Department of Anthropology

Archaeology, religious practices on Minoan Crete, creation and filling of the power vacuums around the fall of the Roman Empire in areas conquered by Rome

Human geography; national/ethnic identity formation; immigration; Puerto Rican diaspora in the US; neocolonialism; disaster capitalism; climate refugees; contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean

Museum anthropology, cultural heritage preservation, digital anthropology, virtual worlds, anthropology of video games, play/game spaces, gender in pop culture, self and personhood in digital spaces

Near Eastern archaeology, mortuary archaeology, bioarchaeology, and non-invasive archaeological techniques

Queer anthropology, intimacy and intimate practises, liminal spaces, personhood, affect and emotions, embodiment

Mortuary archaeology, bioarchaeology and osteology, relationship between linguistic portrayals of death/mourning and the archaeological record, Mediterranean archaeology and Classical studies

Medical Anthropology, Gendered Medicine, Personhood, Biopower, Reproductive Health and Sexual Education, Social Determinants of Disease

Archaeology, material culture, aesthetics, adornment and ornamentation, group identity, mortuary culture and practices; Mesoamerica

Queer anthropology, queer and feminist theory, Sinophone and diaspora studies, fandom and imaginary media culture, elite studies, education inequality, East Asia, China, Japan