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Edward Sapir

Edward Sapir was an American anthropologist and linguist who played a foundational role in the development of cultural a...

Foundational North America Early 20TH Linguistic

9.1 Excellent

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Eduardo Viveiros de Castro

Eduardo Viveiros de Castro is a Brazilian anthropologist and a leading figure in contemporary Amazonian ethnology. He is...

Contemporary Amazonia Brazil Ontology

8.9 Great

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Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer (1959–2022) was an American medical anthropologist and physician who dedicated his career to providing healt...

Contemporary Applied Medical Poverty

8.8 Great

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Anna Tsing

Anna Tsing is an American anthropologist whose research explores the intersections of globalization, ecology, and capita...

Contemporary Ecology Globalization Fungus

8.8 Great

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Lila Abu-Lughod

Lila Abu-Lughod (born 1952) is an American anthropologist known for ethnographic research on Bedouin communities in Egyp...

Contemporary Emotion Media Middle East

8.6 Great

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Richard Wrangham

Richard Wrangham is a British primatologist and biological anthropologist who serves as the Ruth B. Moore Professor of B...

Contemporary North America Primatology Chimpanzee

8.2 Great

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Ann Stoler

Ann Stoler is an American anthropologist who has served as a professor at The New School for Social Research and the Uni...

Contemporary Southeast Asia Colonial North America

8.2 Great

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Elinor Ochs

Elinor Ochs is an American linguistic anthropologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, recogni...

Contemporary Academic North America Linguistic

8.1 Great

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Erik Trinkaus

Erik Trinkaus is an American paleoanthropologist who has been a professor at Washington University in St. Louis for deca...

Contemporary North America Fossils Neanderthal

7.9 Good

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Bambi Schieffelin

Bambi B. Schieffelin is an American linguistic anthropologist and professor at New York University. She is a foundationa...

Contemporary Academic North America Linguistic

7.7 Good

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João Biehl

João Biehl is a Brazilian-American anthropologist and professor at Princeton University whose research focuses on medica...

Contemporary Medical North America Brazil

7.7 Good

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Faye Ginsburg

Faye Ginsburg is an American anthropologist whose research explores the intersection of media, culture, and social activ...

Contemporary Academic Media North America

7.6 Good

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Robert Hefner

Robert W. Hefner is an American anthropologist and professor at Boston University, specializing in the study of Islam an...

Contemporary Southeast Asia North America Civil Society

7.6 Good

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Merrill Singer

Merrill Singer is an American medical anthropologist recognized for his foundational work in developing syndemic theory....

Contemporary Critical Medical North America

7.6 Good

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John Bowen

American anthropologist known for his studies of Islam in Indonesia and France, examining how Muslims negotiate religiou...

Contemporary France Legal North America

7.5 Good

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Susan Greenhalgh

Susan Greenhalgh is an American anthropologist and professor at Harvard University whose research examines China's popul...

Contemporary China North America Population

7.3 Good

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Michael Dietler

Michael Dietler is an American anthropological archaeologist at the University of Chicago whose research examines alcoho...

Contemporary Europe Archaeology North America

7.2 Good

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Vincanne Adams

Vincanne Adams is an American medical anthropologist at the University of California, San Francisco whose research addre...

Contemporary Medical North America Global Health

7.2 Good

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Philip Kohl

Philip L. Kohl is an American anthropological archaeologist and professor emeritus at Wellesley College known for his re...

Politics Archaeology North America Late 20TH

7.1 Good

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Brian Spooner

Brian Spooner is an anthropologist whose research has focused on Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other parts of the Mid...

Middle East North America Late 20TH Iran

6.8 Fair