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Katherine Amato

Katherine Amato

Associate Professor

Regional Focus:  Americas; Africa

Subfield(s):  Biological Anthropology

Interest(s):  Development; Food; Globalization; Evolution; Environment; Health/Medicine

Phone number: 847-467-5890
Office location: 1810 Hinman Avenue, #A62
katherine.amato@northwestern.edu

Ana Aparicio

Ana Aparicio

Associate Professor

Regional Focus:  Americas

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Race/Ethnicity; Youth/Children

Phone number: 847-491-5132
Office location: 1810 Hinman Avenue, #212
a-aparicio@northwestern.edu

Diego Arispe-Bazán

Diego Arispe-Bazán

Assistant Professor, Faculty Fellow, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

Regional Focus:  Europe; Americas; Africa

Subfield(s):  Linguistic Anthropology; Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Inequality; Migration; Race/Ethnicity; Post/Colonialism; Gender/Sexuality

Phone number: 847 467-3061
Office location: 1810 Hinman Ave, #A54B
diego.arispe-bazan@northwestern.edu

Adia Benton

Adia Benton

Associate Professor

Regional Focus:  Africa

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Race/Ethnicity; Health/Medicine; Globalization; Inequality; Development; Post/Colonialism

Phone number: 847/491-2852
Office location: 1812 Hinman #101
adia.benton@northwestern.edu

Mark Hauser

Mark Hauser

Professor

Regional Focus:  Americas

Subfield(s):  Archaeology

Interest(s):  Post/Colonialism; Race/Ethnicity; Environment

Phone number: 847-467-1648
Office location: 1810 Hinman, #210
mark-hauser@northwestern.edu

Katherine E. Hoffman

Katherine E. Hoffman

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Regional Focus:  Middle East

Subfield(s):  Linguistic Anthropology; Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Post/Colonialism; Race/Ethnicity; Inequality

Phone number: 847-491-4565
Office location: 1810 Hinman Avenue, #206
khoffman@northwestern.edu

Chris Kuzawa

Chris Kuzawa

John D. MacArthur Professor & Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research

Regional Focus:  Americas

Subfield(s):  Biological Anthropology

Interest(s):  Evolution; Health/Medicine

Phone number: 847-467-4302
Office location: 1810 Hinman Avenue, #201
kuzawa@northwestern.edu

Robert Launay

Robert Launay

Professor

Regional Focus:  Africa

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Religion

Phone number: 847-491-4841
Office location: 1810 Hinman Avenue, #205
rgl201@northwestern.edu

William R. Leonard

William R. Leonard

Watkins Family Professor of Global Health

Regional Focus:  Americas; Asia

Subfield(s):  Biological Anthropology

Interest(s):  Health/Medicine; Evolution

Phone number: 847-491-4839
Office location: 1810 Hinman Avenue, #A55
w-leonard1@northwestern.edu

Amanda Logan

Amanda Logan

Associate Professor, 2022 Carnegie Fellow

Regional Focus:  Africa

Subfield(s):  Archaeology

Interest(s):  Inequality; Food; Environment

Phone number: 847-491-4564
Office location: 1812 Hinman Ave, #203
amanda.logan@northwestern.edu

Thomas McDade

Thomas McDade

Carlos Montezuma Professor & Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research

Regional Focus:  Oceana; Americas; Europe; Asia

Subfield(s):  Biological Anthropology

Interest(s):  Development; Evolution; Health/Medicine

Phone number: 847-467-4304
Office location: 1810 Hinman Avenue, #202
t-mcdade@northwestern.edu

Cynthia Robin

Cynthia Robin

Professor

Regional Focus:  Americas

Subfield(s):  Archaeology

Interest(s):  Population; Inequality; Gender/Sexuality

Phone number: 847-491-4835
Office location: 1812 Hinman Avenue, #104
c-robin@northwestern.edu

Rebecca Seligman

Rebecca Seligman

Associate Professor; Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research

Regional Focus:  Americas

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Embodiment; Religion; Health/Medicine

Phone number: 847-491-7207
Office location: 1810 Hinman Avenue, #204
r-seligman@northwestern.edu

Shalini Shankar

Shalini Shankar

Professor

Regional Focus:  Americas

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology; Linguistic Anthropology

Interest(s):  Race/Ethnicity; Youth/Children

Phone number: 847-467-1638
Office location: 1810 Hinman, #209
sshankar@northwestern.edu

LaShandra Sullivan

LaShandra Sullivan

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Regional Focus:  Americas

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Gender/Sexuality; Art/Performance; Race/Ethnicity; Environment; Inequality

Phone number: 847 491-4821
Office location: 1812 Hinman, #301
sullivan@northwestern.edu

Doris Warriner

Doris Warriner

Professor

Regional Focus:  Americas

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology; Linguistic Anthropology

Interest(s):  Inequality; Migration; Globalization; Environment; Youth/Children

Phone number: 847 467-0568
Office location: 1812 Hinman Room 205
doris.warriner@northwestern.edu

Mary Weismantel

Mary Weismantel

Professor

Regional Focus:  Americas

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Inequality; Art/Performance; Gender/Sexuality; Race/Ethnicity

Phone number: 847-491-4822
Office location: 1812 Hinman Avenue, #105
mjweis@northwestern.edu

Jessica Winegar

Jessica Winegar

Professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Chair in Middle Eastern Studies

Regional Focus:  Middle East

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Youth/Children; Inequality; Art/Performance

Phone number: 847-491-4831
Office location: 1819 Hinman Ave #204
j-winegar@northwestern.edu

Emrah Yıldız

Emrah Yıldız

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and MENA Studies

Regional Focus:  Middle East

Subfield(s):  Cultural Anthropology

Interest(s):  Migration; Religion; Gender/Sexuality

Phone number: 847 467-6254
Office location: 1819 Hinman Av, # 103
eyildiz@northwestern.edu

Sera Young

Sera Young

Professor

Regional Focus:  Africa; Americas

Subfield(s):  Biological Anthropology

Interest(s):  Health/Medicine; Race/Ethnicity; Youth/Children; Development; Inequality

Phone number: 847 467-2174
Office location: 1819 Hinman Ave Room 105
sera.young@northwestern.edu