Mei Zhan Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail mzhan@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseMedical anthropology, social and cultural studies of science, globalization and transnationalism, humanism, traditional Chinese medicine
Salvador Zarate Assistant Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Position: Assistant Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Area of Expertiserace, gender, labor, and the environment; southern California domestic work and gardening labor; Marxism and women of color feminism; historical methods and anthropology; ethnic studies
Douglas White Professor Emeritus Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail drwhite@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseSocial theory, organization, networks, long-term field studies, world system impacts on local communities, ethnosociology, network-demographic history, comparative
Roxanne Varzi Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail rvarzi@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseMedia, youth culture, religion, public space, performance, war, experimental ethnography, documentary, Islam, visual anthropology, multimodal, sound ethnography and documentary filmmaking, film; roxan...Read More
Primary Contact Melissa Valdez Chair Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Department Lead
Ian Straughn Assistant Teaching Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Position: Assistant Teaching Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail istraugh@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseArchaeology, Islam, Material Culture, manuscript cultures, heritage, spatiality
Damien Sojoyner Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail dsojoyne@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseUrban anthropology, prisons, public education, race, African diaspora theory, masculinities, activism, Black political theory, non-profit, policy formation
Gabriele M Schwab Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature. Joint Appointments in Anthropology, English, European Languages and Studies, and Gender and Sexuality Studies Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail gmschwab@uci.edu vCard Area of Expertise20th and 21st century comparative literature, literature, cultural theory and anthropology, critical theory, psychoanalysis, ecocriticism, indigenous literatures, European Studies
A Kimball Romney Professor Emeritus Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail akromney@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseExperimental and psychological anthropology, quantitative and cognitive anthropology
Monica Rodriguez Department Analyst Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Administrative/Support Staff Affiliated Contact
Dr. Taylor Riley Lecturer Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Position: Lecturer Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact Area of ExpertiseQueer anthropology, queer theory, critical race theory, LGBTQI+ issues in Africa, queer biopolitics, forced sterilization, posthumanism, creative ethnographic practices, fiction, ethics
Justin B Richland Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Position: Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact Area of ExpertiseLegal discourse analysis and semiotics; anthropology of law; contemporary native american law, politics, art and ethnographic museology
Kristin Peterson Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail kris@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertisePolitical economy, theories of capital and property, post-colonialism and globalization, medicine and science, clinical research, AIDS policies, pharmaceuticals, transnational feminism
Sheila G O'Rourke Lecturer Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail sorourke@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertisePower, gender, masculinity, sexuality, identity, subjectivity; popular culture, expressive culture, performance, media, representation, consumerism, nationalism, the state, Islam, globalization
Valerie Olson Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact Area of ExpertiseEnvironmental anthropology, medical anthropology, social and cultural studies of science and technology, extreme environments, envirotechnical systems, ecologies
Sylvia Nam Assistant Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail sylvia.nam@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseUrban studies (especially urban planning), real estate and construction, transitioning economies
Keith M Murphy Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail kmmurphy@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseLinguistic anthropology, design, typography and graphic language, semiotics, face-to-face interaction,
Michael J Montoya Professor Emeritus WOS Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail mmontoya@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseSociocultural studies of biomedical sciences, political economy of health, critical medical anthropology, race and ethnicity, bioethics, diabetes, www.communityknowledgeproject.org
Bill Maurer Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology and Law Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Other Department Lead E-mail wmmaurer@uci.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseLaw, political economy, anthropology of money and finance, payment systems and technologies, mobile communications, social implications of computational systems, artificial intelligence and law, kinsh...Read More
George E Marcus Distinguished Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail gmarcus@uci.edu vCard