Faculty

Ana Aparicio

Assistant Professor (PhD Graduate Center, City University of New York 2004) Urban Anthropology, race/ethnicity, social movements and activism, youth, immigration; Latinas, Urban US. 515 Clark, #201, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-491-5132, a-aparicio@northwestern.edu

Caroline H. Bledsoe
Professor (PhD Stanford 1976) Sociocultural anthropology, kinship and marriage, demography, medicine; Africa. 1810 Hinman, #204, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4825, cbledsoe@northwestern.edu.

James A. Brown
Professor (PhD Chicago 1965) Archaeology, quantitative analysis, comparative mortuary studies, evolution of cultural complexity; eastern North America. 1812 Hinman, # 205, Lab # 204, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-7982, jabrown@northwestern.edu

Elizabeth M. Brumfiel
Professor (PhD Michigan 1976) Archaeology and ethnohistory, gender, class and factional dynamics in prehistoric societies, Aztec religion; Mesoamerica. 1812 Hinman, # 203, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4564, ebrumfiel@northwestern.edu

Micaela di Leonardo
Professor (PhD Berkeley 1981) Gender, race/ethnicity, political economy, cultural theory, urban anthropology, kinship theory; US. Also appointment in Performance Studies. 1810 Hinman, #210, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4821, l-di@northwestern.edu

Malcolm M. Dow
Professor Emeritus (PhD California-Irvine 1979) Mathematical anthropology, network analysis, social epidemiology, demography, crosscultural research. mmd383@northwestern.edu

Timothy Earle
Professor (PhD Michigan 1973) Archaeology of complex societies, ecological anthropology, prehistoric economics; Andes, Polynesia, Northern Europe. 1812 Hinman, #201, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-2852, tke299@northwestern.edu

Karen Tranberg Hansen
Professor (PhD Washington 1979) Sociocultural anthropology, urban anthropology, political economy, gender relations, colonial culture; southern Africa. 1810 Hinman, #209, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4826, kth462@northwestern.edu

Katherine E. Hoffman
Associate Professor (PhD Columbia 2000). Linguistic and sociocultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, ethnicity, indigenous people, rural-urban relations, migration, colonialis; Imazighen (Berbers), Morocco, North Africa. 1810 Hinman, # 206, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4565, khoffman@northwestern.edu

John C. Hudson
Professor (PhD Iowa 1967) Cultural geography, physical geography, cartography, and settlement geography; North America. 515 Clark, # 106, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-2855, j-hudson@northwestern.edu

http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/advising/geography.html

William Irons
Professor (PhD Michigan 1969) Evolutionary ecology, reproductive strategies, demography, evolutionary foundations of morality and religion, pastoral nomads; Middle East. 1810 Hinman, #201, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4844, w-irons@northwestern.edu

Chris Kuzawa
Associate Professor (PhD Emory 2001, MsPH Emory 2001) Developmental and evolutionary perspectives on health and disease, Human growth and development, Public health and biocultural perspectives on cardiovascular disease. 1810 Hinman, #A63, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-467-4302, kuzawa@northwestern.edu

Robert Launay
Professor (PhD Cambridge 1975) Social organization, history of theory, Islam; West Africa. 1810 Hinman, #205, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4841, rgl201@northwestern.edu

William R. Leonard
Professor and Chair (PhD Michigan 1987) Biological anthropology, adaptability, growth and development, nutrition; South American, Asia, US. 1810 Hinman, #A55, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4839, w-leonard1@northwestern.edu

Thomas McDade
Associate Professor (PhD Emory 1999) Human biology, biocultural perspectives on health and human development, medical anthropology, evolutionary ecology. 1810 Hinman, #A62, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/467-4304, t-mcdade@northwestern.edu

William Murphy
Lecturer (PhD Stanford 1976) Language and Culture, politics, and aesthetics; West Africa. 1812 Hinman, #305, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4832, wmurphy@northwestern.edu

Cynthia Robin
Associate Professor (PhD U Pennsylvania 1999) Archaeology, households and settlements, social organization, complex societies, gender, class, feminist theory; Mesoamerica. 1812 Hinman, # 104, Lab # 101-102, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4835, c-robin@northwestern.edu

Monica Russel y Rodriguez
Lecturer Anthropology, Interim Director for Latina/o Studies (PhD UCLA 1995) Cultural anthropology, race & mestizaje, Chicana feminist theory; US, Latino communities. 1812 Hinman, # 303, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4831, mryr@northwestern.edu

Helen B. Schwartzman
Professor (PhD Northwestern 1973) Psychological anthropology, organizational ethnology, play and work, children and technology; US. 1810 Hinman, #202, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/ 491-4824, hsjsls@northwestern.edu

Rebecca Seligman

Assistant Professor (PhD Emory University 2004) Culture and mental heatlh; global health, medical anthropology, psychological anthropology; mind-body interaction; ritual; Latin America. 1810 Hinman, #A54A, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-7207

r-seligman@northwestern.edu

Shalini Shankar

Assistant Professor (PhD New York University 2003) Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology, media, materiality, youth culture, language and identity, race/ ethnicity, South Asian diaspora, suburban US. Joint appointment with Asian American Studies. 1810 Hinman, #212, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-467-1638,

sshankar@northwestern.edu

Kearsley Stewart
Senior Lecturer (PhD Florida 2000) Medical anthropology, applied anthropology, HIV/AIDS, malaria, epidemiology, ethnography, video; USA, Africa. 1810 Hinman, #A56, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-491-4830,
kstewart@northwestern.edu
http://faculty-web.at.northwestern.edu/anthropology/stewart

Erin B. Waxenbaum

Visiting Assistant Professor (PhD Univ. of Florida 2007) Physical anthropology, skeletal biology, growth and development, human variation, forensics; Native North America. 1810 Hinman, #A54B, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-491-4818, e-waxenbaum@northwestern.edu

Mary Weismantel
Professor (PhD U of IL, Urbana-Champaign 1986) Cultural anthropology, food, adoption, sex/gender, race, historical materialism; Andes, Latin America.1812 Hinman, # 105, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-491-4822, mjweis@northwestern.edu

Oswald Werner
Professor Emeritus (PhD Indiana 1963) Systematic ethnography, computer aided ethnography, folk medicine, translation, American Indians (Navajo), ethnographic photography. Joint appointment with Linguistics. 2880 Brushwood, NE, Albuquerque, NE 87122, 505/828-1503, ossy@aol.com


Home > Faculty Faculty Ana Aparicio Assistant Professor (PhD Graduate Center, City University of New York 2004) Urban Anthropology, race/ethnicity, social movements and activism, youth, immigration; Latinas, Urban US. 515 Clark, #201, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-491-5132, a-aparicio@northwestern.edu Caroline H. Bledsoe Professor (PhD Stanford 1976) Sociocultural anthropology, kinship and marriage, demography, medicine; Africa. 1810 Hinman, #204, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4825, cbledsoe@northwestern.edu. James A. Brown Professor (PhD Chicago 1965) Archaeology, quantitative analysis, comparative mortuary studies, evolution of cultural complexity; eastern North America. 1812 Hinman, # 205, Lab # 204, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-7982, jabrown@northwestern.edu Elizabeth M. Brumfiel Professor (PhD Michigan 1976) Archaeology and ethnohistory, gender, class and factional dynamics in prehistoric societies, Aztec religion; Mesoamerica. 1812 Hinman, # 203, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4564, ebrumfiel@northwestern.edu Micaela di Leonardo Professor (PhD Berkeley 1981) Gender, race/ethnicity, political economy, cultural theory, urban anthropology, kinship theory; US. Also appointment in Performance Studies. 1810 Hinman, #210, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4821, l-di@northwestern.edu Malcolm M. Dow Professor Emeritus (PhD California-Irvine 1979) Mathematical anthropology, network analysis, social epidemiology, demography, crosscultural research. mmd383@northwestern.edu Timothy Earle Professor (PhD Michigan 1973) Archaeology of complex societies, ecological anthropology, prehistoric economics; Andes, Polynesia, Northern Europe. 1812 Hinman, #201, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-2852, tke299@northwestern.edu Karen Tranberg Hansen Professor (PhD Washington 1979) Sociocultural anthropology, urban anthropology, political economy, gender relations, colonial culture; southern Africa. 1810 Hinman, #209, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4826, kth462@northwestern.edu Katherine E. Hoffman Associate Professor (PhD Columbia 2000). Linguistic and sociocultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, ethnicity, indigenous people, rural-urban relations, migration, colonialis; Imazighen (Berbers), Morocco, North Africa. 1810 Hinman, # 206, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4565, khoffman@northwestern.edu John C. Hudson Professor (PhD Iowa 1967) Cultural geography, physical geography, cartography, and settlement geography; North America. 515 Clark, # 106, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-2855, j-hudson@northwestern.edu http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/advising/geography.html William Irons Professor (PhD Michigan 1969) Evolutionary ecology, reproductive strategies, demography, evolutionary foundations of morality and religion, pastoral nomads; Middle East. 1810 Hinman, #201, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4844, w-irons@northwestern.edu Chris Kuzawa Associate Professor (PhD Emory 2001, MsPH Emory 2001) Developmental and evolutionary perspectives on health and disease, Human growth and development, Public health and biocultural perspectives on cardiovascular disease. 1810 Hinman, #A63, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-467-4302, kuzawa@northwestern.edu Robert Launay Professor (PhD Cambridge 1975) Social organization, history of theory, Islam; West Africa. 1810 Hinman, #205, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4841, rgl201@northwestern.edu William R. Leonard Professor and Chair (PhD Michigan 1987) Biological anthropology, adaptability, growth and development, nutrition; South American, Asia, US. 1810 Hinman, #A55, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4839, w-leonard1@northwestern.edu Thomas McDade Associate Professor (PhD Emory 1999) Human biology, biocultural perspectives on health and human development, medical anthropology, evolutionary ecology. 1810 Hinman, #A62, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/467-4304, t-mcdade@northwestern.edu William Murphy Lecturer (PhD Stanford 1976) Language and Culture, politics, and aesthetics; West Africa. 1812 Hinman, #305, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4832, wmurphy@northwestern.edu Cynthia Robin Associate Professor (PhD U Pennsylvania 1999) Archaeology, households and settlements, social organization, complex societies, gender, class, feminist theory; Mesoamerica. 1812 Hinman, # 104, Lab # 101-102, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4835, c-robin@northwestern.edu Monica Russel y Rodriguez Lecturer Anthropology, Interim Director for Latina/o Studies (PhD UCLA 1995) Cultural anthropology, race & mestizaje, Chicana feminist theory; US, Latino communities. 1812 Hinman, # 303, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-4831, mryr@northwestern.edu Helen B. Schwartzman Professor (PhD Northwestern 1973) Psychological anthropology, organizational ethnology, play and work, children and technology; US. 1810 Hinman, #202, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/ 491-4824, hsjsls@northwestern.edu Rebecca Seligman Assistant Professor (PhD Emory University 2004) Culture and mental heatlh; global health, medical anthropology, psychological anthropology; mind-body interaction; ritual; Latin America. 1810 Hinman, #A54A, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847/491-7207 r-seligman@northwestern.edu Shalini Shankar Assistant Professor (PhD New York University 2003) Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology, media, materiality, youth culture, language and identity, race/ ethnicity, South Asian diaspora, suburban US. Joint appointment with Asian American Studies. 1810 Hinman, #212, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-467-1638, sshankar@northwestern.edu Kearsley Stewart Senior Lecturer (PhD Florida 2000) Medical anthropology, applied anthropology, HIV/AIDS, malaria, epidemiology, ethnography, video; USA, Africa. 1810 Hinman, #A56, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-491-4830, kstewart@northwestern.edu http://faculty-web.at.northwestern.edu/anthropology/stewart Erin B. Waxenbaum Visiting Assistant Professor (PhD Univ. of Florida 2007) Physical anthropology, skeletal biology, growth and development, human variation, forensics; Native North America. 1810 Hinman, #A54B, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-491-4818, e-waxenbaum@northwestern.edu Mary Weismantel Professor (PhD U of IL, Urbana-Champaign 1986) Cultural anthropology, food, adoption, sex/gender, race, historical materialism; Andes, Latin America.1812 Hinman, # 105, Evanston, IL 60208-1310, 847-491-4822, mjweis@northwestern.edu Oswald Werner Professor Emeritus (PhD Indiana 1963) Systematic ethnography, computer aided ethnography, folk medicine, translation, American Indians (Navajo), ethnographic photography. Joint appointment with Linguistics. 2880 Brushwood, NE, Albuquerque, NE 87122, 505/828-1503, ossy@aol.com Back to top of page