools, Experimental Archaeology, Hunter-Gatherer Economics; Europe

Waud H. Kracke, Professor
Social Anthropology, Psychoanalysis, Dreams, Psychology of Leadership, Political Anthropology, Culture Shock; Brazil, Native South America

Mark Liechty, Associate Professor (Anthropology & History)
Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Consumption, Mass Media, Culture Theory, Globalization, Youth Culture, Cultural History, Medical Anthropology; Nepal

John D. Monaghan, Professor
Department Head
Anthropology and History, Religion, Agrarian Movements; Mexico, Latin America

Joel Palka, Associate Professor (Anthropology & Latin American Studies)
Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Classic Maya Culture, Settlements, Culture Change, Mayan Hieroglyphic Writing and Art; Mesoamerica and the Caribbean

Crystal L. Patil, Assistant Professor
Global Health and Medical Anthropology(maternal and child, nutrition, and psychosocial well being), Refugee Health in urban contexts, Dietary Changes associated with migration

Jack H. Prost, Associate Professor
Physical Anthropology, Kinesics, Human evolution

Gayatri Reddy, Assistant Professor (Anthropology & Gender and Women's Studies)
Medical Anthropology, Gender, Ethnicity; India 

Anna C. Roosevelt, Professor
Archaeology, Human Ecology, Human-Environment Interaction; South America, Central Africa (Congo Basin)

Sloan R. Williams, Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Physical Anthropology, Human Genetics, DNA Studies in Archaeological populations; Peru


Adjunct Faculty

Bennet Bronson, Adjunct Professor
Curator of Asian Archaeology and Ethnology, The Field Museum
Archaeology, Ethnology, Economic and Social Evolution; Southeast Asia

L. Antonio Curet, Adjunct Professor
Curator of North American Archaeology, The Field Museum
Archaeology, Ethnology, Social Complexity, Political Economy, Ceramics; Caribbean, Mesoamerica

Gary Feinman, Adjunct Professor
Curator of Mesoamerican Anthropology, The Field Museum
Archaeology, Archaeological Method and Theory; Mesoamerica (Oaxaca), Southwest United States, China

Jonathan Haas, Adjunct Professor
MacArthur Curator of North American Anthropology, The Field Museum
Archaeological Theory, Political Anthropology; Southwest United States, Andes

M. Geoffrey Hayes, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Biological Anthropology, Genetic Epidemiology, Population Genetics, Ancient DNA; Arctic, North America

Chapurukha Makokha Kusimba, Adjunct Professor
Curator of African Anthropology, The Field Museum
Archaeology, Ethnology, Technology, Trade, Urbanism; Africa

David Lentz, Adjunct Professor
Vice President of Scientific Affairs and Senior Scientist, Chicago Botanic Garden
Paleoethnobotany, Ethnomedical Botany; Central America

Robert Martin, Adjunct Professor
Provost, Academic Affairs, The Field Museum
Primatology, Physical Anthropology

Donna NashAdjunct Assistant Professor
New World Archaeology, Complex Societies, Households, Architecture, Indigenous Interactions; South America (Andes)

Steve Nash, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Head of Collections (Anthropology), The Field Museum
Archaeology, Ethnology, Dendochronology, History of Archaeology, Lithics; Southwest United States

Marina Peterson, Adjunct Lecturer

John Terrell, Adjunct Professor
Regenstein Curator of Pacific Anthropology, The Field Museum
Anthropology, Archaeology, Biogeography; Pacific Islands

Anne P. Underhill, Adjunct Associate Professor
Boone Associate Curator of East Asian Archaeology, The Field Museum
Archaeology, Complex Societies, Ceramic Production; China

Alaka Wali, Adjunct Professor
John Nuveen Curator and Director of the Center for Cultural Understanding and Change (CCUC), The Field Museum
Applied Anthropology, Participatory Economic Development, Ethnicity and Migration, Urban Anthropology, Women and Development; South and Central America

P. Ryan Williams, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Assistant Curator of Archaeological Science, The Field Museum
Development of Sociopolitical Complexity, GIS, Remote Sensing, Regional Analysis of Settlement Patterns; South America (Andes)


Emeritus Faculty

Susan T. Freeman, Professor Emerita
Ethnology, Europe

Bruce G. Gladfelter, Professor Emeritus
Geomorphology and Archaeology, Geoarchaeology, Pleistocene Studies; Britain, Illinois

Paul Hockings, Professor Emeritus
Social Anthropology, Dravidian Languages, Ethnography of Medicine, Visual Anthropology; Southern Asia, Ireland, China

Robert L. Hall, Professor Emeritus
Symbolism and Ritual, Chronological methods, Mesoamerican Connections; Plains and Midwestern Archaeology and Ethnology

Mike D. Lieber, Professor Emeritus
Culture Change, Social Organization, Folklore, Communication, Program Evaluation, Applied Anthropology, Cybernetic and Systems Theory; Oceania

James L. Phillips, Professor Emeritus
Old World Prehistory, Prehistoric Agriculture, Lithics; Middle East, Upper and Epipaleolithic of the Near East and North Africa

David M. Solzman, Associate Professor Emeritus
Urban and Economic Geography, Technology, Energy and Urban Form, Psychological Perception of Space, Public Transportation, Neighborhood Change; Chicago

Siim Soot, Associate Professor Emeritus
Urban Transportation Systems, Urban Socioeconomic and Demographic Patterns on Traffic Generation and Travel Characteristics, Pedestrian Traffic Flow

Clifford E. Tiedemann, Associate Professor Emeritus
Economic Geography, Statistics

Sylvia J. Vatuk, Professor Emerita
Social Anthropology, Kinship, Urban Anthropology, Aging; South Asia


Affiliated Faculty

Robert C. Bailey, Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health (Ph.D. Harvard University, 1985)
Biological Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Growth, HIV/AIDS; Ituri Pygmies, Africa

Jay Kelley, Associate Professor, Oral Biology (Ph.D. Yale University 1986)
Hominoid Paleobiology and Evolution, Field Paleontology, Dental Reconstruction of Fossil Primates; Old World, East and West Africa, South and East Asia 

Mindie Lazarus-Black, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice (Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1990)
Law and Society, Cultures of Resistance, West Indian History and Social Organization, Gender and Law; Caribbean and United States

Nadine Peacock, Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health (Ph.D. Harvard University, 1985)
Women's Reproductive Health, Minority Health Issues, Nutritional Anthropology, Ituri Pygmies; Africa

 
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