Anthropology Faculty

Areas of expertise: Biological anthropology, particularly selection and behavior; the intersection of culture and biology; war and conflict resolution; the role of sports in interracial interactions, identity, and reconciliation; South Africa.

Areas of expertise: Economic development, artisan and peasant economies, globalization, Latin America.

Areas of expertise: Non-state complex societies, South Asian archaeology, political archaeology and micropolitics, ceramic analysis, origins of the Brahmi script, heritage management, decolonized strategies of archaeological practice.

Areas of expertise: Sri Lanka, ethnic conflict, violence, problems of development and globalization, gem mining, socioeconomic issues of South Asia.