People

Gokce Ozturk

gozturk@g.harvard.edu

Research Interests Scientific archaeology; Proteomics; Stable isotope analysis; Residue analysis; Dental calculus; Origins of dairying; Human, animal, plant relations; Domestication; Neolithic and Bronze Age Anatolia

Matt Pailes

mpailes@fas.harvard.edu

Research Associate in Anthropology

Research Interests Northwest Mexico, US Southwest, political economy, societal resilience, origins of agriculture, ceramics, archaeometry.

Priya Patel

priyapatel@g.harvard.edu

Research Interests Biomolecular archaeology; human diet; South Asia; stable isotope analysis; animal domestication & agriculture; population genetics.

Cris Paul

cpaul@fas.harvard.edu

Social Anthropology Program Office

Staff Assistant

Cris provides a wide variety of front-line administrative support for tenured faculty, their affiliates, and students in the Social Anthropology program. This support includes letter of recommendation requests, course preparation, CANVAS management, etc...

Juliette Picollot

juliettepicollot@fas.harvard.edu

Michael Puett

puett@fas.harvard.edu

Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology

Joint Appointment with East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Research and Teaching Interests: Historical anthropology, anthropology of religion, ritual theory, anthropology of the state, comparative anthropology; China. Michael Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, as well as a...

Malavika Reddy

malavika_reddy@fas.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Malavika Reddy is a sociocultural anthropologist. Dr. Reddy’s research focuses on the law and its limits, kingship and sovereignty, liberalism, and the anthropology of borders. Her work examines these themes through ethnographic research in Thailand.

Javid Riahi

javidriahi@g.harvard.edu

Research Interests Medical Anthropology of Enhancement, Pharmaceutical Worlds, Embodiment and Subjectivity, Political Economy of Desire, Athletic and Body Cultures, Egypt & the Middle East (MENA).

Francesco Rolando

francesco_rolando@hms.harvard.edu

Ashley Scott

ashleyscott@fas.harvard.edu

Research Associate in Anthropology

Beth Semel

Research Scientist in Anthropology

Haden Smiley

hadensmiley@g.harvard.edu

Research Interests United States; incarceration; media and technology; political economy.