Raquel Ackerman
Emerita Professor of Anthropology | College of Natural and Social Sciences
rackerm@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-2444
Beth Baker-Cristales
Professor of Anthropology | College of Natural and Social Sciences
bbakerc@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-2443
| Applied anthropology, Cultural anthropology, Gender and sexuality cross-culturally, Immigrants Rights Movement, Immigration, Latin America, Social movements, Urban anthropology
James Brady
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology | College of Natural and Social Sciences
jbrady@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-2024
| “The Cave of the Glowing Skulls”, Archaeological method and theory, Cueva de Rio Talgua (Cave of the River Talgua) in Honduras, Cultural landscapes and religion, History and development of the Aztecs, History and development of the Maya, History and development of the Olmec, History and development of the Toltecs, Mesoamerican cave archaeology, Role of ideology in complex societies
Patricia Martz
Emerita Professor of Anthropology | College of Natural and Social Sciences
pmartz@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-2440
| California Indians, Cultural resource management, Native American Graves Protection, Prehistoric archaeology, Protection of historic and archaeological properties, Repatriation Act, San Nicolas Island
Elizabeth Miller
Assistant Professor of Anthropology | College of Natural and Social Sciences
emiller@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-2442
| Disease ecology, European contact on Native Americans, Forensic anthropology, Interpretation of disease in human skeletal remains, Los Angeles County Department of the Coroner forensic cases, Paleopathology, Skeletal biology
ChorSwang Ngin
Professor of Anthropology | College of Natural and Social Sciences
cngin@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-2440
| “Racialized” perspective of women’s studies, Asian and Asian-American studies, Chinese and Indians in Malaysia, Comparative ethnic studies, Cultural beliefs, Ethnographic studies, Islamic laws on inheritance, Living arrangements among Malays, Research methodology, Southeast Asia, Third World feminism, Women and economic development
Elliott Oring
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology | College of Natural and Social Sciences
eoring@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-2440
| Cultural symbolism, Folklore, Humor, Interpretation of modern joke cycles, Role of joking in inter-ethnic communication