| Nadia
Abu El-Haj:
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| Associate Professor (Barnard),
Ph.D.,
Duke,
1995 |
| Interests:
Social cultural anthropology, anthropology of science, colonialism, race; Middle East |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Lila
Abu-Lughod:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Harvard,
1984 |
| Interests:
Social anthropology, gender, popular culture and oral literature, self and emotion, Third World media, social transformation, politics of scholarship, Islam; Middle East |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Alexander
Alland Jr. (Part-time faculty):
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| Professor Emeritus,
Ph.D.,
Yale,
1963 |
| Interests:
Evolutionary theory, art and society, symbolic anthropology, French anthropology; Africa, western Europe |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| George
C.
Bond:
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| Professor (Teachers College),
Ph.D.,
London School of Economics |
| Interests:
Culture change, social structure, political anthropology; Africa, Caribbean |
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| Brian
Boyd (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Adjunct Professor,
Ph.D.,
Cambridge,
1996 |
| Interests:
Archeaology of Levant, human-animal relations, technologies, gender, theory |
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| Robert
Carneiro:
|
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| Adjunct Professor,
Ph.D.,
Michigan,
1957 |
| Interests:
Ethnology, Indians of Amazonia, cultural evolution, cultural ecology, political organization |
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| Partha
Chatterjee:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Rochester,
1971 |
| Interests:
Nation and state, political theory, political economy, colonialism, religion, agrarianism, globalization; South Asia |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Myron
L.
Cohen:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1967 |
| Interests:
Social organization, political organization, complex societies, peasant societies; China; East Asia |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Elaine
Combs-Schilling:
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| Associate Professor,
Ph.D.,
California (Berkeley),
1981 |
| Interests:
Symbolic anthropology, political anthropology; nation-state formation; gender; sexual politics; North Africa; Middle East |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Lambros
Comitas:
|
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| Gardner Cowles Professor of Anthropology and Education (Teachers College),
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1962 |
| Interests:
Cultural change, applied anthropology, social organization, maritime people; Carribean, Latin America |
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| Zoë
Crossland:
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
Michigan,
2001 |
| Interests:
Historical archaeology, forensic archaeology, semeiotics; Madagascar Argentina |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Terence
N.
D'Altroy:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
California (Los Angeles),
1981 |
| Interests:
Ancient empires of the Andes, Peru |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| E.
Valentine
Daniel:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Chicago,
1979 |
| Interests:
Semiotic anthropology, refugees, states of violence, critical theory; South Asia |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Nicholas
De Genova:
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
Chicago,
1999 |
| Interests:
Sociocultural anthropology and Latino studies, U.S.-Mexico migration and transnational social processes, racialization, labor and class formation, the production of urban space, nationalism, the politics of citizenship and immigration law and the politics of ethnographic research practice |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
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| Nicholas
De Genova:
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
Chicago,
1999 |
| Interests:
Sociocultural anthropology and Latino studies; U.S.-Mexico migration and transnational social process, racialization, labor and class formation, the production of urban space, nationalism, the politics of citizenship and immigration law, and the politics of ethnographic research practice |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Nicholas
B.
Dirks:
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| Vice President for Arts and Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology and Professor of History,
Ph.D.,
Chicago,
1981 |
| Interests:
Historical anthropology, history of anthropology, philosophy of history, colonialism; British Empire, South Asia |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Severin
M.
Fowles:
|
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| Assistant Professor (Barnard),
Ph.D.,
Michigan,
1998 |
| Interests:
Archaelogical theory, religion and ritual, theocracy, landscape, village societies oral history, archaeology and ethnography of American Southwest |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Steven
Gregory:
|
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
New School,
1986 |
| Interests:
Urban studies, environmental justice, cultural race theory, African-American political activism, cultural studies |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Charles
C.
Harrington:
|
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| Professor (Teachers College);Professor of Anthropology, psychology and Education,
Ph.D.,
Harvard,
1968 |
| Interests:
Psychological anthropology, political anthropology, applied anthropology, urban anthropology; United States |
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| Ralph
L.
Holloway:
|
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
California (Berkeley),
1964 |
| Interests:
Physical anthropology; evolution of brain and behavior; paleoanthropology |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
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| David
Hurst Thomas (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Adjunct Professor (American Museum of Natural History),
Ph.D.,
California (Davis),
1971 |
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| Marilyn
Ivy:
|
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| Associate Professor,
Ph.D.,
Cornell,
1988 |
| Interests:
Critical theory, history, anthropology of modernity, literature and textuality; Japan |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Laurel
Kendall (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Adjunct Professor,
Ph.D.,
Columbia |
| Interests:
Religion and ritual, gender, life, history, medical anthropology; Korea, East Asia |
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| Paul
Kockelman:
|
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| Assistant Professor (Barnard),
Ph.D.,
Chicago,
2002 |
| Interests:
Linguistic anthropology, personhood and developmental disorders; Guatemala and urban U.S. |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Brian
Larkin:
|
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
New York University,
1998 |
| Interests:
Media, Islam, contemporary cultural theory, globalization; urban Africa |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
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| Brian
Larkin:
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| Associate Professor,
Ph.D.,
New York,
1998 |
| Interests:
Media, Islam, contemporary cultural theory, globalization; urban Africa |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Claudio
Lomnitz:
|
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| Professor and Director, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race,
Ph.D.,
Stanford,
1987 |
| Interests:
Historical sociology of politics and culture in Mexico, Mexico |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Mahmood
Mamdani:
|
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| Herbert Lehman Professor of Government (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and School of International and Public Affairs),
Ph.D.,
Harvard,
1974 |
| Interests:
Reproduction of political identities, institutional reproduction of knowledge, particularly in what is called "African Studies" |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Ellen
Marakowitz:
|
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| Director of M.A. Program in Anthropology,
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1993 |
| Interests:
Ethnography, research on society and culture; topics in the area of medical anthropology; looking at public health issues in the U.S.; primarily in the area of tuberculosis. |
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| Brinkley
Messick:
|
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Princeton,
1978 |
| Interests:
Cultural theory, historical anthropology, law, ethnography of writing, political economy; Middle East, North Africa |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Hlonipha
Mokoena:
|
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
Cape Town,
2005 |
| Interests:
Zulu intellectual history, colonialism, missionaries, public spheres; South Africa |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Rosalind
Morris:
|
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Chicago,
1994 |
| Interests:
Mass media, visuality, theory of modernity, social theory, gender and sexuality; Southeast Asia, South Africa |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Ellen
F.
Morris (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Adjunct Professor (Barnard),
Ph.D.,
Pennsylvania,
2001 |
| Interests:
Ancient Egyptian imperialism, political fragmentation, interplay of Egyptian data and anthropological theory, state formation and the early state, settlement archaeology |
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| Moni
Nag (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Adjunct Professor,
Ph.D.,
Yale |
| Interests:
Demography, cross-cultural studies, ethnology; South Asia |
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| Neni
Panourgiá:
|
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| Associate Professor,
Ph.D.,
Indiana,
1992 |
| Interests:
Sociocultural anthropology, anthropological theory, history of anthropology, anthropology of medicine, death, myths, anthropology and classics, concentration camps, the European Left; Europe, Greece |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| John
Pemberton:
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Cornell,
1989 |
| Interests:
Colonial/postcolonial studies, historiography, politics, discourse, ritual practice, translation; Java, Indonesia |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Miguel
Pinedo-Vasquez (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Lecturer,
Ph.D.,
Yale,
1994 |
| Interests:
Ethnobotany, resource management, indigenous and mestizo communities; Amazonia |
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| Elizabeth
A.
Povinelli:
|
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
Yale,
1991 |
| Interests:
Language, culture and power, subjectivity and sexuality, critical theory, liberalism and multiculturalism, indigenous and human rights; Australia, U.S. |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Barbara
Price (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Adjunct Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
Columbia |
| Interests:
Ecological anthropology, cultural evolution, anthropological theory; Latin America |
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| Abraham
Rosman (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Professor Emeritus (joint appointment with Barnard),
Ph.D.,
Yale,
1962 |
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| Nan
A.
Rothschild:
|
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| Ann Whitney Olin Professor Emerita (Barnard),
Ph.D.,
New York,
1975 |
| Interests:
Urban and historic archaeology, colonial encounters, archaeology and social organization, museum anthropology; North America, U.S. |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Paula
Rubel (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Professor Emeritus (joint appointment with Barnard),
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1963 |
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| Enid
Schildkrout (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Adjunct Professor,
Ph.D.,
Cambridge,
1969 |
| Interests:
Social anthropology, ethnology, museology; Africa |
|
| David
Scott:
|
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
New School,
1989 |
| Interests:
Colonialism, postcolonialism, politics, cultural theory; Sri Lanka, Caribbean |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
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| Karen
Seeley:
|
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| Lecturer,
Ph.D.,
Pennsylvania,
1997 |
| Interests:
Psychological anthropology, cultural psychology, cultural psychotherapy, comparative human development, psychoanalysis |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
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| Lesley
A.
Sharp:
|
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| Professor (Barnard),
Ph.D.,
California (Berkeley),
1990 |
| Interests:
Medical anthropology, symbolics of the body, biotechnologies, trans-cultural psychiatry, religion, anthropology of work, migration, gender and youth, theory of methods, Africa, Indian Ocean, U.S. |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
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| Audra
Simpson:
|
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| Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,
McGill,
2004 |
| Interests:
Indigeneity, nationhood, citizenship, borders, discourse and narrative (Mohawk); Mohawk Nation |
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| Ralph
Solecki (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Professor Emeritus,
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1958 |
| Interests:
Archaeology, primitive techniques and arts, archaeological method and theory; Old World, north of Mexico |
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| Charles
Spencer:
|
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| Adjunct Professor (American Museum of Natural History),
Ph.D.,
Michigan,
1981 |
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| Ian
Tattersall (Part-time faculty):
|
|
| Adjunct Professor (American Museum of Natural History),
Ph.D.,
Michigan,
1971 |
|
| Michael
T.
Taussig:
|
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| Professor,
Ph.D.,
London,
1974 |
| Interests:
Indigenous peoples of the Andean region, Columbia and Peru |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
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| Margaret
Vail (Part-time faculty):
|
|
| Adjunct Professor,
Ph.D.,
New York,
2004 |
| Interests:
Film studies, film making, documentaries, curation, tourism |
|
| Carole
S.
Vance:
|
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| Associate Research Scientist,
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1979 |
| Interests:
Sexuality, gender, medical anthropology, human rights, public policy, American culture |
|
| Herve
Varenne:
|
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| Professor of Education (Teachers College),
Ph.D.,
Chicago |
| Interests:
Culture theory, anthropology and education; U.S., Ireland |
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| Joan
Vincent (Part-time faculty):
|
|
| Professor Emerita (joint appointment with Barnard),
Ph.D.,
Cambridge,
1968 |
| Interests:
Political anthropology, peasant societies, historical anthropology, history of anthropology; E. Africa, western Europe |
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| Maxine
Weisgrau:
|
|
| Adjunct Professor,
Ph.D.,
Columbia,
1993 |
| Interests:
Development, religion and culture, triablism and tribal identity, tourism and cultural politics; India |
|
| Paige
West:
|
|
| Associate Professor (Barnard),
PhD,
Rutgers,
2000 |
| Interests:
Environmentalism, globalization, critical anaylses of conservation and development, bioethics, consumption; Melanesia Pacific |
| Approved Dissertation Sponsor
|
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| Peter
M.
Whiteley (Part-time faculty):
|
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| Adjunct Professor (American Museum of Natural History),
Ph.D.,
New Mexico,
1982 |
| Interests:
Society, polity, ritual history, ethnology; North America, Southwest |
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