Jerome Handler
B.A., M.A., UCLA, Anthropology
Ph.D. Brandeis, Anthropology, 1965
Specializations
Caribbean and West African societies and cultures; African American social and cultural history; early African Diaspora in the New World and slavery; Atlantic slave trade; peasant and plantation communities in the Caribbean; historical anthropology and the use of documentary sources; historical archaeology with particular reference to the Africa Diaspora; West Indian historical bibliography
Diane M. Hoffman
Ph.D. Stanford, Anthropology, 1986
Associate Professor
Social Foundations of Education
Leadership, Foundations and Policy Department
Curry School of Education
personal
web page
dmh3a@virginia.edu
Specializations
Anthropology of education, self/identity,
cultural psychology; East Asia
Peter E. Hook
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Linguistics, 1973
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pehook/
peh6n@virginia.edu
Specializations
Languages of N. India and Pakistan; linguistic
typology; Asian poetry and poetics
Michelle Kisliuk
Ph.D. New York University, Performance Studies, 1991
Associate Professor
McIntire Department of Music
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mk6k/seize.htm
mk6k@unix.mail.virginia.edu
Specializations
Performance, ethnographic writing, field
research, Central Africa,
American folklore, ethnomusicology
Ekaterina V. Makarova
Ph.D. University of Manchester, Sociology, 1999
Lecturer
Department of Sociology
Specializations
Sociology and anthropology of socialist
societies, post-socialist transition,
Central Asia, Islam and socialism, urban
anthropology/sociology
R. Lawrence Merkel
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Anthropology, 1996
M.D. University of Virginia 1979
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatric Medicine
School of Medicine
http://www.med.virginia.edu/medicine/clinical/psychiatric/merkel.html
rlm3u@virginia.edu
Specializations
Psychiatric anthropology, medical anthropology,
psychological
anthropology, Southeast Asia and the
Pacific
Vanessa L. Ochs
Ph.D., Drew University, Anthropology, 2000
Director of Jewish Studies
Department of Religions Studies
Specializations
Anthropology of religion, religion and
material culture, ethnographies
of American Jewish life, new ritual.
Bryan Pfaffenberger
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Anthropology, 1977
Associate Professor of Technology,
Culture, and Communication
Division of Technology, Culture,
and Communication
School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences
bp@virginia.edu
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~bp
Specializations
Anthropology of technology, media studies,
anthropology of computing,
science and technology studies (STS)
Margo Smith
Ph.D. University of Virginia, Anthropology, 2001
Curator, The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia promotes learning about Australian Aboriginal art and culture through an integrated program of collection management, exhibition, education, research and publication. We are committed to building mutually beneficial partnerships with Aboriginal artists and communities to better represent their art and knowledge in each aspect of our program.