Research

Overview

Our faculty is actively engaged in research in all four sub-fields and publish regularly in journals appropriate to their fields. (Please individual webpages and bios under People.) We have a traditional focus on the circumpolar North. Recent departmental growth has resulted in a new thematic focus on language, culture, and evolution. Our research has an immediate impact on our instruction. We illustrate fundamental principles with data from our fieldwork and engage students in the analysis of complex issues found in our own work. Comments on IASs frequently note that the material was made much more accessible by the instructors' ability to relate it to actual research experience.

Subfields

Archaeology

Justin Cramb
Ben Potter
Josh Reuther

Biological Anthropology

Brian Hemphill
Kara C. Hoover

Social/Cultural

Elaine Drew
Patrick Plattet
Robin A. Shoaps
Sveta Yamin-Pasternak

Linguistic Anthropology

Robin A. Shoaps

Geographic Areas

AV��̳/Circumpolar North

Justin Cramb
Elaine Drew
Kara C. Hoover
Patrick Plattet
Ben Potter
Josh Reuther
Robin A. Shoaps
Sveta Yamin-Pasternak

Latin America

Robin A. Shoaps

North America

Elaine Drew
Robin A. Shoaps

Asia (Siberia, Russian Far East, Japan, SE Asia, China)

Brian Hemphill
Kara C. Hoover
Patrick Plattet
Sveta Yamin-Pasternak

Eurasia

Brian Hemphill
Kara C. Hoover

Oceania

Justin Cramb

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