Primary Contact Lilia Liderbach-Vega Affiliated Title:Financial and Administrative Officer Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Lilia Liderbach-Vega Email: lilia.liderbach@ucr.edu Position: Financial and Administrative Officer Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Juliet M McMullin Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Juliet M McMullin Email: juliet.mcmullin@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Medical anthropology, meanings of health and well-being, cultural perspectives of cancer, interrelationships of cultural identities, political economy, health disparities Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Anthony R Jerry Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Anthony R Jerry Email: anthony.jerry@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Citizenship, critical race theory, colonial/post-colonial studies, Latin American/Caribbean studies, identity studies, Indigenous studies, race and ethnicity Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Christina Schwenkel Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Christina Schwenkel Email: christina.schwenkel@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: imperialism, visual and material culture, built space and infrastructure, socialism, politics of knowledge production, design, cultural memory, technology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Derick A Fay Affiliated Title:Associate Professor and Vice Chair Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Derick A Fay Email: derick.fay@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Sociocultural anthropology, critical political ecology, human-environment relationships, environmental studies and international development, land use and distribution Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Elizabeth Berger Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Elizabeth Berger Area of Expertise: bioarchaeology of human health, diet, and adaptation to climate change Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Hyejin Nah Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Hyejin Nah Email: hyejin.nah@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Linguistics and language studies, Spanish language and literature, Latin American studies Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Jennifer Syvertsen Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Jennifer Syvertsen Email: jennifer.syvertsen@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Global health inequities, HIV, drug use, sex work, collaborative methods Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Joao H. Costa Vargas Affiliated Title:Professor and Chair Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Department Lead Affiliated Contact Joao H. Costa Vargas Area of Expertise: African and African diaspora studies, social anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Karl A Taube Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Karl A Taube Email: karl.taube@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology, ethnology, religion, symbolism Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Kenichiro Tsukamoto Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Kenichiro Tsukamoto Email: kenichiro.tsukamoto@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology, social inequality, power, ideology, urbanism and GIS Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Nawa Sugiyama Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Nawa Sugiyama Area of Expertise: zooarchaeology, isotope bone chemistry, human-animal interactions, ancient foodways, state formation, ritualized landscape, sacrifice, ritual and power, urbanism Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Sally A Ness Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Sally A Ness Email: sally.ness@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Symbolic anthropology, anthropology of tourism, human movement analysis, dance ethnography Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Sang-Hee Lee Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Sang-Hee Lee Email: sang-hee.lee@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Human evolution, sexual dimorphism, brain size evolution, hominid fossils, DNA sequence diversity, data resampling Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Sara K Becker Affiliated Title:Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Sara K Becker Email: sara.becker@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Skeletal biology, bioarchaeology, biomechanics, prehistoric labor, emerging complex societies in South America Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Susan Ossman Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Susan Ossman Email: susan.ossman@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Globalization, migration, comparative ethnography, migration, media, urban studies, gender, aesthetics, Art and Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Travis William Stanton Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Travis William Stanton Email: travis.stanton@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Mesoamerican Archaeology, State Formation and Collapse, Ceramic Technology, Settlement Patterns and Landscape Archaeology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Worku Nida Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor of Teaching Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Worku Nida Email: worku.nida@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: African and Afro-American studies, African diaspora, entrepreneurialism, migration, identity, transnationalism, social movements, business cultures, political economy, history, Ethiopia Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Yolanda T Moses Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Yolanda T Moses Email: yolanda.moses@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Bio-cultural-applied anthropology, Intersectional studies, structural inequalities, African diasporic identities, decolonizing higher education Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Amalia L Cabezas Affiliated Title:Associate Professor, Media and Cultural Studies Organization:University of California, Riverside, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Amalia L Cabezas Email: amalia.cabezas@ucr.edu Area of Expertise: Comparative sexualities, sex tourism, women's health in international perspective, gender in Latin America and the Caribbean, women and labor in capitalist political economies, women's human rights Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff