Harvard University's Department of Anthropology was established in 1886 in response to the demand for instruction in archaeology, ethnology, and physical anthropology to complement the Peabody Museum’s already world-renowned collections. Since its inception, the department, in spite of its relatively small size, has trained a disproportionately large number of the major anthropological scholars in the United States and the world. Reflecting its history and continued commitment to an integrated study of all aspects of anthropology, the department offers courses in three special fields: archaeology, biological anthropology, and social anthropology.

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Alfred M. Tozzer Library continue to be the major resource bases for anthropology in the University. The Tozzer, with its 250,000 volumes, is the only anthropology library that indexes articles by both subject and author. The museum’s collections, archives, photographic, and conservation facilities are available to all members of the department. In addition to its distinguished collections, the Peabody Museum houses the anthropology department which has laboratory facilities in mass spectometry, genetics, paleontology, skeletal biology, -reproductive ecology, and nutritional ecology.

Beyond the immediate limits of the graduate anthropology programs, Harvard also offers intellectual opportunities for graduate students that are difficult to match elsewhere —Widener Library, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Bauer Center for Genomics Research, the Concord Field Station, the Fogg Art Museum, the computing resources, and, above all, the distinguished departments in the other social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities. Members of the Department of Anthropology often coordinate their research with other faculties in the University and encourage their students to tailor programs to their individual interests, drawing on all assets of the University. Additional research opportunities at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Brandeis, and other educational institutions in the Boston area are available to faculty and students of the department through a coordinated program of facility sharing.

Fieldwork or lab work, essential components of graduate training in the department, is available to students as participants on Harvard-sponsored projects or through individual projects. Another opportunity offered to graduate students, after their first or second year of study, is assisting faculty members in the preparation and teaching of undergraduate courses.

Each year prominent scholars throughout the world are invited to participate in the department’s seminar series, designed to give faculty and graduate students occasions to -discuss the concerns of current research and to debate directions for the future.

Master of Arts (AM)

Usually, students applying only for a master’s degree will not be admitted. (An exception to this general rule will be made for applicants to the medical anthropology program.) Since one of the principal objectives of advanced training in anthropology is preparation for college teaching, for which the doctor’s degree is generally required, the master’s degree in anthropology is not taken as an end in itself. It may be awarded at some point during the student’s progress toward the doctorate if the student qualifies and so desires; or, in some cases, as a terminal degree for students unable or unwilling to continue toward the doctorate. As the statutes of the University state that at least one year of residence at the full tuition rate is required for each Harvard degree, those students who take a Harvard AM are reminded that when they continue for the PhD, they must complete an additional year of residence in the Harvard Graduate School at the full tuition rate.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Prerequisites for Admission

A bachelor’s degree, ordinarily with distinction. Previous concentration in anthropology is not required. All applicants are required to take the aptitude tests of the Graduate Record Examinations. In addition to academic -qualifications, admission depends on the availability of faculty supervision in a student’s prospective research area.

Academic Residence

Minimum of two years of full-time study (up to 16 half-courses or equivalent). The department considers a period of five years in residence the norm for PhD candidates, after which they will receive lowest priority for access to departmental aid and facilities. For financial residence requirements, see the GSAS Guide to Admissions and Financial Aid.

Financial Aid

Students admitted to the PhD program receive five years of funding. This guarantee by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) includes tuition and fees, plus ten months of stipend support in the G-1 and G-2 years; two years of support from guaranteed teaching fellowships in the G-3 and G-4 years and a final year of support for dissertation completion. Two-month summer research awards are available for the summers following the first and second years. Awards are reviewed annually and are contingent upon students making satisfactory progress in their programs.

Prospective graduate students are urged to apply for outside fellowships that offer tuition and stipend support during graduate school. These include the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships, and the US Department of Education’s Jacob K. Javits Fellowships. Application deadlines for these fellowships are in the fall, well before Harvard’s admissions deadline. Eligible applicants are encouraged to investigate these funding opportunities early in the application season.

Anthropology students are eligible for Harvard grants, including summer or term-time research awards, traveling fellowships, and dissertation completion awards. Many students also receive support from such sources as the Social Science Research Council, the National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships, and scholarships offered by
other departments or research centers in the University.

Program of Study

Each special field or wing within anthropology has its own program of study and examination procedure. Students apply to one of these programs. A student may change his or her area of interest after admission to the program contingent upon the continued willingness and availability of a faculty member to supervise the student’s research.

Admission

The application for admission may be obtained and submitted at www.gsas.harvard.edu.

Archaeology

The principal objectives of the graduate program in archaeology are to provide 1) informed, critical examinations of core issues in archaeology, 2) comprehensive training in principal methods and theories of anthropologically oriented archaeology, and 3) direction and support for PhD candidates preparing for research and teaching positions in a wide variety of domains of archaeological practice. While students who wish to pursue PhD training in any area of expertise are invited to apply to the program, there are several domains of particular strength in terms of faculty interests, departmental facilities, and institutional resources. Principal strengths in archaeology at Harvard include: a) the archaeology of complex societies, b) the archaeology of ethnicities and languages, c) archaeology, art and religion, d) the archaeology of human evolution, and e) environmental archaeology/bioarchaeology. Students are strongly encouraged to select one of these areas of specialization in focusing their work, although the specific program of study pursued by each student will be developed in close consultation with his/her principal advisor and advisory committee. In addition to a primary area of specialization, all students are expected to acquire a basic understanding of the archaeology of complex societies in both the Old and New Worlds as well as general knowledge of those aspects of ethnography, ethnology, and biological anthropology that have particular relevance to his/her area(s) of interest in archaeology. In certain cases, joint programs of study in archaeology and either biological anthropology or social anthropology can be arranged. The expectation is that the student will be able to complete the program in six years.

Each student will have a faculty advisor, whose research interests will be close to those of the student. For the first five semesters, the student’s progress will be overseen by an Advisory Committee, normally consisting of the advisor, the Director of Graduate Studies, and one other archaeology faculty member. After the fifth semester, examining and dissertation committees will be chosen on the basis of the student’s domain(s) of specialization. The progress of each student will be assessed annually by the archaeology wing faculty, and this appraisal will be communicated to the candidate. An overall B+ average is expected of the student. Incomplete (INC) grades are expected to be made up on time (by the end of the term following the term in which the INC was taken). No grade of INC can fulfill any departmental requirement. A record with INC is likely to jeopardize a student’s chances of obtaining teaching fellowships and financial awards.

Course Requirements

During the first two years of graduate study, the student will normally enroll in 16 half-courses (four each term). Within this program of study, the following requirements must be fulfilled:

a) Anthropology 2070a, Archaeological Method and Theory: pro-seminar;

b) Anthropology 2070b, Case Studies and Research Proposal Preparation: pro-seminar;

c) One half-course on human evolution (normally Science B-27);

d) One half-course on Ethnography and Archaeology (Anthropology 1090) or an appropriate replacement course in social anthropology or in an area studies program;

e) A course on the origins of agriculture (e.g., Anthropology 1040) or on the archaeology of hunting and gathering societies;

f) Four half-courses, two each in Old World and New World complex societies; and

g) Seven half-courses in archaeology or other fields chosen in consultation with the advisor and advisory committee. In the latter category, serious consideration should be given to taking courses outside the Department of Anthropology in fields related to the student’s domain(s) of interest (e.g., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Biology, Near Eastern Studies, Classical Archaeology, History, Chemistry, Modern or Ancient Languages, etc.).

Courses taken to fulfill requirement (g) must be passed with a grade of B- or better. In addition, students are expected to continue to take formal classes into their third or fourth year should these be relevant to fulfilling requirements (e.g., languages, see below) or to their domain(s) of study. Students are expected to obtain competence in quantitative methods or computer applications (e.g., GIS) as they relate to the practice of archaeology.

Languages

Proficiency in one modern, scholarly language other than English is required. In addition, the candidate must attain proficiency in a second scholarly language or in a field language or in a laboratory skill. The election of one among these options shall be made following consultation by the student with his/her advisor. Proficiency in language(s) and/or laboratory skill must be demonstrated before the special examination is taken.

Fieldwork

Although no specified period of fieldwork or field training is required, it is expected that each student’s program of study will include adequate experience in field methods through the student’s participation in archaeological field projects. This fieldwork is frequently related to gathering data for the dissertation.

Advisory Meeting

In addition to primary advisor(s), students will also have an advisory committee, con--sisting of three archaeology faculty members including the primary advisor(s), for the first five semesters of the student’s academic career. The student shall meet with their advisory committee at least once during each of the first two years of residence, generally before or during the first week of classes in the fall term. The purpose of these meetings is to review proposed plans of study, completion of the language and other requirements, and overall progress in the program. The Advisory Committee normally will comprise the student’s advisor, the director of graduate studies, and one additional faculty member.

General Examination

Near the end of the third term of graduate study there will be general examinations. These will comprise written and oral components pertaining to important issues in world archaeology. The purpose of the general examinations is to assess the progress of a student and determine his/her general knowledge of current archaeological issues. Students deemed weak in specific areas or topics will be required to retake the examination and/or to take designated courses.

Special Examination

After the general examinations, and normally near the end of the sixth term, the student will take an oral examination relating to a dissertation prospectus. The student is required to have developed and submitted the prospectus to each member of the examining committee at least two weeks before this examination. The examining committee shall consist of the student’s advisor(s) and at least two other faculty members, one of whom must be an archaeology program member, although any additional faculty member who wishes may participate in the examination. Normally, no candidate may submit an application to a funding source outside of Harvard University for either field or other research funding for dissertation preparation until this examination has been passed.

Dissertation Prospectus

A dissertation topic is developed in consultations among the student, the principal advisor, and other appropriate scholars. The dissertation pro-spectus comprises a proposal for carrying out the research on which the dissertation will be based. It should include a statement of the problem(s) and topic(s) to be addressed and how the student intends to address them. It normally should be no longer than 20 double-spaced typewritten pages of text and include relevant visual and bibliographic materials as well as details on possible funding sources. With the approval of the student’s advisor, the prospectus may be in the form of a proposal to the National Science Foundation for a dissertation improvement grant. Following the special examination, a final dissertation prospectus must be prepared if the examining committee deems the preliminary dissertation prospectus inadequate. The final version of the prospectus should be circulated for comment and approval to the special examination committee or to the dissertation committee at least two weeks before being placed on file with the department’s graduate program administrator. 

Dissertation Committee and Dissertation Defense

The dissertation committee will be composed of at least three members, two of whom must be archaeology program faculty members. The chair of the committee must be a member of the archaeology wing faculty. Normally the special examination committee and the dissertation committee will be composed of the same individuals, although it may be appropriate that substitutions or additions be made. A complete draft of the dissertation must be received by all members of the dissertation committee at least three months before the approved dissertation is due at the Registrar’s office and must be approved by that committee at least two months before the Registrar’s due date. A draft of the dissertation must be made available to other members of the Department at least two weeks before the public defense. The text of the dissertation, exclusive of charts, figures, and appendices, ordinarily may not exceed 250 typewritten pages.

The dissertation defense ordinarily consists of 1) an examination of the candidate by the dissertation committee at least two months before the dissertation is due at the Registrar’s office and 2) an oral presentation for a general audience, including other faculty members one month before that due date. Only after successful completion of the defense and only after the incorporation of any required revisions, signatures of the committee members must be obtained on the dissertation acceptance certificate, which is submitted with the bound dissertation to the Registrar’s office. The final manuscript of the dissertation must conform to the requirements described in The Form of the PhD Dissertation, available from the Registrar’s Office and online.

A complete draft of the dissertation is expected to be submitted by the end of the sixth year of graduate study, and the dissertation must be approved by the end of the eighth year of graduate study or the student will be required to withdraw (see above).

Biological Anthropology

The objective of the graduate program in biological anthropology is to provide the PhD candidate with comprehensive training in biological anthropology, within the broader field of anthropology, and evolutionary biology, as well as specialization in a particular research area. Although requirements in biological anthropology are normally sufficiently flexible to accommodate most research programs, we also encourage inter-departmental PhD programs when appropriate.

Upon admission, the student will meet with the biological anthropology faculty in the week before fall term begins and during the first week of term to plan a program of study that will take into account the student’s previous training and current academic interests. Two members of the faculty will be chosen as the student’s initial advisors. The progress of all students will be assessed annually by the biological anthropology faculty and this appraisal will be communicated to the candidate. An overall B+ average is expected of the student. Ordinarily, no student whose record contains any Incompletes will be allowed to register for the third term.

Course Requirements

Normally students will take at least eight half-courses in biological anthropology and related areas during their first two years in residence. These will normally include a designated course in each of four primary areas: human paleontology, genetics, human biology, and primate behavioral ecology. Courses designated to fulfill each of these areas will be determined by the biological anthropology faculty in September. Students may petition to substitute another area for one of these four primary areas. In addition, students must demonstrate a knowledge of social anthropology and archaeology equivalent to at least one half-course in each field. Each student’s program of study must receive the approval of his or her advisors.

Other Requirements

The philosophy of the department is that in order to become a qualified biological anthropologist, the student must acquire both theoretical grounding and technical skills. In practice, this means gaining experience with designing research projects, collecting data in the laboratory or field, and analyzing those data. To achieve this, students must take appropriate laboratory courses or undergo training in a field setting, as determined in consultation with the faculty. Competence in statistics is required of all candidates; any course work necessary to achieve such competence is to be completed by the time of the qualifying examinations. If students have little background in statistics, they would be well advised to take a statistics course before their entry into the graduate program. Depending upon the nature of the research to be undertaken for the PhD, the faculty may prescribe further skills, such as fluency in a field language, advanced laboratory skills, further quantitative skills, etc. The aim is to insure that a PhD candidate is well prepared to undertake and complete a particular program of PhD research. These requirements will therefore be reviewed in the context of the candidate’s proposed program at the time of the oral qualifying examination and at the dissertation prospectus committee meeting.

Qualifying Examinations

In conjunction with the courses designated above, qualifying examinations will be administered in the four primary areas. The respective course instructors will notify students when they pass each qualifying exam, subject to confirmation by the wing’s faculty.

In addition, students must submit a draft of a research proposal and take an oral examination. The oral exam is based on the research proposal which students develop in consultation with their advisors. The proposal should be written in the form of a Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award Proposal to the National Science Foundation. It should be circulated to all wing faculty at least a week before the exam is to occur. Students are expected to fulfill this requirement by the end of their second year in residence. The proposal may serve as a preliminary dissertation prospectus but is not required to do so.

If the examinations are passed conditionally, or if, despite failure, the student is encouraged to continue in the PhD program, the biological anthropology faculty will determine a program the student must complete within a specified period of time in order to become a candidate in the department. This program may involve further course work, papers, and/ or special examinations in specific areas of weakness, or the candidate may be required to retake the examinations. Failure to pass the qualifying examinations can be grounds for dismissal from the graduate program.

Dissertation Prospectus Conference

After completion of the qualifying examinations the candidate, in consultation with the advisors, will select a dissertation topic. The faculty will then designate a dissertation prospectus com-mittee of at least three members, normally at least two of whom shall be members of the Department of Anthropology.

The candidate will submit to this com-mittee a prospectus of approximately 2,000 words that embodies the general planning of the work and shows what contribution it will make to the field. The prospectus should give a concise statement of the problems being studied or hypotheses tested and a description of the manner in which the field or laboratory investigation will be carried out. The prospectus should conform to the format and length of an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award application. Ideally, the prospectus will also be a grant application. The readers will be determined by the faculty. The candidate will meet with the dissertation prospectus committee to discuss the prospectus and consider any necessary revisions, including the possibility that an alternate prospectus will be required. Approval of a dissertation prospectus, including any revisions, is expected by the end of the sixth term in residence; failure to gain approval by the end of the seventh term may be grounds for dismissal from the program.

Dissertation Committee and Dissertation Defense

An approved dissertation is normally expected by the end of the 12th term after entry into the graduate program. The dissertation committee will be composed of at least three readers. At least one reader will be a member of the biological anthropology faculty, and at least one reader will normally be outside that faculty. A complete dissertation must be received by all members of the dissertation committee at least three months before the approved dissertation is due at the Registrar’s Office; the candidate may well have to advance this due date for readers outside the Boston area. The text of the dissertation, exclusive of charts, figures, and appendices, may not exceed 250 typewritten pages.

At least one month before the dissertation is due at the Registrar’s Office, the candidate must pass a dissertation defense. This consists of an oral presentation for a general audience followed by an oral examination attended by the dissertation committee and other interested faculty. Only after successful completion of this examination and the incorporation of any revisions required by the dissertation committee may a candidate’s dissertation be approved for submission to the Registrar. The final manuscript of the dissertation must conform to the requirements described in The Form of the PhD Dissertation.

A complete draft of the dissertation must be submitted within five years after passing the qualifying examinations, and the dissertation approved within six years of passing those examinations. Failure to meet these deadlines will normally be grounds for dropping the student from candidacy. Any exceptions to these rules must be approved by the department, after petition by the candidate, and will normally require that the candidate be reinstated by formal readmission to the Graduate School and to the department; the student may also be required to retake the qualifying examinations.

Social Anthropology

Advisors

On admission to the program in social anthropology, each student is assigned an advisor. The student should seek out this advisor at least once a term to discuss his or her progress and to work out a plan of study. The student also should keep the advisor informed about progress while in the field. A new advisor may be appointed by the chair of the social anthropology wing on the initiative of either the student or the advisor at any time in the course of study.

Coursework

The course of study in social anthropology requires a minimum of 16 half-courses (not including TIME), at least 12 of which must be in anthropology.

Required Courses:

First Year

a) Pro-Seminar (two half-courses) ANTH 205a and 205b

All candidates are required to take the Pro-Seminar in Social Anthropology, which is a full-year course designed especially for first-year graduate students and intended to -introduce them to the history and theory of the field.

Any Year

b) Area-Specific Ethnography (one half-course)

All candidates are required to take one area-specific half-course devoted to the ethnography of the region in which they plan to do research. See Area Studies Research, below.

c) Related Courses (two half-courses)

The department requires PhD candidates to take at least one half-course in Archaeology and one half-course in Biological Anthropology. These courses should be selected in consultation with the student’s advisor. A student who has already done extensive work in these fields may petition to be excused from this requirement, as may a student whose advisor deems other courses more appropriate to his or her research interests.

Area Studies Requirement

All candidates must demonstrate knowledge of the literature relating to their proposed area of ethnographic research. Students should consult with their advisors to plan a course of study to meet this requirement, which will be tested at the time of the dissertation prospectus examination.

General Examination

All PhD candidates will be required to take a written examination towards the end of their third term (in the fall term of their second year). A satisfactory performance on this examination is required of all candidates before they may continue their PhD work. A reading list intended as a basic guide for this general examination is available from the Social Wing Graduate Program assistant.

Language

As a rule, students should demonstrate competence in two languages other than their first language.

Dissertation Prospectus and Conference

All candidates must, in consultation with their advisors, select a dissertation topic and describe their proposed doctoral research in a prospectus. The prospectus should 1) give a concise statement of the problem of the dissertation or of the hypotheses it proposes to test, 2) be situated in a scholarly understanding of the area, 3) provide a clear research design, and 4) demonstrate familiarity with the appropriate research methods. The dissertation prospectus shall be presented no later than the end of the
third year.

Dissertation and Defense

A dissertation committee, approved by the social anthropology wing, will review the dissertation and decide when it is ready for defense. The doctorate will be awarded when the candidate passes a defense. The final copy of the dissertation should be in committee members’ hands one month before the scheduled defense. The final manuscript of the dissertation must conform to the requirements described in The Form of the PhD Dissertation.

Satisfactory Progress to Degree

A candidate’s program will be reviewed annually by all members of the social anthropology wing. An overall B+ average is expected. First- year students must attain at least a B+ in each of the first-year required courses. All course requirements must be fulfilled and the general exam passed before the dissertation prospectus can be submitted. Candidates may not proceed to their dissertation research until the dissertation prospectus has been approved.

Normally, a complete draft of the dissertation must be submitted within five years after entering the program (exclusive of the time required to complete the dissertation fieldwork). Students entering their seventh year (exclusive of the time required to complete the dissertation fieldwork) must submit a letter to the wing requesting an extension of this time limit.

All students must be able to demonstrate that they are making satisfactory progress toward the completion of their degree. Failure to meet these deadlines normally will be grounds for dropping the student from candidacy. If dropped, a student can be reinstated only by formal readmission to the Graduate School and to the department; the student may also be required to retake the General Examination.

Special Programs

The social anthropology wing of the Anthropology Department will accept applications for the master’s degree in medical anthropology only from persons who have a demonstrable commitment to work in medicine and who want supplementary training in anthropology. Persons in this AM program are expected to provide their own funds.

The requirements for the special MA program in Medical Anthropology for PhD candidates in the History of Science include: 8 courses, 7 of which must be in Social Anthropology, including at least fall semester of the Pro-Seminar.

Candidates may also apply for the joint PhD in Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies. In addition, double degrees may be taken in the Department (PhD) and, respectively, in the Medical School (MD) and the Law School (JD). In addition students in the African and African American Studies PhD program may choose Social Anthropology as a special option.

Prerequisites for Admission

The requirements and standards are the same as those for the PhD as specified in this publication.

Academic Residence

The minimum program consists of one aca-demic year of full-time study (eight half-courses or equivalent) plus one summer. Where other professional or preprofessional commitments make it desirable to spread this year of course work over a two-year period, that will be permitted. Some students will want to take an extended program of full-time study over a two-year period, and in suitable cases that will also be allowed, but no AM candidate will be permitted to remain in residence for more than a two-year period. An overall B+ average is expected of the student.

Program of Study

A minimum of eight half-courses or equivalent, five of them in the Department of Anthropology, is required. These must include the first term of the Pro-Seminar, an ethnography course, and three courses in medical anthropology. Only one course may be included that is outside of social anthropology. Required courses above this minimum are determined individually. Each student will submit a dissertation which must be read and accepted by two department members.

Selected PhD Dissertation Titles
2001-2006

Archaeology

“The Evolution of Sheep and Goat Pastoralism and Social Complexity in Central Anatolia”

“The Adoption of Pastoralism in Northeast Asia, Monumental Transformation in the Egiin Gol Valley”

“From Harappa to Hastinapura: A Study of the Most Ancient South Asian City from the Point of View of the Ancient Indian Literature and the Archaeology of the Harappan and Gangetic Civilizations”

“Deciphering Classic Maya Political Hierarchy: Epigraphic, Archaeological, and Ethnohistoric Perspectives on the Courtly Elite”

“Diet, Health, and Lifestyle in Neolithic North China”

“Cultural Transformation and Regional Interaction on the Coast of Southeast China during the Neolithic Period”

“Micromorphological Observations from the Archaeological Sediments of ‘Ubeidiya (Israel), Dmanisi (Georgia) and Gran Dolina-TD 10 (Spain) for the Reconstruction of Hominid Occupation Contexts”

“Late Middle Palaeolithic Patterns of Lithic Reduction, Mobility, and Land Use in the Southern Caucasus”

 “The Yueshi Culture, the Dong Yi, and the Archaeology of Ethnicity in Early Bronze Age China”

“Socioeconomic and Political Organization in the Late Prehispanic Lambayeque Sphere, Northern North Coast of Peru”

“Maize Detection in Absorbed Pottery
Residues: Development and Archaeological Application”

“Urban Households in Early Bronze Age Communities of Syro-Palestine”

“Arid Zone Pastoralists in the Early Bronze Age Period in the Southern Levant”

“In the Shadow of the Acropolis: Rio Amarillo and Its Role in the Copan Polity”

“Behavioral Change and Regional Variation across the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Levant”

“Late Middle Palaeolithic Patterns of Lithic Reduction, Mobility, and Land Use in the Southern Caucasus”

“Unraveling Middle Archaic Expressions: A Multi disciplinary Approach Toward Feature and Material Culture Recognition in Southeastern New England”

Biological Anthropology

“Female-Female Competition and Male Sexual Coercion in Kanyawara Chimpanzees”

“Locomotor Energetics, Ranging Ecology, and the Emergence of the Genus Homo”

“Molecular Evolution of Genes Related to Primate Encephalization and Energetics”

“Determinants of Reproductive Function in Norwegian Women”

 “X-linked, Y-linked and Autosomal Microsatellite Variation in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)”

“Endocrinology and Ecology of Wild Female Chimpanzee Reproduction”

“The Validity of Digit Ratios in Approximating Perinatal Masculinization and Applications to the Study of Human Sexuality”

“Population Ecology of Gibbons and Leaf Monkeys Across a Gradient of Bornean Forest Habitats”

“Sex Differences in Mental Rotation: Shifting the Image of Male Superiority in Spatial Ability”

“Determinants of Ovarian Function in Young Women”

“Studies of Primate and Canid Social Cognition-”

“The Population Genetics of Alpha-2 Globin in Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and the Evolution of a Triplicated Alpha-2 Globin Gene”

“Reproductive Seasonality in Chimpanzees and Humans: Ultimate and Proximate Causes”

“Human Male Reproductive Strategies: Cross-Cultural and Endocrine Aspects”

“Imbalances of Power: How Chimpanzees Respond to the Threat of Intergroup -Aggression”

“The Evolutionary History of Chorionic Gonadotropin in Primates”

“Homology and Homoplasy in the Hominoid Postcranium”

“Faunal and Environmental Change Surrounding the Extinction of Sivapithecus, a Miocene Hominoid, in the Siwaliks of Pakistan”

Social Anthropology

“Cuban Museums and Afro-Cuban Heritage: Fragments and Transition in Daily Life”

“Too Poor to Own: Landlessness and the Politics of Survival in Rural Nepal”

“’Not Their Fathers’ Days’: Idioms of Time and Space in the Urban Arabian Gulf”

“Global Science: The Convergence of Biotechnology, Capitalism, and National Development in China”

“Return of Identity: Technology, Memory, and the Recognition of Srebrenica’s Missing”

“Convincing Women: Global Rights, Local Families, and the Moroccan Women’s Rights Movement”

“O Outro Lado: Candomblé, Psychiatry And Discourse In Bahia, Brazil”

“Elegy for Luck: Suicide in a County of North China”

“The Stakes of Recognition: Contesting American Indian Identity in Connecticut”

“Between Hearth and Celestial Court: Gender and the Politics of Shamanic Practices among the Buriats of Mongolia”

“Inconstant Homelands: Violence, Storytelling, and Community Politics among Kashmiri Hindu Migrants in New Delhi, India”

“Corridors of Peace: Adult commitments to doing good for children in post-apartheid South Africa”

“Locating History: Vietnam Veterans and Their Returns to the Battlefield, 1998-1999”

 “Chicago’s Public Parts: The Relationship between Government, Community, and Violence in the Redevelopment of a Public Housing Complex in the United States”

“An Economy of Merit: Women and Buddhist Monasticism in Zangskar, Northwest India”

Research Interests of Members of the Department of Anthropology