Faculty

Joseph P. Masco

Samuel N. Harper Professor of Anthropology and of the Social Sciences in the College

Office: Haskell 201

Phone: (773) 834-7807

Interests:

Science Studies, Critical Theory, Planetary Politics, Visualization, Threat Perception, Ecology, Race, Temporality, US, North America.

William T. S. Mazzarella

Neukom Family Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College; Faculty Fellow, Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory; Associate Faculty in the University of Chicago Divinity School

Office Hours: By appointment

Office: Haskell 213

Phone: (773) 834-4873

mazzarel@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Politics and publicity; crowds and publics; critical theory; affect and aesthetics; psychoanalysis; ritual and performance; the occult shadow of the modern; India.

Teresa Montoya

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Office: Haskell M135

Phone: (773) 702-0297

tmontoya@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Sociocultural anthropology; Native and Indigenous studies; sovereignty and jurisdiction; settler colonialism; environment; water governance; Navajo Nation; Indigenous media.

Constantine V. Nakassis

Professor of Anthropology and of the Social Sciences in the College Resource Faculty, Cinema & Media Studies; Faculty Associate, CHD; Core Faculty in CIR; Faculty in Digital Studies; Department Chair

Office: Haskell 324

Phone: (773) 834-4810

cnakassi@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Linguistic anthropology; semiotics; film theory; mass media; trademark law, brands, and counterfeiting; youth culture; India.

Sarah Newman

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Sciences in the College; Director of Undergraduate Studies

Office: Haskell M134

Phone: (773) 834-5691

senewman@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Archaeology and ethnohistory; waste, refuse, and reuse; zooarchaeology; human-animal relationships; landscape archaeology; human-environment interactions; Mesoamerica.

Natacha Nsabimana

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Office Hours: Mondays 1:30-3 pm. Sign up via email first.

Office: Haskell 331

Phone: (773) 834-5693

natachansa@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Socio-cultural anthropology; law and subjectivity; postcolonial critique; violence and temporality; African history and politics. (On leave for the 2023-2024 academic year.)

Stephan Palmié

Norman & Edna Freehling Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College

Office: Haskell 212

Phone: (773) 834-1576

palmie@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Sociocultural anthropology; Afro-Caribbean religions; forms of historical consciousness; constructions of race and ethnicity; embodiment and personhood; food and cuisine; science and rationality; Cuba.

François G. Richard

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Romance Languages & Literatures, and Social Sciences in the College; Director of Graduate Studies

Office: Haskell 211

fgrichard@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Historical anthropology/archaeology; capitalism & political economy; politics; space & landscapes; materiality; temporality; rural communities; race; Frenchness; social theory; colonialism and postcolonialism; West Africa and Atlantic World; Mexico; France.

Kamala Russell

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Office: Haskell 327

kamala@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Interaction; spatiality and co-presence; ethics; Islam; the speaking body; family life; 'the Gulf'/al-Khalij; infrastructure; Modern South Arabian (Semitic) languages; language shift; semiotics.

Kaushik Sunder Rajan

Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College; Co-Director, Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory

Office: Haskell 314

Phone: (773) 702-6151

ksunderr@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Biotechnology; capitalism; comparative ethnography; genomics; globalization; nation-state; political economy; post-colonialism; science and technology studies; subjectivity; India.

Kathryn Takabvirwa

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences in the College

Office: Haskell 205

ktakabvirwa@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Policing; governance; migration; mobility; post-coloniality; the state in Africa; the politics of representation; conceptions of xenophobia; Southern Africa, especially Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Alice Yao

Associate Professor of Anthropology and of the Social Sciences in the College

Office Hours: By sign-up: http://bit.ly/3OI2OjA

Office: Haskell 318

Phone: (773) 702-8674

ayao@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Archaeology; complex societies; imperialism; cross cultural interactions; China, mainland Southeast Asia