Anthropology

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

Faculty / Fall 2020

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
Hendrik Poinar, B.Sc., M.Sc. (California), Ph.D. (Munich)
Petra Rethmann, B.A. (Vienna), M.A. (Munich), Ph.D. (McGill)

Associate Professors

Cal Biruk, B.A. (Bryn Mawr College), Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
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)
Karen McGarry, B.A., M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (York)
Tina Moffat, B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Chair
Shanti Morell-Hart, B.A. (UTSA), M.A., Ph.D. (Califorina-Berkeley)
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

Basit Iqbal, B.A. (University of Alberta), M.A. (University of Toronto), M.A. (UC Berkley), Ph.D. (UC Berkley)
Yana Stainova, B.A. (Mount Holyoke College), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown University)

Associate Members
 

Ellen Amster, B.A. (Chicago), M.A., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania)
Eduard Reinhardt, B.A., Ph.D. (Carleton)
Celia Rothenberg, B.A. (Wellesley), M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Toronto)/ Religious Studies
Gary Schwartz, B.A. (University of Chicago), M.Sc., Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology, Geology)

Adjunct Members

James Conolly, B.A.(University of Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (University College London)
Kathryn Goldfarb, B.A.(Rice University), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago)
Peter Ramsden, B.A.(University of Toronto), M.A.(University of Calgary), Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Gary Warrick, Ph.D. (McGill)

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 Western and Eastern Europe, North, South and Central America, Southern Africa, Middle East, U.K., South and Southeast Asia, South Pacific, as well as in various provinces of Canada.

The McMaster Anthropology Department offers specializations in Archaeology, Socio-cultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and Health. Please see the Anthropology website for the main fields of inquiry of Anthropology Department faculty members.

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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