Faculty who teach courses in the Comparative Cultures major bring their experiences abroad, as well as their diverse teaching and research interests into their classrooms, giving students their unique perspectives on cultural issues.

These faculty are on the steering committee of the major, teach most of the core and elective courses, and supervise most of the fieldwork projects:

Robert Myers, Professor of Anthropology and Public Health, program coordinator
Areas of interest: Africa, the Caribbean, the United States
Teaching and research interests: health and culture, medical anthropology, cultural ecology, violence, the elderly, language and culture

Thomas Peterson, Professor of Religion
Areas of interest: India, North America (Native Americans), Haiti, Middle East
Teaching and research interests: ritual studies, art and religion, comparative religions

Larry Greil, Professor of Sociology
Areas of interest: United States, Europe, Israel
Teaching and research interests: sociology of health and illness, infertility, new religious movements, quasi-religion, comparative perspectives on church and state

Martha Anderson, Professor of Art History
Areas of interest: Africa, particularly the Niger Delta
Research interests: Ijo art, including interactions between art, environment, identity, women diviners, masquerades, and shrine sculpture
Teaching interests: African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian art, masking and body arts

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