Anthropology

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

Faculty / Fall 2024

Professors

Megan Brickley, B.A. (Birmingham), M.Sc., Ph.D. (U. London) /Former Canada Research Chair in the Bioarchaeology of Human Disease
Aubrey Cannon, B.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Tristan Carter, B.A. (U. Nottingham), Ph.D. (U. London)
John Colarusso, B.A. (Cornell), M.A. (Northwestern), Ph.D. (Harvard)/ Joint appointment with Linguistics and Languages
Tina Moffat, B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Hendrik Poinar, B.Sc., M.Sc. (California), Ph.D. (Munich)/ Joint appointment with Biochemistry 
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)
Karen McGarry, B.A., M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (York)
Tracy Prowse, B.Sc., M.A. (Alberta), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Andrew Roddick, B.A., M.A. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (California, Berkeley)/Chair
Kee Yong, M. Phil., Ph.D. (CUNY)

Assistant Professors

Basit Iqbal, B.A. (Alberta), M.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (California, Berkeley)
Yana Stainova, B.A. (Mount Holyoke College), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown University)
Amanda Wissler, B.A. (California, Berkeley), M.A., Ph.D. (Arizona)
Adrianne Xavier, B.A. (McMaster), M.A., Ph.D. (Royal Roads)

Associate Members

Celia Rothenberg, B.A. (Wellesley), M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Toronto)/ Religious Studies

Assistant Professors

Ana Duggan, B.A., B.Sc. (Memorial), M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Max Planck)
Scott Martin, B.A. (McMaster), M.A (Durham), Ph.D. (Cambridge)

Areas of Specialization

Ph.D. students conduct fieldwork in many parts of the world. 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.

Applicants will indicate their preference for faculty advisors on their application to the program.  If accepted to the program, their advisor will be indicated on the offer letter.  Together, the student and the advisor will determine the composition of the student’s advisory committee and idividual program of study to be followed.  This program must be ratified by the student’s advisory committee. 

Programs

• Anthropology, M.A.

• Anthropology, Ph.D

• Anthropology Courses

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