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Doctoral Alumni
Tsirha Adefris
Adjunct Professor
Prince George's Community College
and
University of Maryland University College
Vanessa Agard-Jones
Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Columbia University
Brinton Ahlin
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Harvard Academy for International Area Studies
Ayshe Parla Alpan
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Boston University
Elise Andaya
Associate Professor of Anthropology
University at Albany (SUNY)
Barbara Andersen
Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Massey University, New Zealand
Alice Apley
Executive Director
Documentary Educational Resources
Narges Bajoghli
Assistant Professor, School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Dwaipayan Banerjee
Assistant Professor, Science Technology and Society
MIT
Engagement Manager/ Department of Fellowships & Public Programs
American Council of Learned Societies
Brenda Benefit
Professor
Department of Anthropology
New Mexico State University
Ulla Berg
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Rutgers University
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Rutgers University
David Ira Beriss
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
University of New Orleans
Anya Bernstein
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Harvard Univeristy
Lucas Bessire
Associate Professor of Anthropology
University of Oklahoma
Amahl Bishara
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Tufts University
Maryjka Blaszczyk
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Texas at Austin
Giuliana Borea
Marie Curie Research Fellow
Department of Sociology
University of Essez
Filmaker
Lydia C Boyd
Associate Professor
Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
UNC-Chapel Hill
Ariane Burke
Professor
Dept. d'anthropologie
Université de Montréal
Andrew Burrell
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
New York University
Joseph Califf
Writing Seminar Faculty
Writing Program
Princeton University
Anne-Marie E. Cantwell
Emeritus Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Rutgers-Newark
Jessica R. Cattelino
Associate Professor of Anthropology
UCLA
Jillian R. Cavanaugh
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center
CUNY
Paulo Chaves
Perito Criminal (Forensic DNA Scientist)
Laboratório de Biologia e DNA Forense, Superintendência de Polícia Técnico-Científica do Estado de Goiás
Brazil
Melissa Checker
Associate Professor Department of Urban Studies
Hagedorn Professor of Urban Studies
Queens College
PhD Programs in Anthropology and Environmental Psychology
The Graduate Center CUNY
Wenrui Chen
Adjunct Instructor
Julie Y. Chu
Associate Professor of Anthropology
University of Chicago
Emily Cohen
Assistant Director of the Science and Justice Research Center
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Sociology
University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Fellow, Collections Department, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Kristin L. Dowell
Associate Professor
Art History and Director of Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies,
Florida State University
Rachel Dvoskin
Researcher
Genetics and Public Policy Center
Berman Institute of Bioethics
Johns Hopkins University
Leslie Eisenberg
Burial Sites Archaeologist (formerly, Coordinator of the Burial Sites Preservation Program)
Wisconsin Historical Society
Madison, Wisconsin
Omri Elisha
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Queens College-CUNY
Deborah Elliston
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies
Department of Anthropology
Binghampton University/SUNY
Ayala Fader
Professor of Anthropology
Fordham University
Connie D. Fellmann
Special Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Colorado State University
Springer Publishing
Daniel Fisher
Associate Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Maggie Fishman
Director of Practitioner Research and Digital Documentation
ArtsConnection
New York City
Christopher Fraga
Assistant Professor
Swarthmore College
Katherine McCullough French
Managing Archaelogist
Archaeology & Historic Resource Services, LLC
Joan D. Garey
Senior Toxicologist
Reproductive Toxicology Center
Washington, D.C
Paul B. Garrett
Associate Professor
and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Anthropology
Temple University
Associate Editor
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology
Rene Gerrets
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Amsterdam
Aaron Glass
Associate Professor
Bard Graduate Center
Helle V. Goldman
Chief Editor
Polar Research
Norwegian Polar Institute
Thalia Gray
Independent Medical Writer
Becky Ham
Freelance Science Writer
Eugene Harris
Professor of Biology
Queensborough Community College
City University of New York
Claire E Heckel
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
American Museum of Natural History
Becca Howes-Mischel
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
James Madison University
Nur Amali Ibrahim
Associate Professor
Global and International Studies
Indiana University Bloomington
Mark Ingram
Professor and Chair Department of Modern Languages
Literatures, and Cultures
Goucher College
Jelena Karanovic
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Media, Culture and Communication
New York University
Heidi Katz
Managing Member
Thinking Strings, LLC
Eleana J. Kim
Associate Professor of Anthropology
UC Irvine
Eugenia Kisin
Assistant Professor
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
New York University
Emma Kozitzky
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
NYU Long Island School of Medicine
John Krigbaum
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Florida
Jong Bum Kwon
Assistant Professor
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Webster University
St. Louis, MO
Sally A. Lahm
Conservation Officer
Rainforest Trust, VA
Myra Laird
Assistant Professor
Clinical Integrative Anatomical Sciences
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Susan Lappan
Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Appalachian State University
Brian Larkin
Professor
Department of Anthropology,
Barnard College/Columbia University
Amy Lasater-Wille
Director, Research and Strategy
Insight Strategy Group
Lucianne Lavin
Director of Research and Collections
Institute for American Indian Studies
Tate LeFevre
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Franklin and Marshall College
Heather Levi
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Temple University
Jennifer Listman
Staff
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
New York City
Susan Malin-Boyce
Archaeologist
U.S. Army Engineer District
St. Louis
Kathe Managan
Assistant Professor
Geography and Anthropology Department
Louisiana State University
Luke Matthews
Behavioral and Social Scientist
RAND Corporation
Deborah C. Matzner
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Wellesley College
Lea S. McChesney
Curator of Ethnology, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, UNM
Director, Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies, UNM
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, UNM
Editor, Museum Anthropology
Bernard McGrane
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Chapman University
Anne Meneley
Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Trent University, Canada
Emily Middleton
Visting Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Wisonsin Milwaukee
Katharine Milton
Professor
Dept. Environmental Sciences Policy & Management
University of California at Berkeley
Robert Moïse
Consultant on land rights issues in the Congo Basin and executive director of the NGO, Rainforest Voices.
Yasmin Moll
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Michigan
Michael J Montague
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2021
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Chicago Department of Anthropology
John H. Moore
Research Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
University of Florida
John P. Murphy
Assistant Professor
Department of French
Gettysburg College
Hyejin Nah
Assistant Professor
University of California, Riverside
Vijayanka Nair
Mellon Post-doctoral Fellowship
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Serena Nanda
Professor Emeritus
Anthropology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
CUNY
John O'Hara
Assistant /Faculty Fellow at NYU CAS CORE Program
New York University
Rae Ostman
Managing Director
Centre for Ancient Cultures
Royal Ontario Museum
Associate Research Professor
School for the Future of Inovation in Society
Arizona State University
Jennifer Patico
Associate Professor
Dept. of Anthropology
Georgia State University
Amy Paugh
Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
James Madison University
Jane Phillips-Conroy
Professor of Anatomy and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
Anne Pike-Tay
Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
Vassar College
Varsha Pilbrow
Lecturer in Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience
University of Melbourne
Australia
Jennifer Piro
Manager of Academic Advising and Student Services
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Luca Pozzi
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Pilar K Rau
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Rutgers University
Thomas Rein
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Central Connecticut State University
Elisha P. Renne
Professor and Associate Director
Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS)
Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Michigan
Chris Robinson
Professor
Department of Biology
Bronx Community College, CUNY
Louis Römer
Visiting Lecturer
Vassar College
Sandra Rozental
Assistant Professor
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
Stephanie Sadre-Orafai
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Co-Director of the Critical Visions Certificate Program
University of Cincinnati
William Sanders
Chief Vertebrate Preparator and Assistant Research Scientist
Museum of Paleontology
The University of Michigan.
Vilma Santiago-Irizarry
Associate Professor
Anthropology and Latino Studies
Cornell University
Naomi Schiller
Assistant Professor
Brooklyn College
Lisa Schlotterhausen
Dean of Institutional Effectiveness
Century College
Christopher Schmitt
Assistant Professor of Biology and Anthropology
Boston University
Maja Seselj
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Bryn Mawr College
Shalini Shankar
Professor
Anthropology and Asian American Studies
Northwestern University, IL
Pat Shipman
Professor (retired)
Penn State University
Freelance writer
Irina Carlota Silber
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
City College of New York
Nina Siulc
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Rutgers University
Director of Research
Vera Institute of Justice
Maura A. Smale
Chief Librarian and Professor, Department Chair
New York City College of Technology, CUNY
Elizabeth A. Smith
Lecturer of Anthropology/College Advisor
Northwestern University
Mark A. Smith
Archaeologist
Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC)
St. Louis District
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Stephanie Spehar
Associate Professor of Anthropology
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Matthew Spigelman
Acme Heritage Consultants
Damien Stankiewicz
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Temple University
Lisa Stefanoff
Australian Research Council DECRA Research Fellow, National Institute for Experimental Arts, UNSW Art & Design
Kirstin N. Sterner
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon
April Strickland
Visiting Assistant Professor
Bowdoin College
Denise F. Su
Curator
Department of Paleobotany and Paleoecology
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Deborah Swartz
Adjunct Professor
Adelphi University
Laura Tedesco
Cultural Heritage Program Manager
U.S. Embassy-Kabul
U.S. Department of State
Susan J. Terrio
Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology
Georgetown University
Deborah Thomas
R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology
Core Faculty, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Fellow in Residence
Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Sabra G. Thorner
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Mt Holyoke College
Honorary Fellow
Alfred Deakin Institute
Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia)
Monica Uddin
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Pegi Vail
Associate Director
Center for Media, Culture, and History
NYU
David Valentine
Associate Professor of Anthropology
University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
School of Chiropractic, Universidad Central del Caribe
Diana Wall
Professor
Department of Anthropology
The City College of New York and the Graduate Center
Chantal White
Professor
Universite Sainte-Anne, Nova Scotia
Derek Wildman
Professor
School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Illinois
Kimberly Williams-Guillen
Director of Conservation Science
Paso Pacifico, CA
Jessica Winegar
Professor of Anthropology
Northwestern University
Owner BioInspired Ink/Dr.Tamsin
Author TEEMING: How Superorganisms Work to Build Infinite Wealth in a Finite World
Steven Worthington
Data Scientist and Research Associate
Institute for Quantitative Social Science
Harvard University
Emily Yates-Doerr
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Oregon State University
Assistant Professor (with tenure), Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
Peter Zabielskis
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Macau
China
Taylor Zaneri
Post Doctoral Fellow
University of Amsterdam
