Faculty

Anya Bernstein

John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences

Research and Teaching Interests: ...

Theodore C. Bestor

Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology
Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Research and Teaching Interests: Food culture and food systems; markets and marketplaces; economic...

Davíd Carrasco

Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America
Joint appointment with Harvard Divinity School

Research and Teaching Interests: Urban ecology and ceremonial centers, ritual violence and state organization:...

Lucien Castaing-Taylor

Professor of Visual Arts and of Anthropology
Director, Sensory Ethnography Lab (SEL)

Research and Teaching Interests: Sensory ethnography, phenomenology, media anthropology, post-human and multi-species...

Steve Caton

Khalid Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud Professor of Contemporary Arab Studies
Social Anthropology Program Director - Spring 2019

Research and Teaching Interests: Linguistics...

Jean Comaroff

Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology
Oppenheimer Research Fellow
On Leave Spring 2019

Research and Teaching Interests: Theory and method; embodiment and commodification; ritual and religion; medicine...

John Comaroff

Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology
Oppenheimer Research Fellow
On Leave Spring 2019

Research and Teaching Interests: The...

Peter Der Manuelian

Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology
Director, Harvard Semitic Museum

Research and Teaching Interests: Ancient Egyptian history, archaeology, epigraphy, the development of mortuary...

Paul Farmer

Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine

Research and Teaching Interests: Health and human rights; Role of social inequalities in the distribution and outcome of...

William L. Fash

Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology

Research and Teaching Interests: Cultural process, settlement...

Rowan Flad

John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
Head Tutor, Archaeology

Research and Teaching Interests: Chinese Archaeology; emergence...

Joseph P. Gone

Professor of Anthropology and of Global Health and Social Medicine

Research and Teaching Interests: Indigenous peoples of the USA and Canada; Culture, Coloniality, & Mental Health; Cultural Psychology &...

Byron Good

Professor
Harvard Medical School

Research and Teaching Interests: Medical, psychological, and psychiatric anthropology; primary research on serious...

Nicholas Harkness

Professor
On Leave AY 2018-2019

Research and Teaching Interests: Language, music, and semiotics; urban anthropology; anthropology of religion; South...

Ieva Jusionyte

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Studies
Joint appointment with Social Studies
On Leave AY 2018-2019

Research and Teaching Interests: Political anthropology; statecraft, borders, and security; crime and violence; space and...

Arthur Kleinman

Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology
Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Research and Teaching Interests: Global Mental Health; Social Medicine; Medical Humanities; Social Suffering;...

Matthew Liebmann

Professor
Archaeology Program Director

Research and Teaching Interests: North American Archaeology, Southwest US, contact and colonialism in the...

Richard H. Meadow

Senior Lecturer
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)

Research and Teaching Interests: Archaeology of South and West Asia; the Indus Civilization; Zooarchaeology;...

George Paul Meiu

John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences
Joint appointment with African and African American Studies

Research and Teaching Interests: Race and ethnicity; Sexuality and sexual citizenship; Kinship; Gender; Economic...

Michael Puett

Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History
Professor of Anthropology
Joint Appointment with East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Michael Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations...

Jeffrey Quilter

Senior Lecturer
Director, Peabody Museum

Research and Teaching Interests: Andean South America, The Intermediate Area, and interactions between and shared...

Ajantha Subramanian

Professor
Department Chair

Research and Teaching Interests: Political Economy; Colonialism and Postcoloniality; Political Ecology; Space...

Christian Tryon

John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences

Research and Teaching Interests: The archaeological, evolutionary, environmental and geological context of early ...

Jason Ur

Professor

Research and Teaching Interests: Ancient landscapes, archaeological survey, GIS and remote sensing, early complex...

Gary Urton

Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies
On Leave Spring 2019

Research and Teaching Interests: South American archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnology; ancient accounting and record...

Christina Warinner

Assistant Professor
Joining the department in July 2019