24 faculty and 22 courses in Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis.
- Xinyi Liu, Professor of Archaeology h-index 100
Plant domestication Food Globalization in Prehistory Millet Prehistory of China Archaeobotany Stable Isotopes View All People
- Rebecca Lester, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology h-index 47
On embodiment, intersubjectivity, and cultural practices of self-cultivation. I am primarily interested in how people understand and experience existential distress, the institutions and practices that arise to address this distress, and wh
- David Strait, Professor of Biological Anthropology h-index 44
- Michael Frachetti, Professor of Archaeology h-index 30
Eurasian Prehistory Bronze Age Steppe Pastoralism Landscape Archaeology Paleo-Environment and Geographic Information Systems Ethnographic Nomadism Central Asia View All People
- Tristram R. Kidder, Professor of Anthropology h-index 23
Anthropological Archaeology Paleoecology Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction Climate Change Geoarchaeology The Formation of Hierarchical Social Systems The Emergence of Social Complexity Complex Hunter-Gatherer History Historical Ecology Vie
- Theresa Gildner, Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology h-index 23
Es on soil-transmitted helminths, parasitic worms that infect more than a quarter of the global population (with children exhibiting the highest rates of infection). She currently studies parasite infection patterns among indigenous Shuar o
- E.A. Quinn, Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology h-index 18
Es primarily on human milk and breastfeeding behaviors in a comparative context. She is also interested in the role of human milk in infant growth and development. E.A. Quinn is a biological anthropologist with a specialty in human biology.
- Geoff Childs, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology h-index 16
- Bret Gustafson, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology h-index 15
- Natalie Mueller, Assistant Professor of Archaeology h-index 15
- Thomas Cody Prang, Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology h-index 11
Human evolution, functional morphology, and locomotion. His research aims to understand how locomotor behavior has evolved in primates with particular emphasis on early humans and apes. He uses a range of digital methodologies in his res
- Krista Milich, Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology h-index 9
Reproductive Physiology Sexual Selection Nonhuman Primates Reproductive Ecology Behavioral Endocrinology Zoonotic Disease Community Conservation View All People
- Sarah Baitzel, Associate Professor of Archaeology h-index 7
Andean archaeology State Collapse Mortuary Archaeology Pastoralism View All People
- Anna Jacobsen, Senior Lecturer in Sociocultural Anthropology h-index 6
- Ilaria Patania, Assistant Professor of Archaeology h-index 6
Ilaria uses multiscalar geoarchaeological techniques (such as micromorphology, Fourier Infrared Spectroscopy, and Scanning Electron Microscopy) to the study of archaeological sites to reconstruct past environments, landscape processes, and
- Talia Dan-Cohen, Associate Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology h-index 5
Sociocultural Anthropology Anthropology of Knowledge Science and Technology Studies Social Theory Economic Anthropology View All People
- Scott Ross, Lecturer in Sociocultural Anthropology h-index 3
Infrastructure, humanitarianism, development, conflict, media, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Africa View All People
- Kyle G. Olson, Lecturer in Archaeology h-index 3
Prehistory of Iran and Central Asia Political Geography Legacy Data GIS History of Archaeology Heritage Diplomacy Archaeology and Development View All People
- Maddalena Canna, Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology h-index 2
Global health, anthropology of consciousness, embodiment, gender and sexuality, medical anthropology, diversity in the DSM, Afro-Latin studies, transcultural psychiatry, ethnographic theory, theory of interdisciplinarity, graphic and non-v
- AJ Jones, Assistant Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology h-index 2
Medical and psychological anthropology, disability studies, feminist and queer theory, experimental and multimodal ethnography, subjectivity, care, performance, bioethics, anthropology of the U.S. View All People
- Crickette Sanz, Chair and Professor of Biological Anthropology
Es on questions at the intersection of ecology, sociality and cognition which is informed by more than 30 years of research on great apes, including both fieldwork and studies of captive populations. She is Co-PI of the longest running stud
- Jacqueline Wagner, Adjunct Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology
Political Anthropology Migration Humanitarianism Refugees Spain View All People
- Rose Sommerhauser, Lecturer in Public Health & Society
Behavioral ecology of Neotropical primates primate community ecology human-wildlife interfaces One Health conservation biology human and nonhuman primate dietary adaptations biocultural approaches to understanding the complex nature of hum
- Shanti Parikh, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology
Es on the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and capitalism, and the politics of state and global interventions (such as public health, humanitarian aid, and legal reforms) that emerge to manage, protect, and mold populations. Her pr
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-01.