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Douglas Bird
Professor of Anthropology
(814) 863-1096
Ethnoarchaeology, socio-ecological systems, livelihoods in arid lands, behavioral ecology, Aboriginal Australia
Rebecca Bliege Bird
Professor of Anthropology
(814) 863-2391
Human-environment interactions, Hunter gatherer socio-ecology, human behavioral ecology, costly signaling, gender
José M. Capriles
Associate Professor of Anthropology
(814) 865-7835
Environmental archaeology, human ecology, pastoralism, South American archaeology, zooarchaeology
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Assistant Research Professor in the Institutes of Energy and Environment, and Assistant Research Professor of Anthropology
814-863-6344
Alejandra Domic
Assistant Research Professor
(814) 865-7835
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Director of the Matson Museum of Anthropology
Associate Research Professor of Anthropology
Affiliate Professor of Art History
(814) 865-2033
Archaeology of the Americas, Mesoamerican Art and Architecture, Maya civilization, material and visual culture, museum studies, decolonization/indigenization, ancient politics
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Film Production/Media Studies
Sagan Friant
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
(814) 865-3129
Evolutionary anthropology of human health, disease ecology, nutrition, socio-ecological systems, bushmeat hunting, Nigeria
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Anthropology
Ken Hirth
Professor of Anthropology
(814) 863-9647
Ancient economy, Mesoamerican archaeology, cultural complexity, household archaeology, craft production
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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Assistant Professor
Kazuhiko Kawasaki
Associate Research Professor of Anthropology
(814) 863-0032
Evolution of mineralized tissues, Evo-devo of the skull, Biomineralization, Evolution of genomes
Susan Perrine-2
Associate Research Professor of Anthropology
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Assistant Teaching Professor of African Studies and Anthropology
(814) 865-5406
Laurel Pearson
Associate Teaching Professor of Anthropology
(814) 863-7740
George (PJ) Perry
Professor of Anthropology and Biology
(814) 863-7654
Impact-driven science, human evolutionary medicine, human impacts on non-human evolutionary biology
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Assistant Professor
Social Science Research Institute Co-funded Faculty Member
Climate adaptation, public health, livelihoods, intergroup relations, evolution of cooperation, human behavioral ecology, evolutionary social science, anthropology and industry, East Africa
David Puts
Professor of Anthropology
(814) 867-0453
behavioral endocrinology, evolutionary psychology, sex differences, sexual selection, sexuality
Erick Rochette
Associate Teaching Professor of Anthropology
Asher Yoel Rosinger
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Anthropology. Environmental Health Sciences Program Area Leader
Director of Water, Health and Nutrition Lab
On sabbatical for the 24-25 academic year
Water and dietary intake, water insecurity, hydration status, environmental and lifestyle transitions, anthropometrics, global health
Mary K. Shenk
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Demography, and Asian Studies
Faculty Associate, Population Research Institute
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Human Ecology
(814) 863-1045
Human behavioral ecology, anthropological demography, evolutionary demography, fertility, parental investment, marriage, kinship, inequality, India, Bangladesh
Mark Shriver
Professor of Anthropology
(814) 863-1078
Human Genetics, Population Genetics, Population Genomics, Sexually Dimorphism, Pigmentation, Hair Form, Facial Features, Predictive Biometrics, Molecular Photofitting, DNA Phenotyping
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Assistant Research Professor
Laura Weyrich
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Bioethics
(814) 867-0016
Microbiome adaptation and evolution; medical microbiology; anthropological genetics; ancient DNA; paleomicrobiology; paleoecology; bioethics; dentistry; and Indigenous health