Sociocultural Anthropology Faculty Specializations

Andrea Ballestero
Ph.D., University of California – Irvine, 2010; Assistant Professor
Anthropology of Knowledge, Economic Anthropology, Legal and Political Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies, Anthropology of Water, Ontology/Epistemology, Materiality, Human Rights, Liberalism; Costa Rica, Sweden, Brazil

Elizabeth Brandt
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University; Professor
Linguistic Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, American Indian Languages, Language Renewal, Ethnographic Methods, Collaborative Community-Based Research, Space & Place, Gender, North American Indians; North America (Southwest)

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

Shauna BurnSilver
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2007; Assistant Professor
Ecological Anthropology, Livelihoods & Vulnerability, Land Tenure Change, Social Capacity, Social Network Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Arctic & Pastoral Social-Ecological Systems; Alaska, Africa

James Eder
Ph.D., University of California – Santa Barbara, 1974; Professor
Sociocultural Anthropology, Ecological Anthropology, Development; Southeast Asia, Philippines

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

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

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

Richard Toon
Ph.D., University of Leicester – United Kingdom, 2003; Associate Research Professor
Museum Studies, Cultural Policy, Informal Learning, Public Understanding of Science

Takeyuki Tsuda
Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley, 1997; Associate Professor
International Migration, Diasporas, Ethnic Minorities, Ethnic & National Identity, Transnationalism & Globalization, the Japanese Diaspora; Japan, Brazil

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)