Douglas V. Armstrong
Professor, Anthropology Department
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Areas of Expertise
Global historical archaeology, archaeology of the African diaspora, the Atlantic world, ethnohistory, colonialism, ethnogenesis, culture contact and culture change, GIS, public policy and world heritage archaeology, collections management (Caribbean, American Northeast, California, Africa)
Philip P. Arnold
Professor, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, 1992
Areas of Expertise
Religion, indigenous groups
Mona Bhan
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Director, Extraction, Environment and Citizenship Working Group
Advisory Board Member, South Asia Center
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2006
Areas of Expertise
Border wars and counterinsurgency; militarism and humanitarianism; race, gender, and religion; environmentalism and climate change; occupation and human rights; space and place; water and infrastructure
Tom D. Brutsaert
Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department
Professor, Exercise Science, Falk College
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise
Human biology, high-altitude adaptation, physical activity, growth and development
Areas of Expertise
Culture change, migration, urban problems, political anthropology, Andes, Latin America, Spain, Switzerland
A.H. Peter Castro
Professor, Anthropology Department
Robert D. McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Advisory Board Member, Maxwell African Scholars Union
Areas of Expertise
Applied anthropology, rural development policy and planning, environmental conflict management, climate change, forestry, food security, refugees, East Africa
Christopher DeCorse
Professor and Chair, Anthropology Department
Areas of Expertise
General anthropology, African archaeology and history, African diaspora studies, culture contact, colonialism and change, archaeology and popular culture
Gareth Fisher
Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department
Associate Professor, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
Advisory Board Member, East Asia Program
Areas of Expertise
Buddhism, religion in contemporary China, religion and cultural change, globalization, post-socialism
Ann Grodzins Gold
Professor Emeritus by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department
Thomas J. Watson Professor Emerita, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise
Sustained ethnographic engagement with religion and culture in provincial North India
Azra Hromadžić
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professor
Areas of Expertise
Political anthropology; ethno-political violence and post-conflict reconciliation; socialism and post-socialism; gender; youth cultural practices; social policy and welfare; aging, care and responsibility; the Balkans.
Jok Madut Jok
Professor, Anthropology Department
Research Director, International and Intra-State Conflict
Advisory Board Member, Maxwell African Scholars Union
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
Areas of Expertise
Violence and public health, women’s reproductive health, Pastoralism, seasonal migration and cattle raiding in East Africa, medical anthropology, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda
Fethi Keles
Part-time Instructor, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise
Refugee resettlement, forced migration, displacement, peace and conflict
Kenneth G. Kelly
Research Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1995
Areas of Expertise
Historical archaeology, African diaspora, slavery and slave trade
Sandra D. Lane
Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department
Professor of Public Health, Falk College
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Research Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Upstate Medical University
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Shannon A. Novak
Professor, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise
Body and society, new materialism, anthropology of knowledge, historical bioarchaeology, gender, ritual, necropolitics, North America, Indo-Caribbean diaspora
Areas of Expertise
Women and gender, urbanization, ethnicity, conflict, anthropology of space and place, African Studies
Guido Pezzarossi
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
Undergraduate Director, Anthropology Department
Areas of Expertise
Archaeology of colonialism, historical anthropology, postcolonial theory, new materialism, archaeology of food
Heather Law Pezzarossi
Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2014
Areas of Expertise
Archaeology of North America, collaborative Indigenous archaeology, critical heritage studies, historical anthropology, photography
Lars Rodseth
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise
Political and historical anthropology, social theory, history of the human sciences, kinship, nationalism, violence, ideology, South Asia, Tibet, United States
Robert A. Rubinstein
Distinguished Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology Department
Professor, International Relations
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Ph.D., State University of New York, Binghamton, 1977
Ms.PH, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1983
Areas of Expertise
Peace, conflict and international security, medical anthropology and public health, methods, history and theory
Maureen T. Schwarz
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology Department
Areas of Expertise
Advocate of Native North Americans and their rights, Navajo reservation, issues of representation, personhood, organ transplantation, blood transfusion, medical and religious pluralism.
Areas of Expertise
Historical archaeology, African American history and culture, slavery in plantation America, archaeology of the African diaspora
Dale Tomich
Research Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department
John Marshall Townsend
Professor, Anthropology Department
Areas of Expertise
Psychological and medical anthropology, human sexuality, cross-cultural mental health, ethnic relations, symbolic interaction, United States, Germany
Susan Snow Wadley
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology Department
Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise
Social change, religion, folklore, gender issues, folk art traditions, India, Upstate New York