Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Interests: the evolution of early agricultural and early complex societies in the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia) from the Neolithic to the Iron Age
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Interests: the evolution of early agricultural and early complex societies in the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia) from the Neolithic to the Iron Age
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Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, 114 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Interests: biological anthropology; medical anthropology; total worker health; environmental health; occupational health; population health; mixed methods
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Interests: biological anthropology; medical anthropology; total worker health; environmental health; occupational health; population health; mixed methods
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Department of Anthropology, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: community archaeology; Indigenous archaeology; landscape archaeology; culture con contact; agricultural systems; Southeast Asia; Philippines
Interests: community archaeology; Indigenous archaeology; landscape archaeology; culture con contact; agricultural systems; Southeast Asia; Philippines
Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Interests: anthropology of South American Indians; anthropology of material culture; the arts of ritual museum anthropology
Interests: anthropology of South American Indians; anthropology of material culture; the arts of ritual museum anthropology
Prof. Dr. H. Clark Barrett
Department of Anthropology, The University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: evolutionary psychology; biological anthropology; cognitive development; hunter-gatherer ecology; South America; child development; morality; indigenous knowledge
Interests: evolutionary psychology; biological anthropology; cognitive development; hunter-gatherer ecology; South America; child development; morality; indigenous knowledge
Prof. Dr. Daniel C. Benyshek
Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
Interests: developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD); political ecology; cardiometabolic disease; type 2 diabetes; alternative and complementary/integrative medicine; placentophagy; public health policy; US health disparities; community-based participatory research; medical anthropology; nutritional anthropology; evolutionary medicine
Interests: developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD); political ecology; cardiometabolic disease; type 2 diabetes; alternative and complementary/integrative medicine; placentophagy; public health policy; US health disparities; community-based participatory research; medical anthropology; nutritional anthropology; evolutionary medicine
Dr. Francesco Berna
Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
Interests: origin of modern behaviour; the archaeology of fire; ancient pyrotechnologies; use of space; site formation processes; geoarchaeology; soil micromorphology; indigenous archaeology
Interests: origin of modern behaviour; the archaeology of fire; ancient pyrotechnologies; use of space; site formation processes; geoarchaeology; soil micromorphology; indigenous archaeology
Prof. Dr. Miriam Chaiken
Department of Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
Interests: maternal and child health; gender equity in economic development; culturally competent humanitarian response; Southeast Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa
Interests: maternal and child health; gender equity in economic development; culturally competent humanitarian response; Southeast Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa
Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA
Interests: archaeology; shell; sociology of archaeology; gender; Archaic US; symbolism; caves; ritual; landscape; central Mexico
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Interests: archaeology; shell; sociology of archaeology; gender; Archaic US; symbolism; caves; ritual; landscape; central Mexico
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Anthropology and Forensic Science, Department of Archaeology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole BH12 5BB, UK
Interests: human origins and evolution; social and cultural evolution; cultural ecology; material culture; cognitive evolution; Palaeolithic archaeology; Epipalaeolithic archaeology; hunter-gatherer archaeology; social archaeology; early village society
Interests: human origins and evolution; social and cultural evolution; cultural ecology; material culture; cognitive evolution; Palaeolithic archaeology; Epipalaeolithic archaeology; hunter-gatherer archaeology; social archaeology; early village society
Department of Anthropology, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3, Canada
Interests: comparative social systems; theories of culture; contemporary and prehistoric hunter-gatherers; societies of Southeast Asia; Orang Asli; gender and age-structures; social learning; equality, and inequ
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Interests: comparative social systems; theories of culture; contemporary and prehistoric hunter-gatherers; societies of Southeast Asia; Orang Asli; gender and age-structures; social learning; equality, and inequ
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Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel
Interests: egyptology; middle and neo-egyptian languages; ancient Egyptian law and legal linguistic registers; cognitive linguistics and categorization of ancient Egyptian scripts; iconography and semiotics; nonverbal communication in art; royal ideology and visual strategies during Akhenaten's reign; Egyptian(izing) material culture in the Southern Levant; cultural transmission in the second millennium BCE
Interests: egyptology; middle and neo-egyptian languages; ancient Egyptian law and legal linguistic registers; cognitive linguistics and categorization of ancient Egyptian scripts; iconography and semiotics; nonverbal communication in art; royal ideology and visual strategies during Akhenaten's reign; Egyptian(izing) material culture in the Southern Levant; cultural transmission in the second millennium BCE
Department of Communication Sciences, Humanitarian and International Studies, University of Urbino, 61029 Urbino, Italy
Interests: abolition; slavery; Western Indian Ocean; gender; Mozambique; oral history; Somalia; dance and memory; research film; healing processes; complementary medicine; refugees; translocality; forced migrati
Interests: abolition; slavery; Western Indian Ocean; gender; Mozambique; oral history; Somalia; dance and memory; research film; healing processes; complementary medicine; refugees; translocality; forced migrati
Dr. Krisztina Fehervary
Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, USA
Interests: Eastern Europe; Hungary; US (southwest); consumer culture; material culture; Anthro of the Body; built environment (architecture)
Interests: Eastern Europe; Hungary; US (southwest); consumer culture; material culture; Anthro of the Body; built environment (architecture)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada
Interests: the Caribbean; indigenous peoples; political anthropology; imperialism; (De)globalization; nationalism
Interests: the Caribbean; indigenous peoples; political anthropology; imperialism; (De)globalization; nationalism
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Interests: Basque language and culture; ethno- and archaeo-astronomy; ethnomathematics; cultural linguistics; European folklore, folktales & performance art; orality; relational ontology; new animism; bear ceremonialism
Interests: Basque language and culture; ethno- and archaeo-astronomy; ethnomathematics; cultural linguistics; European folklore, folktales & performance art; orality; relational ontology; new animism; bear ceremonialism
Dr. Quentin Gausset
Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5 DK-1353 Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: environmental anthropology; natural resource management; AIDS; ethnicity; autochthony and indigeneity; kinship; religion; West-Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso); Southern Africa (South-Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia); East-Africa (Tanzania, Uganda); Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand); Denmark
Interests: environmental anthropology; natural resource management; AIDS; ethnicity; autochthony and indigeneity; kinship; religion; West-Africa (Cameroon, Burkina Faso); Southern Africa (South-Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia); East-Africa (Tanzania, Uganda); Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Thailand); Denmark
Prof. Dr. Michelle M. Glantz
Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Interests: biological anthropology; human evolution; the Paleolithic of Central Asia; neandertal paleobiology; biogeography and GIS; dental anthropology
Interests: biological anthropology; human evolution; the Paleolithic of Central Asia; neandertal paleobiology; biogeography and GIS; dental anthropology
Prof. Dr. Mabel Gracia
Department of Anthropology, Philosophy and Social Work, Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Av. Cataluña, 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain
Interests: ethnography; anthropology of food; medical anthropology; gender and body; globalization and social change; social inequality and food insecurity; Spain and Mexico
Interests: ethnography; anthropology of food; medical anthropology; gender and body; globalization and social change; social inequality and food insecurity; Spain and Mexico
School of Integrative and Cultural Studies, College of Professional and Continuing Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Interests: archaeoastronomy; ethnoastronomy; historical astronomy; cultural astronomy; skyscape archaeology; astroanthropology; astroarchaeology; cultural cosmology
Interests: archaeoastronomy; ethnoastronomy; historical astronomy; cultural astronomy; skyscape archaeology; astroanthropology; astroarchaeology; cultural cosmology
Prof. Dr. M. Cameron Hay
Department of Anthropology & Coordinator of Global Health, Miami University, 120 Upham Hall Oxford, OH 45056, USA
Interests: biocultural approaches to illness; cultural dimensions of health and global health; health literacy and knowledge distribution in health care; healer-patient communication; autoimmune and chronic diseases; illness experience and patient behavior including adherence; women’s and children's health
Interests: biocultural approaches to illness; cultural dimensions of health and global health; health literacy and knowledge distribution in health care; healer-patient communication; autoimmune and chronic diseases; illness experience and patient behavior including adherence; women’s and children's health
Department of Anthropology, The University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
Interests: cultural anthropology; urban anthropology; psychological anthropology; human sexuality; romantic love; family systems; human universals; Mormon fundamentalist polygamy; China; Inner Mongolia
Interests: cultural anthropology; urban anthropology; psychological anthropology; human sexuality; romantic love; family systems; human universals; Mormon fundamentalist polygamy; China; Inner Mongolia
Department of Anthropology, The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: language Ideological assemblages; language contact; lingual life histories; linguistic racism; language revitalization and reclamation; language and identity; verbal art and performance; indigenous language ideologies; multilingualisms; grammaticalization; etho-lexicography; Pueblo Southwest (US); Indigenous California; critical linguistic anthropology
Interests: language Ideological assemblages; language contact; lingual life histories; linguistic racism; language revitalization and reclamation; language and identity; verbal art and performance; indigenous language ideologies; multilingualisms; grammaticalization; etho-lexicography; Pueblo Southwest (US); Indigenous California; critical linguistic anthropology
Department of Anthropology, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
Interests: the imaginary; urban studies; popular culture (suburban, design, branding, irony, recycling); Rome; Italy; the classic world (Mesopotamia, The Mediterranean); northwest Aboriginal peoples; west coast Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples of the Plateau; Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest
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Interests: the imaginary; urban studies; popular culture (suburban, design, branding, irony, recycling); Rome; Italy; the classic world (Mesopotamia, The Mediterranean); northwest Aboriginal peoples; west coast Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples of the Plateau; Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest
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Prof. Dr. Catherine Lutz
The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and Department of Anthropology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Interests: military, war, and society; race and gender; democracy; automobility and inequality; subjectivity and power; photography and cultural history; critical theory; anthropological methods; sociocultural contexts of science and technology; U.S. twentieth century history and ethnography; asia-pacific
Interests: military, war, and society; race and gender; democracy; automobility and inequality; subjectivity and power; photography and cultural history; critical theory; anthropological methods; sociocultural contexts of science and technology; U.S. twentieth century history and ethnography; asia-pacific
Dr. Thomas (Tad) McIlwraith
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Interests: northern Indigenous peoples; lands and resource management; linguistic anthropology; oral history; life history; ethnographic theory and method; hunting
Interests: northern Indigenous peoples; lands and resource management; linguistic anthropology; oral history; life history; ethnographic theory and method; hunting
Prof. Dr. Janet McIntosh
Department of Anthropology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02453, USA
Interests: linguistic anthropology; language ideology; psychological anthropology; personhood; essentialism; colonialism and postcoloniality; identity; whiteness studies; military studies; nationalism; East Africa and United States
Interests: linguistic anthropology; language ideology; psychological anthropology; personhood; essentialism; colonialism and postcoloniality; identity; whiteness studies; military studies; nationalism; East Africa and United States
Prof. Dr. Barbara D. Miller
Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Interests: cultural anthropology; Social inequality especially class, gender, and race; social change, programs, and policy; food, health, heritage; Washington DC to West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, the Potomac River; India/South Asia
Interests: cultural anthropology; Social inequality especially class, gender, and race; social change, programs, and policy; food, health, heritage; Washington DC to West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, the Potomac River; India/South Asia
Dr. Daniel Monterescu
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University Private University, Quellenstraße 51 | A-1100 Wien, Austria
Interests: sociology and social anthropology
Interests: sociology and social anthropology
Department of Anthropology, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB E3B 5G3, Canada
Interests: human ecology; historical ecology; native resource management; savanna and tropical forest adaptive systems; South American early hunter/gatherers; Agrarian societies past and present; complex societies; Latin American archaeology and ethnography
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Interests: human ecology; historical ecology; native resource management; savanna and tropical forest adaptive systems; South American early hunter/gatherers; Agrarian societies past and present; complex societies; Latin American archaeology and ethnography
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