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BLEGEN, Nicholas
Research Interests: human evolution, archaeology of the African Stone Age and Eurasian Paleolithic, lithic technology, geoarchaeology, and experimental archaeology.
Cultural Areas: Africa
Office: Beach Hall 448
Office Phone: 6-1933
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BOOTH, Robert
Research Interests: politics of identity, human rights, anthropology of Europe, anthropology of museums, historical anthropology, nostalgia, tradition revival, anthropology of religion, magic, faith healing, new religious movements (NRMs), religious conversion.
Cultural Areas: Central/Southeastern Europe(Slovenia and Istria), North

Office: Beach Hall 436
Office Phone: 6-0069
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BRAULT, Marie Research Interests: applied medical anthropology, interactions between biomedicine and ethnomedicine, the doctor-patient relationship, sexual risk and HIV/STIs.
Cultural Areas: North America, Mozambique, India 
Office: Beach Hall 407
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BROSSARD-PARENT, Nancy
Research Interests: American Indian Education, Educational Anthropology in K-12 settings, Environmental Education, American Indian Identities in Contemporary U.S.
Cultural Areas: Northeast and Southwest Native America
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BULLED, Nicola Research Interests: Applied Medical Anthropology, health seeking behaviors, HIV/STIs, tuberculosis
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Office: Beach Hall 442
Office Phone: 6-4850
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BUERGER, Catherine        

Research Interests: Human rights, legal anthropology, nationalism, justice, African courts and constitutions
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CLIFTON, Breanne

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Office: Beach Hall 448
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COBLYIN, Summer Research Interests:
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COLON, Richard
Research Interests:Applied Medical Anthropology:  HIV/3AIDS, adherence to medication therapies, alcohol abuse and violence prevention.
Cultural Areas: North America
Office: Beach Hall 436
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CRUZ, Heather Cowan Research Interests: North American prehistoric archaeology,lithic technology, experimental archaeology, GIS and archaeology, trade and exchange
Cultural Areas: New England, Illinois Valley
Office: Beach Hall 436
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FINKEL, Daniel
Research Interests: Human evolution and behavior, social cognition, morality, music
Cultural Areas: Israel
Office: Beach Hall 401
Office Phone: 6-0076
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FRANK, Cynthia
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GLAUBERMAN, Philip
Research Interests: Lithic technology, Palaeolithic Archaeology, loess Geology, Geoarchaeology, GIS, Hominin Evolution, Palaeoclimatic reconstruction, Archaeological theory, Epistemology of Anthropology/Archaeology.
Cultural Areas: Northwest Europe.
Office: Beach Hall 450
Office Phone: 6-4513
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GRANT, Jaime
Research Interests: precontact settlement and subsistnce patterns in eastern North America with a focus on the of GIS and relational databases in landscape archaeology and geomorphology. 
Cultural Areas: New England.
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HART, Thomas

Research Interests: Palaeoethnobotany, phytoliths, starch grains, the interaction between humans and their environment, the spread of agriculture into Europe, the domestication process, early state level societies, the role of plants in hominin diet and evolution.
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Office: Beach Hall 403
Office Phone: 6-0092
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HILL, Austin (Chad)
Research Interests: Zooarchaeolgy
Cultural Areas: Israel
Office:Beach Hall 451
Office Phone:6-4516
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HRYNICK, Martin

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JACOBS, Rebecca Research Interests: globalization, material culture, the invention of tradition, cultural commoditization, tourism and tourist art, and women's cooperatives.
Cultural Areas: Central and South America.
Office: Beach Hall 407
Office Phone: 6-0068
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KERR, Melissa

Research Interests: women in Islam, NGOs and civil society, refugees and resettlement, material culture, transnationalism.
Cultural Areas: Afghanistan and Central Asia.
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  KIPER, Jordan                Research Interests:
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LESLIE, David Research Interests: lithic technology of the Middle Stone Age and Middle Paleolithic, projectile technology, lithic reduction sequences, human evolution, GIS applications in archaeology, and evolution education and outreach.
Cultural Areas: Africa
Office: Beach Hall 448
Office Phone: 6-1933
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LERMAN, Shir

Research Interests: applied medical anthropology, mental health care, depression, anthropology of religion, Catholicism, faith healing,
immigration, health care access
Cultural Areas: Hispanic Caribbean, eastern United States
Office: Beach Hall 403
Office Phone: 6-0092
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MAGNUS, Barry
Research Interests: Medical Anthropology.
Cultural Areas: United States
Office: Beach Hall 401
Office Phone: 6-0076
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MANT, Alison Research Interests:
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MATARAZZO, Tiziana
Research Interests: Early Bronze Age cultures in Southern Italy from a micromorphological and geoarchaeological perspective.
Cultural Areas: Southern Europe, Italy.
Office: Beach Hall 451
Office Phone: 6-4516
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MEIER, Jacqueline         

Research Interests: Zooarchaeology of the Near East, migration, the process of domestication, human-animal relationships, bone tool technology, GIS spatial analysis.
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Office: Beach Hall 451
Office Phone: 6-4516
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MMAO, Albina Research Interests: Medical Anthropology; Combating HIV/AIDS in Tanzania: How can the Traditional Healers be Effectively Utilized?
Cultural Areas: Tanzania; East Africa
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MUELLER, Katherine

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NICOLAYSEN, Anna Marie
Research Interests: Organic agriculture, Food and nutrition, Fair Trade, Biodiversity, Political economy, Sustainable development, Migrant farmworkers and Drinking behavior, HIV-prevention.
Cultural Areas: Ecuador, India, Norway and the United States.
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OFFIAELI, Rita
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OSTRACH, Bayla

Research Interests: Applied Medical Anthropology, Critical Medical Anthropology, abortion access, reproductive healthcare, obstacles to healthcare including Medicaid eligibility and legal barriers.
Cultural Areas: Catalunya (Spain), immigrant populations, Oregon.
Office: Beach Hall 437
Office Phone: 6-0093
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PHILLIPS, Erika

Research Interests: Evolution of religion, othering, cooperation, behavioral ecology.
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PROSSER, Marisa
Research Interests: Migration, Cultural Identity, Families & Childrearing practices.
Cultural Areas: Central America(Costa Rica & Nicaragua) & United States.
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PURZYCKI, Benjamin
Research Interests: evolutionary psychology and cognitive science of religion, humor, and myth, evolution of religious behavior and beliefs; colonialism and Fourth World studies.
Cultural Areas: Tuva Republic and Native North America
Office: Beach Hall 440
Office Phone: 6-0075
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QUINN, James

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RICHARDS, Katharine
Research Interests: Human behavioral ecology, evolution of cooperation, altruism, revenge, reciprocity.
Cultural Areas: Africa, Europe, India
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ROBINSON, David
Research Interests: applied marine geophysics, artifact conservation, cultural resource management, ethnohistory, geographic information systems, geoarchaeology, landscape archaeology, nautical archaeology, peopling of the Americas, submerged settlements archaeology
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SAMEI,  Siavash

Research Interests: Zooarchaeology, Neolithic transition, domestication, human migratory patterns, paleoeconomic reconstruction, sociopolitical evolution.
Cultural Areas: Iran; The Zagros; the Near East.
Office: Beach Hall 451
Office Phone: 6-4516
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SHAVER, John
Research Interests:The evolution of cooperation,social learning,cultural evolution, child development, behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology.
Cultural Areas: Fiji, United States
Office: Beach Hall 440
Office Phone: 6-0075
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SHEPARD, Ronnie

Research Interests: Cultural manifestations of gender, sexuality, and masculinity in contemporary Ecuador.
Cultural Areas: South America
Office: Beach Hall 442
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SINGER, Zachary

Research Interests: Paleoindian archaeology, lithic technology, thermo-luminescence, and UConn Pre-Contact archaeology field school.
Cultural Areas: New England
Office: Beach Hall 308
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SCHMIDT, Beverly Research Interests: Paleolithic archaeology, Neandertals, lithic technology, human origins and behavioral evolution, quantitative methods, Pleistocene geology, GIS and spatial analysis, and computer applications in archaeological fieldwork.
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Office: Beach Hall 403
Office Phone: 6-0092
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SWARTWOUT, Paul Research Interests: I am interested in applying Darwinian theory to religion. I want to understand the origin of religious beliefs and behaviors, their possible adaptiveness, and their effects on cooperation and group cohesion
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  THOMAS, Zareen Research Interests:
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VON BAEYER , Madelynn

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WALES, Nathan
Research Interests: human evolution, the Middle and Upper Paleolithic, GIS, and ancient DNA preservation and extraction.
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Office: Beach Hall 450
Office Phone: 6-4513
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  WITTSTEIN, Jeanette Research Interests:
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ZEPHYAIRE, Anyazelie

Research Interests: Cyborg Anthropology, Queer and feminist Theory, Science and Technology Studies (STS). Technologies of the body, the politics of affinity, intersections of gender and mental health.
Cultural Areas: Trans* and Neurodivergent Spaces.
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