Ethnographic Research Steering Committee

Burcu Baykurt examines the social and cultural implications of digital technologies, with a particular focus on infrastructures, governance, and inequalities.

Aline Gubrium is a medical anthropologist with expertise in sexual and reproductive health inequities.

Julie Hemment is an anthropologist and ethnographer who works in postsocialist Russia.

Elizabeth Krause conducts immersive, collaborative, and participatory research to de-essentialize capitalism and illuminate local-global dynamics.

Timothy Pachirat is a Professor of Political Science.

Fareen Parvez's current research looks at predatory lending and its relationship to other forms of exploitation in low-income neighborhoods in India. 

Sally Pirie's research interests include the anthropology of childhood and gender studies.

Svati Shah is an anthropologist and queer feminist scholar who works on questions of sexuality, gender, migration and caste capitalism in India.

Regine Spector's research examines New England energy politics and electric grid reform, and the climate implications of our energy and water use practices.