Sonia AlconiniDavid A. Harrison III Professor of American Archaeology |
Ancient imperialism and empires, settlement patterns, frontier dynamics, household archaeology, Andean-Amazonian interactions and GIS applications in archaeology. |
Brooks Hall, 204 434-243-5007 |
Ira BashkowGoldsmith Family NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor, 2018-2021: Associate Professor |
Social and cultural theory, corporate organizations, financial markets, globalization, development, race studies, ethnographic research methods, history of anthropology, Oceania.
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Brooks Hall, 209 434-924-3536 |
Frederick H. DamonProfessor |
Structuralism, Marxism, world system theory, chaos theory; ethnobotony, historical ecology, ethnoastronomy; social structure, kinship, exchange and hierarchy; Melanesia, East and South Asia, US culture in the contemporary world-system. |
Brooks Hall, 206 434-924-6826 |
Eve DanzigerProfessor and Director of the Interdepartmental Program in Linguistics |
Linguistic relativity; spatial language and spatial cognition, cross-cultural philosophies of mind, conversational gesture. Mayan linguistics; morpho-syntactic expression of verb argument structure, linguistic prehistory; social organization and social identity. |
Brooks Hall, 200 434-924-3002 |
Lise DobrinAssociate Professor |
Structural linguistics, Melanesian language and culture, history of anthropology, language shift, language documentation and description. |
Brooks Hall, 202 434-924-7048 |
Gertrude FraserAssociate Professor |
Medical anthropology; reproduction, the body and sexuality; race, gender and science; African American ethnography; applied methodology, historical anthropology. |
Brooks Hall, 308 434-924-2624 |
Richard HandlerProfessor & Director of Global Development Studies Program |
Sociocultural anthropology; nationalism, ethnicity and multi-culturalism; museum studies; cultural criticism; symbolic anthropology; history of anthropology; anthropology and literature; culture theory; modern societies; contemporary North America. |
Brooks Hall, 302 434-982-2166 |
James IgoeProfessor & Chair |
Globalization; biodiversity conservation; development; nature; value(s); spectacle; social movements; East Africa; North America. |
Brooks Hall, 300 924-7740 |
Kasey JerniganAssistant Professor of Anthropology and American Studies |
Medical anthropology, Native North America, Indigenous Studies, foodways, engaged anthropology, participatory research methods, digital storytelling |
Brooks Hall, 310B |
Adria LaVioletteProfessor, Director of Undergraduate Studies |
Archaeology; African Iron Age; Swahili archaeology and history; urban/rural landscapes; urban/rural landscapes; household archaeology; political economy; craft production and exchange; archaeology of Islam. |
Brooks Hall, 309 434-982-2631 |
Daniel LefkowitzAssociate Professor |
Language and culture; language and identity; language and emotion; sociolinguistics; lntonation, prosody, and voice quality; discourse analysis; language and media; film studies; semiotics; semitic languages (Hebrew); peoples and cultures of the Middle East; Israel. |
Brooks Hall, 203 434-982-3093 |
George MentoreAssociate Professor |
Amerindian and Caribbean studies; the anthropology of knowledge, the anthropology of power, and the anthropology of emotion. |
Brooks Hall, 205 434-924-7038 |
Rachel MostAssociate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs & Professor |
Lithic analysis; quantitative methods; Southwestern archaeology; North American archaeology; prehistoric economic systems; foraging societies. |
Monroe Hall, 266 434-924-8873 |
Fraser D. NeimanLecturer |
Colonial North America and the Caribbean, vernacular architecture, archaeological theory, quantitative techniques, GIS, digital research archives. |
Archaeology Lab, Monticello 434-984 9812 |
China ScherzAssociate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies |
Cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, alcohol, addiction, development, bureaucracy, accountability, Christianity, ethics, Uganda, Africa, Ireland, United States |
Brooks Hall 207 434-982-3779 |
Mark SicoliAssistant Professor, Director of Graduate Admissions |
Embodied Interaction, Video Analysis, Semiotics, Ethnography, Language in Human Evolution and Prehistory, Language Contact, Documentary Linguistics, Indigenous languages of the Americas: Zapotec, Chatino, Chinantec (Mexico), Na-Dene (U.S.A and Canada) |
Brooks Hall, 307 434-924-6821 |
Margaret SmithDirector & Curator, The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection |
Cultural anthropology, Australian Aboriginal studies, indigenous art, museums |
P.O. Box 400120 |
Sylvia TideyAssistant Professor |
Corruption, bureaucracy, the state, kinship, sexuality, (trans)gender, HIV/AIDS, phenomenological anthropology, Southeast Asia (Indonesia) |
Brooks Hall, 208 434-982-2997 |
Patricia WattenmakerAssociate Professor |
Southwest Asia, complex societies, political economy, regional analysis, zooarchaeology. |
Brooks Hall, 304 434-924-7037 |
Kath WestonProfessor |
Political economy; political ecology and environmental issues; historical anthropology; science studies; kinship, gender, and sexuality. |
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Jarrett ZigonWilliam & Linda Porterfield Chair in Biomedical Ethics and Professor of Anthropology |
Anthropology of moralities and ethics; the intertwining of humans, worlds and situations; political activity and theory; the intersection of anthropology and philosophy; critical hermeneutics; drug war; artificial intelligence and ethics; data ethics and justice. |
Brooks Hall, 301 Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:30-5:00pm |