Welcome to Cornell Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology at Cornell offers courses of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Sociocultural and Biological Anthropology and Archaeology.
Sociocultural anthropology considers the social and cultural circumstances of all cultures, from dominant societies to marginalized groups. Archaeology recovers and interprets material traces of past societies and provides historical perspective on recent cultures. Biological anthropology clarifies aspects of the physical diversity of the human species, explores the human fossil record, and studies closely related primate species in comparison to humans.
Staff & Contacts
- Nerissa Russell, Department Chairperson
nr29@cornell.edu - Kurt Jordan, Director of Graduate Studies
kj21@cornell.edu - Andrew Willford, Director of Undergraduate Studies
acw24@cornell.edu - Bruce Roebal, Administrative Manager/Personnel and Budget Manager
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263 McGraw Hall; 607-255-3505 - Donna S. Duncan, Graduate Field Coordinator Fields of Anthropology, Archaeology
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261 McGraw Hall; 607-255-6768 - Margaret Rolfe, Undergraduate Coordinator Fields of Anthropology, Archaeology
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261 McGraw Hall; 607-255-5137
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Faculty Books
Callaloo or Tossed Salad?
Viranjini Munasinghe
Callaloo or Tossed Salad? is a historical and ethnographic case study of the politics of cultural struggle between two traditionally subordinate ancestral groups in Trinidad, those claiming African and Indian descent. Viranjini Munasinghe argues that East Indians in Trinidad seek to become a legitimate part of the nation by redefining what it means to be Trinidadian, not by changing what it means to be Indian.