Department Affiliates

ANTHROPOLOGISTS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS

Stephen B. Brush, Professor, Human and Community Development, 
         Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1973. 
         Specialties: Development, traditional agricultural systems, ethnobiology.          
         Area: Latin America. 
         sbbrush@ucdavis.edu

Daniel B. Hrdy, Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Internal Medicine,          
         M.D., Ph.D. 
         Specialties: Evolution of infectious diseases, diseases of acculturation.          
         Area: South Pacific. 
         dbhrdy@ucdavis.edu

Martha J. Macri, Professor, Native American Studies, 
         Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1988. 
         Specialties: Linguistic prehistory, nonalphabetic writing systems, indigenous
         peoples of the Americas. 
         Areas: Mexico, Guatemala. 
         mjmacri@ucdavis.edu

Zoila S. Mendoza, Associate Professor, Native American Studies, 
         Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1993. 
         Specialties: Social and cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, dance
         studies, visual anthropology, performance studies, ethnic studies. 
         Areas: Latin America, Africa. 
         zsmendoza@ucdavis.edu

Victor Montejo, Professor, Native American Studies, 
         Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1993. 
         Specialties: Mesoamerican cultures, ethnicity, indigenous movements and
         human rights, migration and transnationalism, native knowledge, indigenous
         literature.
         vmontejo@ucdavis.edu

Benjamin S. Orlove, Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, 
         Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1975. 
         Specialties: Environmental anthropology, agrarian studies, climate, political
         economy.
         Areas: Latin America, East Africa. 
         bsorlove@ucdavis.edu

Harland Padfield, Associate and Lecturer, Human and Community Development,          
         Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1965. 
         Specialties: Agriculture, neurobiological anthropology, international
         development, urban anthropology. 
         Areas: United States, Mexico, East Africa. 
         hipadfield@ucdavis.edu

John O. Stewart, Professor, African American Studies and African Studies,          
         Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1973. 
         Specialties: Social and cultural pluralism, ritual, ethnography and literature.          
         Areas: Caribbean, southern United States, western Nigeria. 
         jostewart@ucdavis.edu

Lenora A. Timm, Professor & Chair, Linguistics, 
         Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1973. 
         Specialties: Sociolinguistics, bilingualism, Breton language, ecofeminism,
         women’s studies. 
         Areas: Brittany, Europe. 
         latimm@ucdavis.edu

Stephano Varese, Professor, Native American Studies, 
         Ph.D., Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, 1967. 
         Specialties: Ethnicity and class, identity politics, ethnopolitical movements,
         US/Mexico border, Latin American indigenous people in the US. 
         Areas: Amazonian region, Andean region, Mesoamerica, United States.
         svarese@ucdavis.edu

John T. Walton, Professor, Sociology, 
         Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1966. 
         Specialties: Political and economic development, comparative studies,
         social history, international political economy, social movements and
         revolution, urban. 
         Areas: Latin America, eastern North America. 
         jtwalton@ucdavis.edu

Karen A. Watson-Gegeo, Professor, Education, 
         Ph.D., University of Hawai’i. 
         Specialties: Sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, educational anthropology,
         language socialization, human development, American ethnic minorities.          
         Areas: Pacific islands, United States. 
         kawatsonegeo@ucdavis.edu

Miriam Wells, Professor, Human and Community Development, 
         Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1975. 
         Specialties: Political and economic anthropology, ethnicity, economic
         development, political brokerage, farm labor and U.S.-Mexican migration,
         the social organization of agriculture. 
         Areas: United States, Mexico. 
         mjwells@ucdavis.edu