Global Health & Medical Anthropology Faculty Specializations

Marty Anderies
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1998; Associate Professor
Ecological, Economic & Institutional Aspects of Human-Environment Interactions; Community Resource Governance; Mathematical Ecology

Brenda J. Baker 
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts – Amherst, 1992; Associate Professor
Bioarchaeology, Human Osteology, Paleopathology, Mortuary Behavior, Migration & Culture Contact/Interaction; North America, Egypt, Nubia, Cyprus

Bob Bolin
Ph.D., University of Colorado – Boulder; Professor
Environmental Justice, Social Theory, Urban Political Ecology, Water Resources, Environmental Hazards; North America

Christopher Boone
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1994; Professor
Urban Societies, Societies & their Natural Environments, Human Ecology, Space & Place; North America

Alexandra Brewis
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1992; Professor
Biocultural Approaches to Human Health & Nutrition, Human Ecology & Adaptation, Medical Anthropology, Demography, Urban US Minorities; Pacific Islands, Latin America

Jane E. Buikstra 
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972; Professor
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 
Prehistorical Skeletal Populations from the Americas, Bone Microstructure, Social Dimensions of Mortuary Behavior, Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology, Paleonutrition, Biological Distance, Biological Impact of European Colonization in the Americas, Host-Pathogen Co-Evolution, Bioarchaeology of Identity; the Americas

Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1984; Regents' Professor
Mathematical & Theoretical Biology, Disease Evolution, Epidemiology, Social Dynamics of Addiction

Gerardo Chowell-Puente
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2005; Associate Professor
Mathematical Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Dynamics, Network Analysis, Influenza & Dengue Epidemiology

Sharon Harlan
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1979; Associate Professor
Environmental Sociology, Inequality, Urbanism, Climate Change & Adaptation

Kim Hill
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1983; Professor
Evolutionary Ecology, Hunter-Gatherers, Human Evolution, Evolution of Culture; Lowland South America

Daniel Hruschka
Ph.D., Emory University, 2006; Assistant Professor
Biocultural Approaches to Culture Change & Human Health, Medical Anthropology, Institutions, Field Methods, Mathematical Modeling; Bangladesh, Mongolia

Ana Magdalena Hurtado
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1985; Professor
Indigenous Health Science & Human Rights, Biological Anthropology, Global Health Issues, Global Conservation; South America

Marco Janssen
Ph.D., Maastricht University – the Netherlands, 1996; Associate Professor
Collective Action, Social-Ecological Systems, Complex-Adaptive Systems, Agent-Based Modeling, Lab & Field Experiments

Megan Jehn
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2004; Assistant Professor
Epidemiology, Obesity, Emergency Preparedness

Hjorleifur Jonsson
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1996; Associate Professor
Social Anthropology, Identity, State-Minority Relations, Cultural Politics, US Immigrants, War; Asia (Southeast), Thailand

Kelly Knudson 
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin—Madison, 2004; Associate Professor
Archaeological Chemistry, Isotope Analysis, Bioarchaeology; the Andes

Jonathan Maupin
Ph.D., State University of New York – University at Albany, 2006; Assistant Professor
International Health & Development, Community Participation in Health Programs, Midwifery, Medical Pluralism, Conceptual Variation & Change in Folk Medicine, Hispanic Migration; Latin America, US

Gary Schwartz
Ph.D., Washington University, 1997; Associate Professor
Primate & Human Evolution, Evolutionary-Developmental Biology, Growth & Development, Dental Histology

Rachel Scott
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Professor
Bioarchaeology, Body & Identity, Social Construction of Disease & Disability, European Archaeology, Mortuary Practices, Paleopathology; Britain, Ireland

Mark Spencer
Ph.D., State University of New York – Stony Brook; Assistant Professor
Anatomy and morphology, biomechanics, dental anthropology, paleoanthropology

Katherine A. Spielmann 
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1982; Professor
Archaeology, Social-Ecological Systems, Craft Specialization, Exchange, Small-Scale Societies; North America

Anne Stone
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1996; Professor
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Human & Non-Human Primate Genetics, Ancient DNA; North America, South America

Amber Wutich
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2006; Assistant Professor
Ecological, Economic & Biocultural Anthropology, Human Adaptability, Water & Food Insecurity, Field Methods, Text Analysis; Latin America (Bolivia, Paraguay, Mexico), North America (Southwest)

Abigail York 
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2005; Assistant Professor
Institutions, Political Economy, Public Policy