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Ethnography Lab Members

Core Faculty

Adrian Bell

Associate Professor
Cultural Anthropology

adrian.bell@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. UC Davis, 2011; Assoc. Prof). Human ecology, evolutionary game theory and social evolution, economics of small-scale societies, Oceania

Elizabeth Cashdan

Professor Emeritius
Evolutionary Psychology

ecashdan@gmail.com

(Ph.D. U New Mexico 1979; Prof). Evolutionary psychology, behavioral ecology, hunter-gatherers

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Douglas Jones

Associate Professor

Cultural Anthropology

doug.jones@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. U Michigan; Assoc. Prof). Biocultural perspectives on mate choice, human behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, kinship; Brazil

Karen L. Kramer

Professor
Cultural Anthropology

karen.kramer@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. U New Mexico 1998; Professor). Human behavioral ecology, demography, cooperative breeding, evolution and economics of childhood & parenting; hunter-gatherers (Pume, South America) and agriculturalists (Maya)

Shane Macfarlan

Shane J. Macfarlan

Associate Professor
Cultural Anthropology

shane.macfarlan@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. Washington State U 2010; Assist. Prof). Evolutionary Anthropology; Social psychology; Political Economy; Political and Behavioral Ecology; Inequality; Ritual Society and Labor Exchange; Ethno-History

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Thomas Kraft

Assistant Professor
Evolutionary Ecology
 

thomas.kraft@utah.edu

(Ph.D. Dartmouth College 2017; Assist. Prof). Behavioral ecology; how human health and life history are shaped by the interactions between social, behavior, culture, and the environment.

Prof Hawkes

Kristen Hawkes

Distinguished Professor
National Academy of Sciences Member
Evolutionary Ecology
 

(Ph.D. U Washington 1976; Dist. Prof.) Human Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Sociobiology, Hunter-Gatherers.

Last Updated: 10/15/25