Mei Zhan Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Mei Zhan Email: mzhan@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Medical anthropology, social and cultural studies of science, globalization and transnationalism, humanism, traditional Chinese medicine Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Salvador Zarate Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Salvador Zarate Area of Expertise: race, gender, labor, and the environment; southern California domestic work and gardening labor; Marxism and women of color feminism; historical methods and anthropology; ethnic studies Position: Assistant Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Douglas White Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritus Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Douglas White Email: drwhite@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Social theory, organization, networks, long-term field studies, world system impacts on local communities, ethnosociology, network-demographic history, comparative Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Roxanne Varzi Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Roxanne Varzi Email: rvarzi@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Media, youth culture, religion, public space, performance, war, experimental ethnography, documentary, Islam, visual anthropology, multimodal, sound ethnography and documentary filmmaking, film; roxan...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Primary Contact Melissa Valdez Affiliated Title:Chair Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Department Lead Melissa Valdez Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Ian Straughn Affiliated Title:Assistant Teaching Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Ian Straughn Email: istraugh@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology, Islam, Material Culture, manuscript cultures, heritage, spatiality Position: Assistant Teaching Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Damien Sojoyner Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Damien Sojoyner Email: dsojoyne@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Urban anthropology, prisons, public education, race, African diaspora theory, masculinities, activism, Black political theory, non-profit, policy formation Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Gabriele M Schwab Affiliated Title: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 Affiliated Contact Gabriele M Schwab Email: gmschwab@uci.edu Area of Expertise: 20th and 21st century comparative literature, literature, cultural theory and anthropology, critical theory, psychoanalysis, ecocriticism, indigenous literatures, European Studies Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
A Kimball Romney Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritus Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact A Kimball Romney Email: akromney@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Experimental and psychological anthropology, quantitative and cognitive anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Monica Rodriguez Affiliated Title:Department Analyst Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Monica Rodriguez Individual Type: Administrative/Support Staff
Dr. Taylor Riley Affiliated Title:Lecturer Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Dr. Taylor Riley Area of Expertise: Queer anthropology, queer theory, critical race theory, LGBTQI+ issues in Africa, queer biopolitics, forced sterilization, posthumanism, creative ethnographic practices, fiction, ethics Position: Lecturer Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Justin B Richland Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Justin B Richland Area of Expertise: Legal discourse analysis and semiotics; anthropology of law; contemporary native american law, politics, art and ethnographic museology Position: Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Kristin Peterson Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Kristin Peterson Email: kris@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Political economy, theories of capital and property, post-colonialism and globalization, medicine and science, clinical research, AIDS policies, pharmaceuticals, transnational feminism Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Sheila G O'Rourke Affiliated Title:Lecturer Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Sheila G O'Rourke Email: sorourke@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Power, gender, masculinity, sexuality, identity, subjectivity; popular culture, expressive culture, performance, media, representation, consumerism, nationalism, the state, Islam, globalization Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Valerie Olson Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Valerie Olson Area of Expertise: Environmental anthropology, medical anthropology, social and cultural studies of science and technology, extreme environments, envirotechnical systems, ecologies Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Sylvia Nam Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Sylvia Nam Email: sylvia.nam@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Urban studies (especially urban planning), real estate and construction, transitioning economies Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Keith M Murphy Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Keith M Murphy Email: kmmurphy@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Linguistic anthropology, design, typography and graphic language, semiotics, face-to-face interaction, Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Michael J Montoya Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritus WOS Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Michael J Montoya Email: mmontoya@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Sociocultural studies of biomedical sciences, political economy of health, critical medical anthropology, race and ethnicity, bioethics, diabetes, www.communityknowledgeproject.org Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Bill Maurer Affiliated Title:Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology and Law Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology Other Department Lead Bill Maurer Email: wmmaurer@uci.edu Area of Expertise: Law, 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 Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
George E Marcus Affiliated Title:Distinguished Professor Organization:University of California, Irvine, Department of Anthropology George E Marcus Email: gmarcus@uci.edu Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff