Graduate Faculty
Graduate faculty are appointed at all three campuses, and their campus affiliations are indicated below. Professors Emeriti, Cross Appointments, Anthropologists in Other Departments , Status Only Appointments and Adjunct Faculty may sit on graduate student committees, but they cannot supervise Anthropology graduate students.
Associate Graduate Faculty (indicated below by Associate Member) are Contractual Appointments and can advise Master's Graduate Students Only. They cannot supervise Ph.D. students.
Core Graduate Faculty
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Name, Contact |
Office |
Field |
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Associate Professor, UTSC (416) 287-7301 |
MW 386 (Main) AP 334 |
Social cultural anthropology, gender, kinship, ritual embodiment, environmentalism, anthropology of science, globalization; Melanesia |
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Professor (416) 978-2315 |
AP 518B |
Archaeology, Middle Eastern prehistory, Neolithic to Early Bronze, archaeological method and theory, archaeological survey; Jordan, Levant |
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Associate Professor (416) 946-3305 |
AP 228 |
Social cultural anthropology, violence & power, crime & policing, theories of modernity, anthropology of technology, nationalism, urban studies; Indonesia, South East Asia |
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Professor (416) 978-8850 |
AP 418 |
Paleoanthropology, functional anatomy, systematics, comparative primate anatomy, human origins, paleobiogeography West Eurasia, Africa |
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Professor, Graduate Chair (416) 978-3230 |
AP 270 |
Social cultural anthropology, gender, embodiment, symbolism, religion, medical anthropology, colonialism; Sudan, Africa, Middle East |
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Professor (416) 971-2684 |
AP 500 |
Paleoarchaeology, lithic analysis, history of archaeology, Near Eastern archaeology; Near East, France, South Africa |
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Assistant Professor, UTM/Asian Institute (416) 946-8988 (Main) (905) 569-4295 |
MCIS 269S (Main) HSC 358 |
Social cultural anthropology, social and semiotic theory, political economy of representation, written language, activism, development, social movements, media-studies, postcolonial state; Tamilnadu, India, South Asia |
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Professor (416) 978-2442 |
AP 540A |
Archaeology, complex hunter-gatherers; Western North America, North West Coast |
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Professor, UTM (905) 828-3783 (Main) (416) 946-0653 |
HSC 356 AP 522 |
Archaeology, agricultural origins, paleoethnobotany, human ecology; Eastern North America, Japan, China, Korea |
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Associate Professor (416) 978-0472 |
LA 306 (Trinity College) |
Borders and boundary-making, environment and anthropology, contested environments, theories of nature, wilderness and society; anthropology of animals (wildlife-human conflicts). |
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Professor (416) 585-4412 |
Birge Carnegie, Rm. 26 (VC) |
Linguistic anthropology, semiotics, youth culture; Italy, France, North America
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Assistant Professor, UTSC (416) 208-2892 (Main) (416) 946-0652 |
MW 380 (Main) AP 242 |
Religious change, ritual, transnationalism and diaspora, politics of culture; Ghana, London |
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Assistant Professor (416) 978-6050 |
AP 206 |
Activism, affect, sexuality and gender, ethics, social emergences, queer anthropology, intimacy, animal-human relationships, postcolonial cities; India |
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Professor (416) 978-4505 |
AP 400A |
Archaeology, zooarchaeology, hunter-gatherers, culture contact, ethnohistory; North America, Arctic
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| Gillison, Gillian Associate Professor (416) 978-4006 (Main) (416) 208-2650 gillison@trinity.utoronto.ca |
TC 36 (Trinity College) MW 282 |
Study of myth and ritual in non-literate societies, religion in the history of Anthropological theory, psychoanalysis, peoples of Oceania |
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Professor (416) 585-4419 |
228 (VC) |
Jews and Muslims, orientalism, cultural studies, semiotic and linguistic anthropology
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| Krupa, Christopher Assistant Professor, UTSC (416) 208-2893 chris.krupa@utoronto.ca |
MW 376 AP 522 |
Social and cultural anthropology, state and para-state, capitalism, labor and value, political and collective violence, race politics, historical anthropology; postcolonial Latin America, Andes, Ecuador |
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Professor, UTSC/Canada Research Chair (416) 287-7312 |
MW 284 AP 314 |
Social and cultural anthropology, hermeneutics, ritual, medical anthropology, ordinary ethics, historicity, person and subjectivity; Africa, Madagascar, Europe |
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Associate Professor (416) 978-4003 |
AP 404A |
Primatology, conservation biology, biogeography, evolutionary ecology; Madagascar |
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Professor, Canada Research Chair (416) 946-3693 |
AP 424 |
Economic anthropology, development and gender, theory, cultural studies; South East Asia
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Professor (416) 978-0652 (416) 946-8985 |
AP 336 MCIS 264S |
Language, ideology and political economy, gender and social structure; East and Mainland South East Asia, Vietnam |
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Associate Professor (416) 946-3587 |
AP 364A |
Linguistic anthropology, feminist anthropology, gender, socialization, ideology and political economy, stratified reproduction, work; USA, Canada, Philippines |
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Associate Professor, UTM (905) 828-3741 (Main) (416) 946-3320 |
HSC 346 AP 236 |
Archaeology, prehistory and history complex societies, ancient technology, material culture, social organization, regional inter-connections, agriculture; South Asia |
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Associate Professor, UTSC (416) 208-4812 mortensen@utsc.utoronto.ca |
MW 384 |
Cultural anthropology, heritage, anthropology of archaeology, tourism, representation, material culture, globalization and development; Central America, Honduras |
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Assistant Professor, UTM (905) 569-4851 (Main) (416) 946-0122 |
HSC 392 AP 332 |
Socio-cultural anthropology; anthropology of the state and citizenship; ethics and personhood; neoliberalism; labour, value, and affect; welfare; European public culture; Italy. |
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Associate Professor (416) 978-2754 |
AP 218 |
Subject formation, alternative modernities, affect, transnational migration, gender and psychoanalysis, health and religious movements, Catholicism; urban Mexico and Italy |
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Assistant Professor, UTSC (416) 208-4827 (Main) (416) 946-0652 |
MW 382 AP 242
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Biological anthropology, reproductive strategies, molecular genetics, sperm competition, female dominance, ringtailed lemur |
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Associate Professor, UTM (905) 828-3889 (Main) (416) 946-0652 |
HSC 352 AP 242
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Biological anthropology, molecular anthropology, human genetics, biomedical science; Americas |
| Paz, Alejandro Assistant Professor, UTSC (416) 208-2891 alejandro.paz@utoronto.ca |
MW 372 |
Language and Ethnicity, Media and Publics, Translation and Mediation; Israel in the Middle East |
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Professor (416) 978-4004 |
AP 528
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Biological anthropology, skeletal biology of past peoples; Southern Africa, North East North America |
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Associate Professor, UTM (905) 828-5449 |
HSC 400 |
Forensic anthropology: sex determination, human variation in modern populations, crime scene analysis
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Associate Professor, UTM (905) 828-3778 (Main) (416) 946-0056 |
HSC 390 AP 334 |
Social anthropology, anthropological theory, knowledge and epistemology, African witchcraft and globalization, transparency & accountability, climate change |
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Assistant Professor (416) 978-7787 |
AP 340 |
Globalization, capitalism, work, subjectivity, environment, nature, science, knowledge production, cultural translation, tourism, popular culture, gender; Japan, North America |
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Associate Professor, UTSC (416) 287-7347 (Main) (416) 946-0056 |
MW 316 AP 332 |
Biological anthropology, genetic demography, medical anthropology, statistics & computers; Gibraltar, eastern Canada |
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Associate Professor, UTSC (416) 287-7328 (Main) (416) 946-0653 |
MW 340 AP 522 |
Anthropological primatology, bioarchaeology, public health |
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Professor (416) 978-8112 |
AP 350
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Evolutionary biology, nutritional ecology, and global health consequences of young child feeding and care practices. |
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Associate Professor, UTM (905) 828-3776 (Main) (416) 946-0056 |
HSC 302 AP 334 |
Linguistic anthropology, conversation analysis, philosophy of language, children, grammar & interaction, gaze, gesture, creoles; Caribbean |
| Silcox, Mary Assistant Professor, UTSC (416) 208-5132 (Main) (416) 946-0652 msilcox@utsc.utoronto.ca |
MW 388 (Main) AP 242 |
Evolution, anatomy, and ecology of plesiadapiforms |
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Associate Professor, UTM (905) 828-3784 (Main) (416) 946-0653 |
NB 211 AP 522 |
Archaeology, ceramics, agricultural origins; Northeast North America |
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Associate Professor (416) 946-3587 |
AP 208 | Socio cultural anthropologist of contemporary urban transformation and welfare issues including homelessness, youth unemployment, single women's housing, and psychological health support system; East Asia, particularly South Korea |
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Assistant Professor (416) 946-5186 |
AP 504 |
Archaeology, complex societies, theory and method, religion and ideology; Andes, Latin America |
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Professor (416) 978-6909 |
Rm. 35 (TC) Angel’s Roost |
Religion and spirituality, methodology; Australia, Canadian arctic |
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Associate Professor (416) 978-2199 |
AP 234 |
Medical anthropology, feminist anthropology, international health, gender and sexuality, HIV/AIDS; Papua New Guinea |
| Yao, Alice Assistant Professor, UTM (905) 569-4380 alice.yao@utoronto.ca |
HSC 348 AP 422 |
Archaeology; China and mainland Southeast Asia; complex societies, intercultural exchange and imperialism, mortuary ritual, and material culture |
Active Emeriti, Associate Members, Status Only & Cross Appointments
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Name, Contact |
Office |
Field |
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Antze, Paul (Associate Member, Status Only) Associate Professor, York University (416) 736-2100 x 77094 |
York U, Social Sciences McLaughlin Bldg. |
Medical anthropology, psychological anthropology |
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Clark, Dylan (Associate Member) Assistant Professor, UTM (905) 828-5469 |
HSC 354 |
Cultural anthropology, gifts and commodities, criminality/legality, neo-liberalism, Whiteness, youth, cuisine |
| Clark, Terence (Status-Only) Curator, Canadian Museum of Civilization (819) 776-8300 terence.clark@civilization.ca |
100 Laurier St., Gatineau, QC |
Western Canadian Archaeology |
| Coleman, Simon (Cross Appointment) Professor, Centre for the Study of Religion/Jackman Humanities Institute (416) 978-4788 simon.coleman@utoronto.ca |
JHB, 170 St. George St. |
Evangelical and charismatic Christianities, creation science, pilgrimage, chaplaincies and intersections between religious and medical discourses, ritual, language, aesthetics, material culture, intersections and tensions between religious and political discourse; Sweden, the UK, Nigeria. |
| Cummings, Maggie (Associate Member) Assistant Professor, UTSC (416) 208-2699 mcummings@utsc.utoronto.ca |
MW 380 |
Social cultural anthropology, genders and sexualities, embodiment, morality, consumption, popular culture, race and modernities; Melanesia |
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Dei, George (Cross Appointment) Professor, OISE (416) 923-6641 x 2513 (416) 978-0460 |
OISE 12-242 |
Developmental education, international antiracism, ethnography research in schools, indigenous knowledge, anti-colonial thought; West Africa, Canada |
| Dewar, Genevieve (Associate Member) Assistant Professor, UTSC (416) 287-7352 (Main) (416) 946-3596 genevieve.dewar@utoronto.ca |
MW 342 AP 422 |
Bio-archaeology, marginal environments, hunter-gatherers, origins of modern human behaviour; southern Africa |
| Dutour, Olivier J., (Status Only) Director, d'Études à l'École Pratique des Hautes Études Laboratoire de Paléoanthropologie de l'EPHE olivier.dutour@ephe.sorbonne.fr |
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes - La Sorbonne |
Biological anthropology, skeletal and dental biology; bioarchaeology; forensic anthropology; paleopathology. |
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Forni, Silvia (Associate Member, Status Only) |
Royal Ontario Museum |
Social anthropology, material culture, art, gender; Africa, Cameroon |
| Gibbs, Alison (Associate Member, Cross Appointment) Senior Lecturer, Statistics (416) 946-7589 alison.gibbs@utoronto.ca |
SS 5016A |
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Gilbert, Andrew (Associate Member) Assistant Professor, UTM (905) 569-4995 (UTM) (416) 946-0122 (St. George) |
KN 208 AP 332 |
International Intervention, Anthropology of the State/State-Building, Political Anthropology, Nationalism and History, Socialism/Post-Socialism, Humanitarianism, European Studies; Bosnia-Herzegovina/Southeastern Europe |
| Gunz, Phillip (Status Only) Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig gunz@eva.mpg.de |
Dept. of Human Evolution, Deutscher Platz 6 04103 Leipzig, Germany |
Developmental and evolutionary changes in growth patterns and morphology of modern humans, their relatives and fossil ancestors. |
| Harrison, Timothy (Cross Appointment) Professor, Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations (416) 978-6600 tim.harrison@utoronto.ca |
BF 418 |
Complex Societies, Near Eastern Archaeology, Bronze & Iron Age Civilizations, Urbanism, Ethnicity, Exchange Networks, Ceramic Analysis, Archaeological Method/Theory |
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Heller, Monica (Cross Appointment) Professor, OISE (416) 978-1987 |
CREFO, 6th Fl, OISE | Sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, anthropology of education, bi/multilingualism; Francophone Canada |
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Jennings, Justin (Status Only) Associate Curator, World Cultures (416) 586-5729 |
Royal Ontario Museum | Archaeology; Latin America, Peru |
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Klassen, Pamela (Cross Appointment) Professor, Centre for the Study of Religion (416) 585-4573 |
222 Northrop Frye Hall (VC) | Social cultural anthropology, Christianity, women & religion, biomedicine; North America |
| Knappett, Carl (Cross Appointment) Associate Professor, Art carl.knappett@utoronto.ca |
Aegean Bronze Age political economies and geopolitics; Minoanisation in the Cyclades, Dodecanese and Asia Minor; Minoan pottery; ceramic fabrics and technologies; material culture studies, ecological psychology and Peircean semiotics; regional interaction and social network analysis | |
| Latta, Martha A. Associate Professor Emerita, UTSC (416) 946-0122 latta@utsc.utoronto.ca |
AP 72/73 | Archaeology, prehistory and historical materials analysis, computer methods; Canada, Eastern North America, Ontario |
| Lee, Richard B. Professor Emeritus (416) 978-4008 richardb.lee@utoronto.ca |
NC 105B | Social-cultural anthropology, political economy, ecology, hunters & gatherers, indigenous rights, medical anthropology, AIDS; Africa, North America |
| Levin, Michael D. Associate Professor Emeritus mlevin@chass.utoronto.ca |
Social cultural anthropology, ethnicity, nationalism, human rights; West Africa |
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Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley |
UC Berkeley |
Prehistoric Archaeology, social complexity, origins of agriculture, lithic analysis; Near East |
| Michelaki, Kostalena (Status Only) Associate Professor, McMaster University (905) 525 9140, ext. 23913 michela@mcmaster.ca |
McMaster University |
Human technological decision-making and the factors that affect it in the long term, through the interdisciplinary analysis of archaeological ceramics |
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Mittermaier, Amira (Associate Member, Cross Appointment) Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Religion (416) 946-3347 |
JHUMINST 332 | Social cultural anthropology, religion, dreams and prophecy, Islam; Egypt |
| Moffat, Tina (Status Only) Associate Professor, McMaster University (905) 525-9140 ext. 23906 moffatcs@mcmaster.ca |
McMaster University |
Child health and nutrition, environmental health, urban ecosystems; South Asia, Canada |
| Munson, Marit (Status Only) Associate Professor, Trent University (705) 748-1011 ext. 7503 maritmunson@trentu.ca |
DNA C218 Trent University |
Southwest art and archaeology |
| O'Neill, Kevin Lewis (Cross Appointment) Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Religion (416) 978-7050 kevin.oneill@utoronto.ca |
JHUMINST 301 |
Neo-Pentecostal Christianity, Cities and Citizenship, Genocide and Violence, Gender and Masculinities, Neoliberalism; Latin America |
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Schwarcz, Henry P. (Status Only) Professor Emeritus, McMaster University (905) 525-9140 |
McMaster University | Stable isotope geochemistry, geochronology, palaeodiet |
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Shen, Chen E. (Associate Member, Cross Appointment) Associate Curator, World Cultures (416) 586-5647 |
Royal Ontario Museum | Asian palaeolithic & human evolution, lithics, technology & material culture of prehistoric & Bronze Age China, urbanization |
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Simich, Laura (Status Only) Scientist, Social Equity & Health Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry & Anthropology (416) 535-8501 x 7618 |
Suite 300, CAMH, 455 Spadina Ave. | Psychological anthropology, medical anthropology, immigrant and refugee mental health |
| Smith, Gavin A. Professor Emeritus (416) 946-3324 gavin.gav@gmail.com |
AP 232 | Social anthropology, livelihood and political expression, global/local interfaces, political economy and historical realist theory; West Europe, Latin America |
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Williamson, Ronald F. (Associate Member, Status Only) Chief Archaeologist, Archaeological Services (416) 966-1069 x 228 |
Archaeological Services 528 Bathurst St. |
Environmental archaeology; Great Lakes region |
| Wu, Yiching (Associate Member, Cross Appointment) Assistant Professor, East Asian Studies (416) 946-5110 yiching.wu@utoronto.ca |
Robarts Library #14133 (14th Fl) |
Historical anthropology, critical social theory, populism and social protest, modern Chinese history, Chinese socialism and postsocialism, and politics of historical knowledge. |
| Young, Donna (Associate Member) Assistant Professor, UTSC (416) 208-2650 donnayoung@utsc.utoronto.ca |
MW 282 |
Anthropology of religion and pilgrimage, anthropology of academic processes, ethnography of memory |
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Zubrow, Ezra B.W. (Associate Member, Status Only) Professor, SUNY-Buffalo (716) 645-2414 x 146 |
State University of New York at Buffalo | Human ecology and space, GIS, origin of household, origin of music, geography of social policy; North Europe and Finnish Arctic |
