Education
Ph.D.,
Anthropology, University of California, Santa
Barbara
M.A., Anthropology, University of California, Santa
Barbara
B.A., Anthropology, Arizona State University
Biography
John was
trained at University of California at Santa Barbara
and Arizona State University. John has conducted
field research in Siberia since 1992, mainly on the
topics of indigenous land tenure and economy. He has
on-going research on food-sharing networks and
demographics in Siberia. In addition, he is
investigating the conical hide-covered lodge and its
ecological, social, and symbolic roles among
indigenous peoples in Canada and Siberia.
Professional
Interests
Kinship, Social Organization, and Demography;
Human Behavioral Ecology; Network Analysis; Medical Anthropology; Economic
Anthropology; Circumpolar Ethnology; Russia/Former Soviet Union
Courses
Taught:
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Cultural
Anthropology
(undergraduate)
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Medical
Anthropology
(undergraduate)
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Peoples and
Cultures of the World (undergraduate)
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Evolution of
Human Cooperation (undergraduate)
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Portfolio
Practicum
(undergraduate)
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Kinship and
Social Organization
(undergraduate)
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Environmental
Anthropology
(undergraduate)
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Economies and
Global Change
(undergraduate)
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Comparative
Religion
(undergraduate)
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Sex and Gender:
An Ethnological Approach
(graduate)
-
Quantitative
Methods in Anthropology
(graduate)
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Synchronic
Methods in Anthropology (graduate)
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Economic
Anthropology (graduate)
-
Game Theory and
Human Cooperation
(graduate)
