What makes us different is what makes us human..
Richard Scaglion
Professor
Richard Scaglion received his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in 1976. He is a cultural anthropologist, specializing in the study of the Pacific Islands.
He is particularly interested in tribal societies, in anthropological theory and method, and in legal anthropology: the study of human conflict and how it is managed.
Much of his field research has been conducted in Papua New Guinea among the Abelam people.
Research
Faculty
- Kathleen M. S. Allen
Archaeology, Iroquois, ethnoarchaeology - Joseph S. Alter
Cultural, India, medical anthropology - Marc Bermann
Archaeology, Andes, households - Nicole Constable
Cultural, China, modernity - Olivier de Montmollin
Archaeology, Maya, states - Kathleen M. DeWalt
Cultural, Latin America, medical anthropology - Robert D. Drennan
Archaeology, Latin America, complex societies - Bryan K. Hanks
Archaeology, Russia, zooarchaeology - Robert M. Hayden
Cultural, Eastern Europe, law - Margaret Judd
Physical, Near East, paleopathology - Terrence Kaufman
Linguistic, Mesoamerica, writing systems - Katheryn M. Linduff
Archaeology, China, nomads - Gabriella Lukacs
Cultural, Japan, media - Emily McEwan-Fujita
Linguistic, Scotland, ethnolinguistic revitalization - Mark P. Mooney
Physical, comparative anatomy - Hugo G. Nutini
Cultural, Mesoamerica, social structure - Leonard Plotnicov
Cultural, US, urban studies - James B. Richardson III
Archaeology, Andes, ecology - Harry Sanabria
Cultural, Andes, economic anthropology - Richard Scaglion
Cultural, Pacific, conflict - Jeffrey H. Schwartz
Physical, hominids, evolution - Michael I. Siegel
Physical, functional anatomy, craniofacial - Andrew J. Strathern
Cultural, Pacific, ethnography