Anthropology

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Enquiries: 905 525-9140 Ext. 24424
Website: https://anthropology.mcmaster.ca/

Faculty / Fall 2017

Professors

Ellen Badone, B.A., M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (California, Berkeley)/ Joint appointment with Religious Studies
Megan Brickley, B.A. (Birmingham), M.Sc., Ph.D. (U. London) /Canada Research Chair in the Bioarchaeology of Human Disease
Aubrey Cannon, B.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
John Colarusso, B.A. (Cornell), M.A. (Northwestern), Ph.D. (Harvard)/ Joint appointment with Modern Languages
Ann Herring, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Hendrik Poinar, B.Sc., M.Sc. (California), Ph.D. (Munich)/Canada Research Chair in Paleogenomics
Petra Rethmann, B.A. (Vienna), M.A. (Munich), Ph.D. (McGill)/Chair

Associate Professors

Tristan Carter, B.A. (U. Nottingham), Ph.D. (U. London)
Dawn Martin-Hill, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/ Joint appointment with Indigenous Studies Program (Director)
Tina Moffat, B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Tracy Prowse, B.Sc., M.A. (Alberta), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Andrew Roddick, B.A., M.A. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (California, Berkeley)
Kee Yong, M. Phil., Ph.D. (CUNY)

Assistant Professors

Andrew Gilbert, B.A. (U. California, Santa Cruz), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago)
Karen McGarry, B.A., M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (York)
Shanti Morell-Hart, B.A. (UTSA), M.A., Ph.D. (Califorina-Berkeley)

Associate Members

Eduard G. Reinhardt, B.A., Ph.D. (Carleton)/ School of Geography and Earth Sciences
Celia Rothenberg, B.A. (Wellesley), M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Toronto)/ Religious Studies
Henry Schwarcz, B.A. (Chicago), M.S., Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology), F.R.S.C. /School of Geography and Earth Sciences, Emeritus

Adjunct Members

Christopher Ellis, B.A.(Waterloo), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)/ Anthropology, University of Western Ontario
Kathryn Goldfarb, B.A.(Rice University), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago)
Ronald Hancock, B.Sc., M.Sc. (New Zealand), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Andrew Martindale, B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (Toronto)/ Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Robert W. Park, B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Alberta)/ Anthropology, University of Waterloo
Peter Ramsden, B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Michael Spence, B.A., M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Southern Illinois)/ Anthropology, University of Western Ontario
Gary Warrick, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (McGill)/ Contemporary Studies, Wilfrid Laurier

Areas of Specialization

Ph.D. students conduct fieldwork in many parts of the world. The study of European societies is a new area of interest in the Department. The Department’s Ph.D. students have recently engaged in research in Spain, Western Samoa, Nepal, Mesoamerica, Italy, India, Mexico, Chile, Belize, Antigua, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Argentina, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, as well as in various provinces of Canada.

The McMaster Anthropology Department offers specializations in Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and Culture, Health and Disease. More specially, it defines itself in terms of topical areas and issues that its faculty and graduate students investigate. The main fields of inquiry of members of the Department include: anthropology of health, applied anthropology, archaeological history, complex societies, ethno history, indigenous studies, material culture, molecular anthropology, osteology and socio-environmental studies.

Culture, Health, and Disease draws together core anthropology faculty and students across our sub-disciplines, with interests in cultural, historical, and biocultural thematic areas of focus. This program takes advantage of the many links to health research areas at McMaster and beyond.

Admission and program requirements conform to the general University regulations at the front of this Calendar.

Upon arrival at McMaster a graduate student will either select or be tentatively assigned a faculty advisor from the Department. Together, the student and the advisor will determine the individual program of study to be followed. This program must be ratified by the Department Chair and the Graduate Committee.

Programs

• Anthropology, M.A.

• Anthropology, Ph.D

• Anthropology Courses

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