Lawrence A Babb Affiliated Title:Professor of Anthropology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Lawrence A Babb Email: lababb@amherst.edu Area of Expertise: Symbolism, religion, ritual Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Nusrat S Chowdhury Affiliated Title:Associate Professor of Anthropology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Nusrat S Chowdhury Email: nchowdhury@amherst.edu Area of Expertise: Political anthropology, anthropology of energy, postcolonial democracies, violence, value, political communication Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Jan E Dizard Affiliated Title:Professor of Sociology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Jan E Dizard Email: jedizard@amherst.edu Area of Expertise: Race-ethnic relations, family and social structure, environmental sociology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Christopher Dole Affiliated Title:Professor of Anthropology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Christopher Dole Email: cdole@amherst.edu Area of Expertise: Medical anthropology, psychiatric and psychological anthropology, healing recovery and care, theories of subjectivity, secularism citizenship and Islam, anthropology of religion Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Vanessa L Fong Affiliated Title:Professor of Anthropology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Department Lead Vanessa L Fong Email: vfong@amherst.edu Area of Expertise: Long-term consequences of China’s one-child policy for Chinese individuals, families, and society, Chinese only-children who study abroad, transnationalism, migration, globalization; demographic, medi...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Deborah Gewertz Affiliated Title:Professor of Anthropology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Deborah Gewertz Email: dbgewertz@amherst.edu Area of Expertise: Inequality, globalism, food systems Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Karen Graves Affiliated Title:Academic Department Coordinator Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Karen Graves Email: khgraves@amherst.edu Position: Staff Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Jerome L Himmelstein Affiliated Title:Professor of Sociology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Jerome L Himmelstein Email: jlhimmelstei@amherst.edu Area of Expertise: Theory, social movements, political sociology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Hannah A Holleman Affiliated Title:Associate Professor of Sociology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Hannah A Holleman Email: hholleman@amherst.edu Area of Expertise: Environmental sociology, political economy, social institutions Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Ronald Lembo Affiliated Title:Professor of Sociology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Ronald Lembo Email: ralembo@amherst.edu Area of Expertise: Social psychology, mass media and information technology, sociology of culture Position: Chair/Dean Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Leah Schmalzbauer Affiliated Title:Professor of Sociology Organization:Amherst College, Department of Anthropology & Sociology Affiliated Contact Leah Schmalzbauer Area of Expertise: Latino migration, transnational families, new migrant destinations, race/class/gender, globalization, rural sociology, qualitative methods Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff