Department of Anthropology

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Brown Social Sciences CenterThe Department of Anthropology is located in the Brown Social Science Center.

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Department of Anthropology
 MS 006
Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
anthropology@brandeis.edu 

Phone: 781-736-2216

Staff

Barbara Strauss
Barbara Strauss
Academic Administrator
781-736-2216 Brown 327
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Lauren Jordahl
Lauren Jordahl
Sr. Academic Administrator, Graduate Guidance
781-736-2644 Pearlman 108
For more administration staff contact information, please visit the Division of Social Sciences page.

Faculty

Janet McIntosh
Janet McIntosh
Department Chair; Professor of Anthropology
781-736-2215 Brown 207
Office Hours: Fall 2024: M, Th 1:00-2:00 pm, and by appointment.
Academia Website
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Expertise: Linguistic anthropology, language ideology, psychological anthropology, personhood, essentialism, colonialism and postcoloniality, identity, whiteness studies, military studies, nationalism; East Africa and United States

brian horton
Brian A. Horton
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Undergraduate Advising Head
Brown 205
Office Hours: Spring 2025: W 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Brian's Website
Pronouns: he/him/his

Expertise: Queer anthropology; queer of color critique/queer theory; popular culture; Global South queer activism and social life; African diasporas in India; race; digital anthropology; virtual subjectivities; social media; South Asia

Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria
Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria
Associate Professor of Anthropology; Director of Graduate Studies
781-736-2221 Brown 209
Office Hours: Spring 2025 Office Hours: M 2:30-4:30 PM
Jonathan's Website
Pronouns: he/him/his

Expertise: Urban anthropology, mobility, sustainable transportation, applied anthropology, South Asia

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