Affiliated Faculty
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ben Harbert
Associate Professor, Department of Performing Arts
Research Interests: music, film, labor, ethnomusicology, sound studies, incarceration
Areas of Concentration: USA, Near East
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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
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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.
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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
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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