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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
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Carl Eugen Guthe |
1922 - 1946 |
Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Chairman of Division of Social Sciences Director of Museum of Anthropology |
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Leslie A. White |
1930 - 1970 |
Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Chair Department of Anthropology |
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Emerson Frank Greenman |
1935 - 1966 | Professor of Anthropology |
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James Bennett Griffin |
1939 - 1976 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Volney Hurt Jones |
1945 - 1970 | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
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Horace M. Miner |
1946 - 1980 | Professor of Anthropology and Sociology |
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Richard K. Beardsley |
1947 - 1978 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Albert C. Spaulding |
1947 - 1961 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Frederick P. Thieme |
1949 - 1957 |
Associate Professor of Anthropology Chair of the Department of Anthropology |
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James N. Spuhler |
1950 - 1968 |
Professor of Anthropology & Human Genetics Chair Department of Anthropology |
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William Davison Schorger |
1952 - 1983 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Elman R Service |
1953 - 1966 | Professor of Anthropology |
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David F. Aberle |
1955 | Visiting Professor of Anthropology |
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Arthur J. Jelinek |
1956 - 1967 | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
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Lee A. Peter Gosling |
1956 - 1994 |
Professor of Southeast Asian Studies Professor of Geography Chair Department of Geography 1966-1968, 1971-1974 |
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Frank B. Livingston |
1959 - 1996 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Morton H. Fried |
1960 - 1961 | Visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology |
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Eric R. Wolf |
1961 - 1971 |
Professor of Anthropology Chair of the Department of Anthropology |
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Ernst Goldschmidt |
1962 - 1982 | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
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Robbins Burling |
1963 - 1995 | Professor of Anthropology, Linguistics |
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Robert K. Burns |
1963 - 1964 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Norma J. Diamond |
1963 - 1996 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Aram A. Yengoyan |
1963 - 1989 | Professor of Anthropology |
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James E. Fitting |
1964 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Roy A. Rappaport |
1965 - 1997 |
Leslie A. White Professor of Anthropology Director of the Program on Studies in Religion |
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Jeffrey R. Parsons |
1966 - 2006 |
Professor of Anthropology Curator of Latin American Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology |
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Robert E. Whallon Jr |
1966 - 2016 |
Professor of Anthropology Curator, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology |
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Charles Loring Brace |
1967 - 2008 |
Professor of Anthropology Curator, Museum of Anthropology |
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Niara Sudarkasa |
1967 - 1986 |
Professor of Anthropology Director of Center for Afro-American & African Studies Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs |
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Robert B Eckhardt |
1968 - 1971 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Andrew Roberto Frisancho |
1968 - 2011 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Stanley M. Garn |
1968 - 1992 |
Professor Emeritus Anthropology, Nutrition Fellow in the Center for Human Growth and Development |
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Conrad Kottak |
1968 - 2010 |
Professor of Anthropology Julian H. Stewart Collegiate Professor of Anthropology Chair Department Anthropology |
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William G. Lockwood |
1969 - 1997 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Frances L. Nitzberg |
1969 - 1973 | Assistant Professor |
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Richard I. Ford |
1969 - 2007 |
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Professor of Anthropology Professor of Botany |
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Raymond C. Kelly |
1971 - 2004 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Michael T. Taussig |
1971 - 1987 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Thomas Trautmann |
1971 - 2010 |
Professor of Anthropology & History Chair Department of History of Art Director of the Center for South & Southeast Asian Studies |
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Milford H. Wolpoff |
1971 - 2022 |
Professor of Anthropology Research Scientist Museum of Anthropological Archaeology |
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Vern Carroll |
1972 - 1993 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Shepard L. Forman |
1973 - 1980 | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
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Maxwell K. Owusu |
1973 - 2022 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Susan F. Harding |
1974 - 1989 | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
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Philip D. Gingerich |
1974 - 2014 |
Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Bioloby Professor of Anthropology |
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John Earls |
1975 | Unknown |
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John D Speth |
1976 - 2012 |
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Anthropology Professor of Anthropology Curator, North American Archaeology |
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Sherry B. Ortner |
1977 - 1995 | Professor of Anthropology, Women's Studies |
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Michael R. Zimmerman |
1977 - 1980 | Associate Professor of Anthropology, Pathology |
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Christopher O. Davis-Roberts |
1979 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Afro-American Studies |
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Karl L. Hutterer |
1981 - 1991 |
Professor of Anthropology Director for Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies |
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Evelyn L. Barbee |
1982 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Nursing |
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Jean M. Brainard |
1983 - 1984 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Sergei Kan |
1983 - 1989 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Richard W. Wrangham |
1983 - 1989 | Associate Professor of Anthropology, Biology |
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Papul K. Dresch |
1984 - 1989 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Harvey G. Cox |
1985 | Visiting Professor of Anthropology, Studies in Religion |
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Walter F. Edwards |
1985 - 1987 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Thomas E. Fricke |
1985 - 2020 |
Professor of Anthropology Research Professor Survey Research Center, Population Studies Center |
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Holly Peters-Golden |
1985 - 2022 |
Lecturer IV in Anthropology Lecturer IV Emerita |
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Gracia C. Clark |
1987 - 1995 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Afro-American Studies |
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Nicholas Bernard Dirks |
1987 - 1997 |
Professor of Anthropology, History Director of Center for Southeast Asian Studies |
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Sarah C. Humphreys |
1987 - 2000 | Professor of History, Anthropology, Classical Studies |
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Janet C. Hart |
1988 - 2010 | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
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Melvin D. Williams |
1988 - 2016 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Lawrence A. Hirschfeld |
1989 - 2005 | Professor of Anthropology, Psychology |
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Daniel E. Valentine |
1990 - 1998 |
Professor of Anthropology Director of International Institute |
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Roger C. Rouse |
1990 - 1997 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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John C. Mitani |
1990 - 2019 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Fernando Coronil |
1991 - 2008 | Professor of Anthropology, Linguistics |
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Brinkley M. Messick |
1991 - 1998 | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
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Jennifer Robertson |
1991 - 2019 |
Professor ofAnthropology & Women's Studies Professor of Art & Design |
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Kim R. Hill |
1992 | Associate Professor of Anthropology |
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David W. Cohen |
1993 - 2009 | Professor of History, Anthropology |
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Carla M. Sinopoli |
1993 - 2018 |
Professor of Anthropology Curator of Museum of Anthropology |
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Patricia J. Zavella |
1994 | Presidential Professor |
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John Stephen Lansing |
1995 - 1999 | Professor of Anthropology, Natural Resources |
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Sharon K. Stephens |
1995 - 1998 | Professor of Anthropology |
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David Andrew Merriwether |
1996 - 2003 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Biology |
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Edward Webb Keane Jr. |
1997 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Katherine M. Verdery |
1997 - 2005 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Gillian Freeley-Harnik |
1998 - 2012 | Professor of Anthropology |
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Elisha P. Renne |
1998 - 2017 | Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and Anthropology |
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Janet Leigh Finn |
1999 - 2002 |
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Assistant Professor of Social Work |
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Judith T. Irvine |
1999 - 2019 | Professor of Anthropology & Linguistics |
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Augustin F. C. Holl |
2000 - 2009 |
Professor of AfroAmerican & African Studies Professor of Anthropology Curator, Museum of Anthropology |
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Marcia C. Inhorn |
2001 - 2008 |
Professor of Anthropology Professor of Women's Studies Professor of Obsretrics & Gynecology |
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Mariam Ticktin |
2004 - 2008 |
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Assistant Professor of Women's Studies |
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Julia Felice Paley |
2004 - 2012 | Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Mark B. Padilla |
2006 - 2012 |
Assistant Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology |
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Laura Lein |
2009 - 2019 |
Professor of Social Work and Anthropology Dean of Social Work |