Primary Contact Ariel Smith Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Ariel Smith Department Administrator University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: arields@sas.upenn.edu Position: Staff Individual Type: Staff
Primary Contact Brian Spooner Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Brian Spooner Professor; Curator for Near Eastern Ethnology, Penn Museum University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: spooner@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Social anthropology, globalization, Islam, social organization, religion, ethnohistory, ecology, non-industrial economies
Primary Contact Clark L Erickson Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Clark L Erickson Professor; Curator, Penn Museum University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: cerickso@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology; archaeology of landscapes; prehistoric agricultural systems; technology and social organization; analogy; ethnobotany; experimental and applied archaeology.
Primary Contact Holly Pittman Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Holly Pittman Bok Family Professor in the Humanities University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: hpittman@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Ancient art, especially the glyptic art from the sites of Malyan in the Fars province of Iran; Uruk period Tell Brak; and Uruk period Hacienbi Tepe.
Primary Contact Janet M Monge Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Janet M Monge Adjunct Professor; Curator-in-Charge, Physical Section, Penn Museum University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: jmonge@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Paleoanthropology; comparative vertebrate and human osteology; dental histology; skeletal biology
Primary Contact Lauren M Ristvet Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Lauren M Ristvet Associate Professor; Robert H. Dyson, Jr. Associate Curator, Penn Museum University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: lristvet@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Near Eastern archaeology, complex societies, political transformation, imperialism, ritual and performance theory, the archaeology of consumption, landscape archaeology, human response to environmenta...Read More
Primary Contact Megan C Kassabaum Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Megan C Kassabaum Assistant Professor; Weingarten Assistant Curator, Penn Museum University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: mkass@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology of the Eastern US, Woodland Period; the Native South; food and feasting; ceramic technology; monumentality and communal ritual; social organization; temporal perspectives; public and museu...Read More
Primary Contact Richard M Leventhal Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Richard M Leventhal Professor; Curator, Penn Museum; Executive Director, Penn Cultural Heritage Center University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: rml@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Cultural Heritage Preservation and Economic Development; Implementation Models for Heritage Preservation and Development; the Maya Yucatan of Mexico; Museums and monuments in the 21st century; Ancient...Read More
Primary Contact Robert L Schuyler Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Robert L Schuyler Associate Professor; Associate Curator, Penn Museum University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: schuyler@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology, North America and global; anthropological theory and history of anthropology and archaeology; evolutionism; historical archaeology, colonial period and 19th/20th century
Primary Contact Simon Martin Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Simon Martin Adjunct Associate Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: simonm3@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Maya hieroglyphic writing, with a particular interest in the history, politics, and religious beliefs of the Classic Period (150-900 CE); Social and political organization of the Maya lowlands; Recons...Read More
Kathleen D Morrison Affiliated Title:Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Professor; Curator, Penn Museum Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Department Lead Kathleen D Morrison Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Professor; Curator, Penn Museum University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: kathy.morrison@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Historical anthropology, colonialism and imperialism, archaeological method and theory, agriculture, landscape history, political ecology, water and irrigation, pollen analysis, stable isotope analysi...Read More Individual Type: Chair/Faculty
Katherine M Moore Affiliated Title:Professor of Practice; Mainwaring Teaching Specialist, Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Other Department Lead Katherine M Moore Professor of Practice; Mainwaring Teaching Specialist, Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: kmmoore@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology of cultural ecology and nutrition, particularly foragers and pastoralists and craft production Individual Type: Faculty
Theodore G Schurr Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Other Department Lead Theodore G Schurr Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: tgschurr@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Molecular anthropology, human evolutionary genetics, mitochondrial biology and disease, biomedical genetics, ancient DNA, primate genetics, population history of Siberia and the Americas, prehistory o...Read More Individual Type: Faculty
Adriana Petryna Affiliated Title:Edmund J & Louise W Kahn Professor Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Adriana Petryna Edmund J & Louise W Kahn Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: petryna@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Sociocultural anthropology, anthropological theory and methods, social studies of science and technology, medical anthropology, clinical trials and research ethics, pharmaceuticals and global health, ...Read More Individual Type: Faculty
Andrew M. Carruthers Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Andrew M. Carruthers Assistant Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: acarru@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Linguistic and sociocultural anthropology, language, selfhood and belonging, borders, mobilities, and infrastructures, commensuration and contrastive evaluation, American pragmatism and critical theor...Read More Individual Type: Faculty
Asif Agha Affiliated Title:Francis E. Johnston Term Professor Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Asif Agha Francis E. Johnston Term Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: asifagha@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Language and culture, language and social relations, semiotics, honorific language, metaphor and tropes, Sino-Tibetan and Indo-Aryan languages Individual Type: Faculty
Deborah A Thomas Affiliated Title:R. Jean Brownlee Professor; Director, Center for Experimental Ethnography Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Deborah A Thomas R. Jean Brownlee Professor; Director, Center for Experimental Ethnography University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: deborah.thomas@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Political Anthropology, Sovereignty and Violence, The Afterlives of Imperialism, Transnationalism and Diaspora, Race and Gender, Performance and Popular Culture, Culture and Political Economy Individual Type: Faculty
Greg Urban Affiliated Title:Arthur Hobson Quinn Professor Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Greg Urban Arthur Hobson Quinn Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: gurban@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Metaculture, cultural motion, public sphere processes, world cultures, corporations and culture, business anthropology, Amerindian cultures Individual Type: Faculty
Kristina Lyons Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Kristina Lyons Assistant Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: krlyons@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Feminist, postcolonial and decolonial interfaces with science studies, environmental humanities, politics of 'nature' and 'matter', ethnographic theory, experimental ethnography and poetics, politics ...Read More Individual Type: Faculty
Margaret M Bruchac Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Margaret M Bruchac Associate Professor University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anthropology Email: mbruchac@sas.upenn.edu Area of Expertise: Native American material culture and performance, museum representation and repatriation, Indigenous archaeologies and cultural heritage, Algonkian oral traditions, Haudenosaunee and Algonkian wampum ...Read More Position: Assistant Professor Individual Type: Faculty