| Henry T. Bunn | Professor, human culture, archeology. Paleontological and archeological research in Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, and Somalia. |
| Sharon Hutchinson | Professor, religion and culture in Africa. Cultural change, violence, genocide, ethnicity and international humanitarian interventions in Africa. Research in Sudan, Darfur, Kenya and Ethiopia. |
| Johanna E. Lambert | Associate Professor, biological anthropology, primate evolution, conservation, diet and nutrition, ecomorphology and ecophysiology. Reseach in Uganda, Mali, and Ivory Coast. |
| Herbert Lewis | Professor Emeritus. |
| Larry Nesper | Associate Professor (also American Indian Studies), Culture and identity, ethnicity, ethnohistory, political and legal anthropology, social and religious movements. Research in Senegal. |
| Travis Pickering | Associate Professor, Ecology and evolutionary biology of early hominids in South and East Africa. Research in South Africa, Tanzania and Ethiopia. |
| Aidan Southall | Professor Emeritus |
| Amy Stambach | Associate Professor (also Educational Policy Studies). Gender and educational policy, cultural analysis, comparative and international education. Research in Tanzania. |
| Claire Wendland | Assistant Professor (also Obstetrics and Gynecology). Biomedicine in non-western setting, cross-cultural ethics and communication. Research in Malawi. |
