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![Photo of Othon Alexandrakis](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/IMG_2432-wpcf_110x147.jpg?x81992)
Chair, Anthropology
Ph.D., Rice University (2010)
M.A., University of Western Ontario (2003)
B.A., University of Western Ontario (2001)
M.A., University of Western Ontario (2003)
B.A., University of Western Ontario (2001)
Interests:
Anthropology, Citizenship, Migration, Emergent and Contested Identities, Governance, Cities, Greece and Europe
![Photo of Lalaie Ameeriar](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/lalaie-current-wpcf_110x89.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D., Stanford University
M.A., Stanford University
Honours B.A., University of Toronto
M.A., Stanford University
Honours B.A., University of Toronto
Interests:
Anthropology, Race and Racism, Globalization, Citizenship, Labour
![Photo of Rosemary Coombe](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Screenshot-2022-09-26-201045-wpcf_110x108.png?x81992)
Canada Research Chair, Graduate Program Director of Anthropology
Programs: Law & Society (LASO), Socio-Legal Studies (SLST), and Social and Political Thought (SPTH)
J.S.D./Ph.D. (Doctor of the Science of Law/Minor in Anthropology), Stanford University
J.S.M. (Master of the Science of Law), Stanford University
LL.B. (With Great Distinction) Highest standing in graduating class, University of Western Ontario
B.A. (Honors) Anthropology/Political Science, University of Western Ontario
J.S.M. (Master of the Science of Law), Stanford University
LL.B. (With Great Distinction) Highest standing in graduating class, University of Western Ontario
B.A. (Honors) Anthropology/Political Science, University of Western Ontario
Interests:
Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Cultural, political, and social implications of intellectual property laws, Cultural Heritage , Territoriality , Food Sovereignty and Biocultural Rights
![Photo of Lisa Davidson](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/IMG_9390-scaled-wpcf_110x150.jpg?x81992)
Undergraduate Program Director
PhD. Anthropology, University of Toronto
M.A. Anthropology (Collaborative Program in Asia Pacific Studies), University of Toronto
B.A. (Honours). Anthropology, University of British Columbia
M.A. Anthropology (Collaborative Program in Asia Pacific Studies), University of Toronto
B.A. (Honours). Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Interests:
Anthropology, Multiculturalism, Migration and Transnationalism, Christianity, Kinship, Citizenship
![Photo of Kathryn E L Denning](/files/photos/kdenning.jpg?x81992)
Leave of Absence
Not currently accepting new graduate students
PhD, University of Sheffield, UK
MA, McMaster University
BA (hons), McMaster University
MA, McMaster University
BA (hons), McMaster University
Interests:
Anthropology, Science and Technology, archaeology, anthropology of science
![Photo of Denielle A Elliott](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/denielle-elliott-bio-pic-wpcf_110x110.png?x81992)
Health & Society (HESO)
Graduate Program Director: Science & Technology Studies (STS)
On Sabbatical (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025)
On Sabbatical (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025)
PhD, Cultural Anthropology, Simon Fraser University
Interests:
Anthropology, Community-Based Research, Urban Ethnography; Literary Ethnography and Storytelling, Colonialism and Postcolonialism, Medicine, Science and Technology
![Photo of Emma Feltes](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Emma-Feltes-wpcf_108x150.jpg?x81992)
PhD, University of British Columbia
![Photo of Shubhra Gururani](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/IMG_3329-1-wpcf_110x87.jpeg?x81992)
Director, York Centre for Asian Research
Faculty Associate, Faculty of Urban and Environmental Change
PhD, Anthropology, Syracuse University
MPhil, Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
MSc, Anthropology, University of Delhi
BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of Delhi
MPhil, Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
MSc, Anthropology, University of Delhi
BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of Delhi
Interests:
Anthropology, Environment, Peripheral Urbanization, Cities of the South , Space and Place, Land, Property, Commons, Agrarian Change , India, South Asia
![Photo of Zulfikar Hirji](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Zulfikar-Hirji-1-wpcf_110x110.jpg?x81992)
Coordinator, Individualized Studies
DPhil, University of Oxford, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 2002
MPhil, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, 1997
BA (Joint Honours), McGill University, Faculty of Arts, Departments of Religious Studies and Anthropology, 1989
MPhil, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, 1997
BA (Joint Honours), McGill University, Faculty of Arts, Departments of Religious Studies and Anthropology, 1989
Interests:
Anthropology, History, Visual Anthropology, Anthropology of the Senses, Islam & Muslim Societies, Indian Ocean & East Africa
![Photo of Margaret MacDonald](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Bio-MEM-2024-provence-scaled-wpcf_110x147.jpeg?x81992)
Interests:
, Anthropology of Medicine, Science and Technology, Anthropology of Reproduction , Global Health , Senegal, Midwifery and Childbirth in North America.
![Photo of David A. B. Murray](/files/photos/damurray.jpg?x81992)
On sabbatical 2024-25
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Virginia
M.A. (Distinction) Anthropology, University of Virginia
B.A. (Honours) Anthropology, McGill University
M.A. (Distinction) Anthropology, University of Virginia
B.A. (Honours) Anthropology, McGill University
Interests:
Anthropology, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Queer/Sexuality Studies, Migration, Nationalism, HIV/AIDS
![Photo of Natasha Myers](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/p1160686-wpcf_110x97.jpg?x81992)
Convener, Politics of Evidence Working Group
Director, Plant Studies Collaboratory
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MES, York University
BSc, McGill University
MES, York University
BSc, McGill University
Interests:
Anthropology, Science and Technology, Ecology, Visual and Performance Cultures, Environmental Studies, Feminist, Decolonial, Queer technoscience
![Photo of Ayesha Omer](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Ayesha-Omer_Headshot-scaled-wpcf_110x147.jpg?x81992)
PhD in Media, Culture and Communication, New York University
MA in Arts Politics, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
BA in Political Science, Davidson College
MA in Arts Politics, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
BA in Political Science, Davidson College
Interests:
, Technological mediation, environmental relations, and political sovereignty, public formation, political resistance, violence and social memory in Pakistan
![Photo of Sandra Widmer](https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/files/Widmer_website-photo-resized-v7-scaled-wpcf_110x132.jpeg?x81992)
PhD, York University
MA, Dalhousie University
BA, Dalhousie University
MA, Dalhousie University
BA, Dalhousie University
Interests:
Anthropology, Anthropology of Science, Medicine and Technology, Anthropology of Reproduction, Anthropology of Colonialism, Feminist Anthropology
![Photo of Daphne Winland](/files/photos/winland.jpg?x81992)
Ph.D. Sociology, York University
M.A. Anthropology, York University
M.A. Anthropology, York University
Interests:
Anthropology, Politics and Government, diaspora and transnationalism, memory studies, Eastern Europe, Croatia, Israel/Palestine