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Name Email Current Research Areas

Blackburn, Renée

rmblack@mit.edu

industrial archaeology; history of technology; business history; GIS; gender; material culture; mining

Braitman, Laurel

lbrait@mit.edu

environmental history; animals; Charles Darwin; natural history; mental health; ethics, anthropology of biology

Burks, Marie

meburks@mit.edu

history, philosophy, and sociology of science; history of physics; history of biology

Chaudhuri, Ashawari

ashawari@mit.edu

anthropology; sociology of science; hybridity; nature and culture; material-semiotic study of Bt cotton

Deshmukh Towery, Nathaniel

ndt@mit.edu

history of technology; environment; public understanding of science and technology

Edoh, M. Amah

medoh@mit.edu

material culture; politics of representation; postcoloniality; West Africa

Johnson, Amy

amyj@mit.edu

language and technology; linguistic and media anthropology; sociolinguistics; social media; CMC; parody; satire; humor

Kapsalakis, Lauren

lkapsa@mit.edu

medical anthropology; risk studies & statistics; environmental illness; diagnostic categories; epistemic authority; graphic evidence; ethnography & subjectivity; Latin America

Kelkar, Shreeharsh

skelkar@mit.edu

sociology of computing, work and organizations; human-computer interaction; computer-supported cooperative work

Kim, Grace

g_kim@mit.edu

film; museum practices; visual culture

Krishnan, Shekhar

shekhar@mit.edu

urban history; South Asia; GIS (Geographic Information Systems); FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)

Labruto, Nicole

nlabruto@mit.edu

anthropology of sustainability; green capitalism; energy; waste; contemporary alchemy; engineering; development; Brazil

Li, Lan

lanli@mit.edu

history of medicine; China; integrative medicine; film and science; cultural anthropology of medicine and the body

Muir-Harmony, Teasel

teasel@mit.edu

American history; cold war; history of science; history of technology; space history

Müller, Lucas

lmm@mit.edu

history of life sciences and medicine; science policy; science in the public sphere

Mutlu, Burcu

bmutlu@mit.edu

new reproductive technologies; anthropology of science, technology and medicine; borders/boundaries; feminist theory

Ozden, Canay

ozden@mit.edu

economic anthropology; electricity markets; energy; infrastructures

Perry, Rebecca

rebperry@mit.edu

3D modeling, computer graphics, animation production, craftsmanship, interaction design, software tool design, education

Scaramelli, Caterina

scaramel@mit.edu

anthropology of water and of natural resources governance; politics and imaginaries of hydropower; eco-parks and natural reserves governance; environmental conflict and social movements; Turkey

Schilling, Tom

tom_sa@mit.edu

mining, strategic minerals, Canada, First Nations, geoinformatics, economic anthropology, environmental history, visual culture, history of geology

Shapiro, Ryan

ryannoah@mit.edu

human-animal relationships, animal and human experimentation, modern American history, history of medicine, history of science, environmental history, nuclear studies, war and society, policing dissent, freedom of information

Shmuely, Shira

sshmuely@mit.edu

environmental history; human-animal relationships; law and science; law and society; critical theory

Singerman, David

singsing@mit.edu

history of empire; economic history; history of science; Atlantic history; Caribbean history; commodities; history of economic thought; cycling; doping; science and sport; eugenics

Spero, Ellan

efs8@mit.edu

business history; academic-industrial cooperation; science and engineering higher education; textile science; material culture

Steingart, Alma

almas@mit.edu

history of mathematics; modern physics; models and formalisms

Thakor, Mitali

mitalit@mit.edu

globalization; postcolonial gender theories; mobile tech; technology and sexuality; sex work; discursive identity

Thompson, Michaela

mjthomps@mit.edu

animals on display; environmental history; marine science

Wanderer, Emily

wanderer@mit.edu

anthropology of the life sciences; medical anthropology; public health and politics, security studies; biodefense

Wexler, Anna

annaw@mit.edu

neuroscience and society; brain machine interfaces; neuroengineering; bioethics; science and law; science and public policy

Wilson, Benjamin

btwilson@mit.edu

arms control; nuclear weapons; history of science; history of modern physics; U.S. history

Woods, Rebecca

rjwoods@mit.edu

British Empire; colonial history; environmental history; science, nature and economy; livestock production; agricultural history