Department of Anthropology

http://www.anthropology.mcmaster.ca
Faculty as of January 15, 2026

CHAIR

Tristan Carter

PROFESSORS

Megan Brickley/B.A. (Birmingham), M.Sc. (University College London), Ph.D. (London, UK), former Canada Research Chair in Bioarchaeology of Human Disease
Aubrey Cannon/B.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Tristan Carter/ B.A. (Nottingham), Ph.D. (University College, London)
Tina Moffat/B.Sc. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Hendrik Poinar/(Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences) 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. (Pennsylvania)
Basit Iqbal/B.A. (Alberta), M.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)
Karen McGarry/B.A., M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (York)
Tracy Prowse/B.Sc., M.A. (Alberta), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Andrew Roddick/B.A. (British Columbia), M.A., Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)
Yana Stainova/B.A. (Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown)
Kee Howe Yong/M.Phil., Ph.D. (CUNY)

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Peter Ramsden/B.A. (University of Toronto), M.A. (University of Calgary), Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
Shanti Morell-Hart/B.A. (UTSA), M.A., Ph.D. (California-Berkeley)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Amanda Wissler/B.A. (California-Berkley), M.A.(Arizona State University), Ph.D. (Arizona State University)

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Ana Duggan/B.Sc. (Newfoundland), M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Leipzig)
Scott Martin/B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Durham, UK), Ph.D. (Cambridge, UK)
Myriam Nafte/ B.A. (York), BEd (Brock), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster) 
Afroza Sultana/B.A., M.A.(Jahangirnagar University), M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (McMaster) 

ADJUNCT PROFESSORS

Gary Warrick/B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (McGill)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Ellen Amster/(Religious Studies, Family Medicine) B.A. (Chicago), M.A., Ph.D. (Pennsylvania)
Celia Rothenberg/(Religious Studies) B.A. (Wellesley, Massachusetts), M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Toronto)

(Applicable to all Anthropology programs)

Anthropology includes the three major subfields of Sociocultural Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and Archaeology. It should be noted that each subfield has its own sequence of courses and prerequisites.

Note

1. Students are strongly encouraged to consult the Anthropology web site to determine sessional course offerings, as not all Level II, III, and IV courses are offered each year: http://anthropology.mcmaster.ca/programs

Programs

• Combined Honours in Anthropology and Another Subject (B.A.)
• Honours Anthropology (B.A.)
• Honours Anthropology Co-op (B.A.)

• Anthropology (B.A.)

• Minor in Anthropology