Affiliated Faculty
Sharon Abramowitz
Research Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center
Research interests: medical anthropology, mental health, epidemics, Ebola, community engagement, humanitarian assistance, gender
Areas of concentration: West Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Multilateral organizations
Fida Adely
Associate Professor and Clovis and Hala Salaam Maksoud Chair in Arab Studies, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
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Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer
Faculty Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs
Research Interests: Indigenous peoples, ecology activism, religion and politics, human rights, First Nations creative leaders, shamans
Areas of Concentration: Eurasia, Arctic, Siberia, Alaska
Daniela Brancaforte
Main Campus Student Ombuds
Research Interests: Business Anthropology, Military Families, Gender and the Workplace, Labor Inequalities, Ethics in Business, Migration in Southern and Central Europe
Areas of Concentration: USA, Europe, Cross-Border
Rochelle Davis
Sultanate of Oman Chair and Director, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Research Interests: Refugees and Migrants, Anthropology, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Cultural Heritage, Global Cities
Areas of Concentration: Arab World
Ben Harbert
Associate Professor, Department of Performing Arts
Research Interests: music, film, labor, ethnomusicology, sound studies, incarceration
Areas of Concentration: USA, Near East
Emily Mendenhall
Associate Professor, Science, Technology & International Affairs, School of Foreign Service
Research Interests: Anthropology, Global Health, Medical Anthropology, Mental Health Parity, Public Health
Areas of Concentration: USA, India, Kenya, South Africa
Jessica Roda
Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Research Interests: Performance, festivals, cultural heritage and diplomacy, digital and media cultures, religion, tourism, diaspora, women and gender.
Areas of Concentration: United States, Canada, France, Spain, Brazil, French Guiana.
Arjun Shankar
Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Research Interests: Documentary, Education and Justice, Global Human Development, Globalization, International Political Economy, Poverty, Race and Ethnicity, South Asia, Visual Anthropology
Cecilia Van Hollen
Teaching Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Research Interests: Medical anthropology, global health, reproductive medicine and technology, gender and sexuality, nationalism/transnationalism, development, religion