Primary Contact Rachel J Watkins Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Department Lead Affiliated Contact Rachel J Watkins Email: watkins@american.edu Area of Expertise: African American biohistory and social history, biocultural interrelationships, political economy of health, skeletal biology, applied anthropology Position: Department Chair Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Orisanmi Burton Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Orisanmi Burton Email: oburton@american.edu Area of Expertise: Policing and carceral studies, race and racialization, urban geography, political economy, social movements Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
C. Anne Claus Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact C. Anne Claus Email: claus@american.edu Area of Expertise: Political ecology, environmentalism, ocean studies, food studies Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Zoltan Gluck Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Zoltan Gluck Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Manissa Maharawal Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Manissa Maharawal Area of Expertise: Social movements, activism, protest, urban studies, gentrification, displacement, affect, critical race theory, racial capitalism, public anthropology, neoliberalism, political economy Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Thurka Sangaramoorthy Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Thurka Sangaramoorthy Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Daniel O Sayers Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Daniel O Sayers Email: sayers@american.edu Area of Expertise: Historical archaeology, political economy, landscapes and spatialities of modern world, maroons, community, diasporas and exile, agrarian capitalism, animal emancipation and archaeology, labor, archae...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
David Vine Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact David Vine Email: vine@american.edu Area of Expertise: US foreign policy, war, US military, US foreign policy, military bases, militarization, human rights, displacement, gentrification, Indigenous peoples' rights, ethnographic writing Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Buck Woodard Affiliated Title:Professorial Lecturer Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Buck Woodard Email: woodardbw@gmail.com Area of Expertise: cultural anthropology, political economy, colonialism, ethnohistory, ethnology, kinship, cosmology and ritual, indigenous food ways, material culture, heritage tourism, civic engagement Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Arvenita Washington Cherry Affiliated Title:Public Anthropologist in Residence Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Arvenita Washington Cherry Email: AWCherry@american.edu Area of Expertise: Race, identity, education, the African diaspora, Afro-Latinas/os and African Americans/African American Cultures Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Gretchen Schafft Affiliated Title:Public Anthropologist in Residence Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Gretchen Schafft Email: gschafft@verizon.net Area of Expertise: Violence, exclusion, anthropology of the Third Reich, US health, welfare, education Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Sue Ann Taylor Affiliated Title:Public Anthropologist-in-Residence Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Sue Ann Taylor Email: suetaylor@verizon.net Area of Expertise: Public anthropology, medical anthropology, life course and aging, oral history and heritage, tourism Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Amelia Tseng Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Amelia Tseng Email: tseng@american.edu Area of Expertise: multilingualism, migration, identity construction, language and place, US Latino diaspora Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Jack Rasmussen Affiliated Title:Director and Curator of the American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Jack Rasmussen Email: rasmussen@american.edu Area of Expertise: Art and anthropology, curatorial practice Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Lauren Carruth Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor, School of International Service Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Lauren Carruth Email: lcarruth@american.edu Area of Expertise: Medical anthropology, global health, humanitarianism, food security, nutrition Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Robert Albro Affiliated Title:Associate Research Professor, Center for Latin American & Latino Studies Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Robert Albro Email: albro@american.edu Area of Expertise: cultural policy in contexts of national security, public diplomacy, climate change, human rights, urban planning, science and technology; ethnography, ethics, and science policy Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Scott Freeman Affiliated Title:Professorial Lecturer, School of International Service Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Scott Freeman Email: freeman@american.edu Area of Expertise: Anthropology of development, NGOs, political ecology, conservation, labor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Susan Shepler Affiliated Title:Associate Professor, School of International Service Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Susan Shepler Email: shepler@american.edu Area of Expertise: Peace and conflict, youth, education, development, child soldiers, Ebola Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Geoffrey L Burkhart Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Emeritus Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Geoffrey L Burkhart Email: gburkhar@american.edu Area of Expertise: Social anthropology, ethnicity Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Richard J Dent Jr Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Emeritus Organization:American University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Richard J Dent Jr Email: potomac@american.edu Area of Expertise: North American archaeology, Eastern North American prehistory and history, paleoecology, cultural resource management Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff