Medical and Health-Related Anthropology Faculty Specializations
Brenda Baker
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts—Amherst, 1992; Associate Professor
Bioarchaeology, human osteology, paleopathology, physical anthropology
Bob Bolin
Ph.D., University of Colorado—Boulder; Professor
Geography, political ecology, risks and hazards, social theory, urban geography
Christopher Boone
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1994; Associate Professor
Geography, human ecology, human-environment interaction, risk and hazards, space and place, spatial technologies, urban geography, urban studies
Alexandra Brewis
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1992; Professor
Biocultural anthropology; demographics; human adaptation; human reproduction; nutrition, growth and development
Jane Buikstra
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972; Professor
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, mortuary site archaeology, paleodemography, paleogenetics, paleopathology
Gerardo Chowell
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2005; Assistant Professor
Biostatistics, mathematical epidemiology
Sharon Harlan
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1979; Associate Professor
Community and urban sociology, human-environment interaction, space and place, sociology of gender and work
Kim Hill
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1983; Professor
Evolution of culture and cooperation, human evolution, human evolutionary ecology, hunter gatherers
Ana Magdalena Hurtado
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1985; Professor
Anthropology, asthma, behavioral ecology and life history theory, biological anthropology, emerging diseases, epidemiology, global health, host-pathogen coevolution, human development, human reproductive ecology, human rights, hunter-gatherers, indigenous peoples of South America, menopause, the origins of the sexual division of labor, phenotypic evolution, public health, tuberculosis, research design and biostatistics, zoonotic diseases
Gary Schwartz
Ph.D., Washington University, 1997; Associate Professor
Anatomy and morphology, dental anthropology, physical anthropology, human growth and development, paleoanthropology
Rachel Scott
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006; Assistant Professor
Bioarchaeology, body and identity, European archaeology, human osteology, identity formation, mortuary practices, paleopathology, social construction of disease and disability
Mark Spencer
Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook; Assistant Professor
Anatomy and morphology, biomechanics, dental anthropology, paleoanthropology, physical anthropology
Katherine Spielmann
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982; Professor
Archaeology, bioarchaeology, ecology, economic anthropology, exchange and social networks, political organization, social organization
Anne Stone
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1996; Associate Professor
Ancient DNA research, genetics, human and non-human primate genetics, physical anthropology
Amber Wutich
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2006; Assistant Professor
Ecological, economic and biocultural anthropology; resilience and vulnerability; institutions; science-policy interactions; field methods
