Department of Anthropology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Subfields

Biological

Male howler monkey

The program in biological anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers graduate training that integrates diverse research areas toward the common goal of improving our understanding of human and nonhuman primate anatomy, adaptation, and evolution. The biological anthropology program includes ongoing research in primate social behavior, ecology, cognition, endocrinology, reproduction and sexual strategies, disease and conservation, quantitative genetics, skeletal biology, demography, primate growth and development, life history, biomechanics, functional anatomy, and primate and human evolution.

Forensics researcher at the Malhi Molecular Anthropology Laboratory

The biological anthropologists in the faculty of the Department of Anthropology are actively involved in research in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Brazil, Uganda, and Primate Research Centers in San Antonio, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, as well as in a wide variety of laboratories on campus including the Environmental Isotope Paleobiogeochemistry lab, and the Visual Media and Imaging Lab, Integrated Systems Lab, and Biomedical Imaging Center located at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.

Conducting physiological tests on a runner

Many of our faculty are affiliated with the Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (PEEB) and most have research collaborations with other units on campus including Mechanical Engineering, Kinesiology, and the Host-Microbe Systems Group in the Institute for Genomic Biology. We offer a wide range of graduate courses in our areas of specialty, and are also involved in teaching human gross anatomy in the College of Medicine. Our goal is to create an exciting and demanding academic environment that challenges doctoral students and prepares them to conduct outstanding research.

Faculty

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Emeritus Faculty

Current Grad Students

Graduate Alumni/ae

Name Year Position(s)
Kristin Hedman 2007 University of Illinois, Illinois Transportation Archaeology Research Program
Martin Kowalewski 2006 Estacion Biologica de Corrientes (EBCo) - MACN, (Biological Field Station of Corrientes, Argentina), Scientific Coordinator
Greg Blomquist 2006 Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Barth Wright 2004 Post-Doctoral Researcher, George Washington University, Washington DC
Robin Bernstein 2004 Assistant Professor, George Washington University, Washington DC
Jennifer Rehg 2003 Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
James Ostlund 2002  
Jill Pruetz 1999 Associate Professor, Iowa State University, Ames
Julio Bicca-Marques 1999 President of the Brazilian Primatological Society and Associate Professor Faculdade de Biociencias/PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Joanna Lambert 1997 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Jolee West 1995 Director of Academic Computing and Digital Library Projects
Information Technology Services, Wesleyan University
Deborah Bakken 1994 Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Dale Hutchinson 1991 Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Kevin Kelly 1988 Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept of Anthropology, University of Iowa
Karen O'Neil 1986 Science Department Chair, Maryvale Preparatory School, Brooklandville, Maryland
Diane Mann 1981 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research Laboratory, Champaign (Deceased 2007)
Mark Teaford 1981 Professor, The Johns Hopkins University
Robert Rondinelli 1977 Medical Director, Younker Rehabilitation Services, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines
John McCullough 1972 Professor of Anthropology, University of Utah
Russell Reid 1971 Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of Louisville
Milford Wolpoff 1969 Professor, University of Michigan