Visiting Faculty


Faculty Area of Expertise

Anita Hannig

Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Medical Anthropology

hannig@brandeis.edu

 Medical anthropology, ritual and religion, gender, anthropology of the body, critical development studies, (post)colonialism; Ethiopia, Africa.

Emily McKee

Lecturer, Joint Appointment with the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies

ekmckee@brandeis.edu

 Phenomenology, environmental anthropology and political ecology, the drawing and policing of group boundaries, social movements, and anthropology of the Levant.

Ann Lucas

ACLS New Faculty Fellow in Music

aelucas@brandeis.edu

 Ethnomusicology, modernity and musical change, music and emotional experience, history of Persian music; Middle East.

Amanda Veile

Lecturer

 Biocultural anthropology, medical anthropology, human ecology, maternal-infant health and interactions, cross-cultural child development, global public health, nutritional anthropology, indigenous health in Latin America.

Moises Lino e Silva

Lecturer, Joint appointment with International and Global Studies

moises@brandeis.edu

 Brazilian urban life, favelas, the question of freedom in its relationship to wider topics such as poverty, sexuality, religion, violence, social justice, globalization, and linguistic practices.

Donald Slater

Lecturer

dslater@brandeis.edu

 Ancient cultures of Mesoamerica, cave archaeology, religion and ideology, iconography, ancient technologies, GIS.

Mrinalini Tankha

Lecturer

mtankha@brandeis.edu

 Economic anthropology, aanthropology of money, post-socialism, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Laura John

Lecturer

ljohn@brandeis.edu

  Material culture, museums, landscape, and identity. Scotland.