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Department of Anthropology
Michigan State University
354 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517)353-2950
Fax: (517)432-2363
anthropology@ssc.msu.edu

 
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Click here for O'Gorman biosketchO'Gorman, Jodie
(Ph.D. University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 1996)
Associate Professor, Interim Chair
Assistant Curator of Anthropology, MSU Museum
ogorman@msu.edu

Archaeology, gender, mortuary analysis, ARM; North America, Great Lakes


Click here for Baba biosketch Baba, Marietta
(Ph.D. Wayne State University, 1975)
Professor & Dean, College of Social Science
mbaba@msu.edu

Organizational anthropology, technological change; United States


Click here for David biosketchDavid, Kenneth A.
(Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1972)
Associate Professor
kendavid475@hotmail.com

Social Differentiation and Rank, Environments of International Business, Field Research on Dispersed Teaming (a professional application of Anthropology), and Religion and Culture.


Click here for Davis biosketchDavis, John
(Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002)
Assistant Professor
davisjrj@msu.edu

Human rights, Japanese society and culture, legal anthropology, social stratification, psychological anthropology, social movements, cultural nationalism, peace and justice studies, and dynamic analyses of race, class and gender


Click here for DeLind biosketch DeLind, Laura B.
(Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1978)
Senior Specialist
 delind@msu.edu


Click here for Drexler biosketchDrexler, Elizabeth
(Ph.D University of Washington, 2001)
Associate Professor
drexler@msu.edu

Social Theory, Ethnographic Methods, Globalization and Justice, Indonesian Culture and Politics, Violence and Memory

Click here for Fenton biosketchFenton, Todd W.
(Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1998)
Associate Professor
fentont@msu.edu

Physical anthropology, forensic anthropology, human osteology


Click here for Ferguson biosketch Ferguson, Anne E.
(Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1987)
Professor
Women & International Development Program
fergus12@msu.edu


Women and Development Program, International Studies and Programs) Environment and development, agrarian systems, feminist and gender studies, medical anthropology; Southern Africa, Central America


Click here for Fujita biosketch Fujita, Masako
(Ph.D. University of Washington, 2008)
Assistant Professor
fujitam@msu.edu

Physical anthropology, Evolutionary biology, Contemporary public health problems, Vitamin A deficiency, Mother-infant vitamin A transfer, HIV/AIDS, Seasonality in maternal health and nutrition, Reproductive Ecology, Biodemography, Life-history theory, Evolutionary Medicine, Biomarker method, Northern Kenya


Click here for Goldstein biosketch Goldstein, Lynne
(Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1976)
Professor
Adjunct Curator of Anthropology, MSU Museum
lynneg@msu.edu

Archaeology, Mortuary Analysis, Quantitative Methods; North America, Great Lakes


Hourani, Najib B.
(PhD, New York U, 2005)
Assistant Professor
houranin@msu.edu

Urban political economy and property right transformation, Middle East, post-conflict reconstruction and heritage preservation; urban geography; economic anthropology; anthropology of the Arab World.


Click here for Howard biosketchHoward, Heather
(PhD, U. of Toronto, 2005)
Assistant Professor
howardh@msu.edu

Health and illness knowledge production and politics, North American Indigenous peoples, decolonization and social justice movements, community-based participatory research, ethics, political economy, urban anthropology, feminist anthropology, applied ethnohistory, Canada


Click here for Hunt biosketch Hunt, Linda M.
(Ph.D. Harvard University, 1992)
Professor - Center for Ethics and Humanitities in the Life Sciences
huntli@msu.edu

Medical anthropology, ethnicity and health, medical ethics, culture of biomedicine, medical education, research ethics, health care policy; Mexico and Mexican Americans, diabetes, cancer, genetics, reproductive health.


Click here for Krouse biosketch Krouse, Susan Applegate
(Ph.D. University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 1991)
Associate Professor
Assistant Curator of Anthropology, MSU Museum
 krouse@msu.edu

Cultural anthropology, ethnohistory, culture change, urbanization; North American Indians.


Click here for Leichtman biosketch Leichtman, Mara
(Ph.D., Brown University, 2006)
Assistant Professor
mara.leichtman@ssc.msu.edu

Transnational religion and migration; globalization; community change; Islam; politics, culture, and identity; ethnicity; state/society relations; West Africa (Senegal); Middle East and N. Africa; UK

Click here for Lewis biosketchLewis, Kenneth
(Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, 1975)
Professor
lewisk@msu.edu

Historical archaeology, frontiers and colonization; Eastern North America

Click here for Louie biosketch Louie, Andrea
(Ph.D. University of California- Berkeley, 1996)
Associate Professor, Director, Asian Pacific American Studies
 louie@msu.edu

Click here for Lovis biosketch Lovis, William A.
(Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1973)
Professor
and Curator of Anthropology, MSU Museum
lovis@msu.edu

Archaeology, cultural resource management, paleoecology; Europe, North America, Great Lakes

Click here for Medina biosketch Medina, Laurie K.
(Ph.D. University of California- Los Angeles, 1992)
Associate Professor
medina@msu.edu

Social movements, construction of collective identities (race, ethnicity, nation, class, gender), economic development, political ecology, ecotourism; Central America, Caribbean

Moniruzzaman, Monir C.
(Ph.D. U of Toronto 2009)
Assistant Professor
monir.moniruzzaman@utoronto.ca

Organ transplantation and commodification, bioethics, new biotechnology, medical tourism, social justice, human rights, activism, research methodology, post-tsunami health, Bangladesh, India, Thailand, and Canada;

Click here for Morgan biosketch Morgan, Mindy
(Ph.D. Indiana University, 2001)
Associate Professor, Acting Director, American Indian Studies
morgan37@msu.edu

Native North American languages, literacy, language obsolescence, language pedagogy, culture change/transmission, ethnohistory; North America, Plains

Click here for Norder biosketch Norder, John
(Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2002)
Assistant Professor
norder@msu.edu

Landscape archaeology, Woodland period archaeology, hunter-gatherer research, rock-art studies, religion and ritual, public and applied archaeology

Peterson, Brandt
( PhD, U of Texas, 2005)
Assistant Professor
peter699@msu.edu

Critical race theory;political violence and the state; political subjectivity and social movements; cultures of neoliberalism; anthropology of environmentalism; Central American, southern Mexico.

Click here for faculty biosketch Pollard, Helen Perlstein
(Ph.D. Columbia University, 1972)
Professor
pollardh@msu.edu

Archaeology, complex society, ethnohistory; Mesoamerica, West Mexico, Andes

Click here for Pritchett biosketchPritchett, James A.
(Ph.D. Harvard University, 1990)
Professor and Director of The African Studies Center
pritch41@msu.edu

African Diaspora; Southern Africa, Zambia

Click here for Pugh biosketchPugh, Judy
(Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1981)
Associate Professor
pugh@msu.edu

Medical anthropology, plural medical systems, ethnomedicine, traditional Asian medicine, religion, anthropological theory, ethnographic analysis, cultural construction of pain; South Asia, Hinduism, Islam.

Quan, Adan
(Ph.D. University of California- Berkeley, 1995)
Assistant Professor
quan@msu.edu

Sociocultural anthropology, political economy, development, cultural politics, modernity; Latin America, El Salvador, Mexico

Click here for Sauer biosketchSauer, Norman J.
(Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1974)
Professor
Adjunct Professor, Criminal Justice
nsauer@msu.edu

Physical anthropology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology; North America

Tetreault, Chantal
(Ph.D. University of Texas-Austin, 2004)
Assistant Professor
tetreau7@msu.edu

Linguistic Anthropology. Gender, youth, Europe

Adjunct Faculty Members
 

Andrea M Allen (PhD, U Kentucky, 1993; Adj Asc Prof; Asc Dir, Intern'tl Agric) Cultural anth, applied anth, intern'l development, agribusines, poverty alleviation, environment, indigenous organizations, gender, local governance;Latin Amer, Caribbean allenan9@msu.edu

Gillian Bice (PhD, Michigan S, 2003; Adj Asst Prof) Forensic anth; functional adaptation of bone, cultural & bio cause of human skeletal variant & human genetic diversity;  biceg@msu.edu

James S Bielo - cv - (PhD, Michigan S, 2007; Adj Asst Prof) Linguistic Anth/Discourse Analysis; Anth of Religion; Christianity in US; ethnographic field methods;US bielojam@msu.edu

Marguerite (Megan) Anne Biesele (PhD, Harvard U, 1975; Adj Asst Prof) Educational, health, land rights projects, southern Africa; Rock Art;southern Africa meganbie@io.com

Keri Brondo (PhD, Michigan S, 2006; Adj Asst Prof) International Devel, Latin America; Caribbean;Latin America; Caribbean; brondoke@msu.edu

Randolph Donahue (PhD, Michigan S, 1986; Adj Asc Prof; Lecturer, U Bradford) Paleolithic arch, microwear analysis, mthd/theory, European prehistory; W Europe  

Rita S Gallin (PhD, Michigan S, 1979; Adj Prof; Sociology) Med sociology, women and dev, sociology of dev, structural inequality, women's hlth; China, Taiwan  

Robert S. Glew (PhD, Michigan S, 1997; Asc Dir CASID, Ast Prof) Intern'l dev, religious change, soc change, identity politics; W Africa robert.glew@ssc.msu.edu

Philip J Handrick (PhD, Michigan S, 1981; Adj Asc Prof, Canadian Stds Ctr) Poli anth, ethnicity, soc movements, lang/culture, pub pol, Native Amer/complex society; Quebec, Canada, Great Lakes reg  

Rosina Hassoun (PhD, U Florida, 1995; Adj Ast Prof) Biological/med anth, hypertension, nutrition, Arab-Amer; hassoun@msu.edu

James M McClurken (PhD, Michigan S, 1987; Adj Asc Prof) Cultural anth, ethnohistory, pol econ; N Amer Indians  

Dorothy A Nelson (PhD, Michigan S, 1985; Adj Prof; Dept of Internal Med, Wayne State U Sch of Med) Phy anth, human osteology, growth/dev, ethnicity and disease;  

Mark Notman (PhD, U Michigan, 1991; Adj Ast Prof; Coll of Osteo Med) Med anth, primary care, hlth care pol, osteopathy, educ tech;  

Melissa Rinehart (PhD, Michigan S, 2006; Adj Asst Prof) American Indian Studies; US  mel_rinehart@yahoo.com

Barbara Rose Johnston (PhD, U Mass Amherst, 1987; Adj Prof) Cultural anth, political ecology, human rights, environment, consequential damages of nuclear war, research ethics and praxis, globalization, public anthropology, natural resource management; bjohnston@igc.org

Barbara Rylko-Bauer (PhD, U Kentucky, 1985; Adj Prof) Med anth, reproductive hlth issues, soc suffering, inequality in hlth care delivery in US, factors shaping medical edu, applied anth, use of Soc Sci in pub pol; US basiarylko@juno.com


 
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