Faculty By Interest
Faculty By Interest
Deborah Thomas
R. Jean Brownlee Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for Experimental Ethnography; Department Chair
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Lynn Meskell
PIK Professor of Anthropology; Professor of Historic Preservation, Weitzman School of Design
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Nikhil Anand
Daniel Braun Silvers, W’98, WG’99 and Robert Peter Silvers, C’02 Family Presidential Professor of Anthropology.
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Carolyn Cannuscio
Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Gretchen Suess
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Director of Evaluation for the Netter Center for Community Partnerships
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Lawrence Blum
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine. Associated Faculty, Anthropology
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Justin Clapp
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine. Associated Faculty, Anthropology
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Emily Hammer
Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities, Archaeology and Anthropology of the Ancient World in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
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Heather Sharkey
Professor of Modern Islamic History in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
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Myra Laird
Assistant Professor of Basic and Translational Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
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Chantel White
Archaeobotanical Teaching Specialist, Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials (CAAM)