W. Andrew Barr
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Paleoecology, Ecomorphology, Paleoanthropology
CASHP Faculty
Core Faculty
Brenda J. Bradley
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Evolutionary genomics, Molecular ecology, Primatology
David R. Braun
Professor of Anthropology
Archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Africa
Alison S. Brooks
Professor of Anthropology
Paleolithic archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Ethnoarchaeology
Shannon C. McFarlin
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Primate life history evolution, Growth and development, Hard tissue biology
Carson M. Murray
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Primate social behavior, Mother-infant relationships, Female competition
Chet C. Sherwood
Professor of Anthropology
Evolutionary neuroscience, Cerebral cortex, Primates
Francys Subiaul
Associate Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Social cognition, Imitation learning
Bernard A. Wood
University Professor of Human Origins
Human evolution, Comparative morphology, Dental morphology
Resource Faculty
In addition to core faculty members, CASHP includes resource faculty members based at other GW departments, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History and National Zoological Park, Howard University, Johns Hopkins University, the National Institutes of Science and Technology, the Carnegie Institute and elsewhere. These individuals collaborate with core CASHP faculty, provide laboratory rotations and other training opportunities for students and serve on PhD dissertation committees.
Smithsonian Institution Collaborators
Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
Briana L. Pobiner
Research Scientist and Museum Educator, Human Origins Program
Richard Potts
Director of Human Origins Program, Paleoanthropologist
Additional Faculty
- Kirsten M. Brown, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Colin Chapman, Research Professor of Anthropology
- James M. Clark, Ronald Weintraub Professor of Biology
- Keith Crandall, Director of Computational Biology Institute
- Joseph M. Erwin, Research Professor of Anthropology
- Catherine A. Forster, Professor of Biology
- James K. Hahn, Professor of Computer Science
- Patricia Hernandez, Professor of Biology
- John T. Lill, Professor of Biology
- Susan Pfeiffer, Research Professor of Anthropology
- Anastas Popratiloff, Director of Nanofabrication and Imaging Center
- Mark Reeves, Professor of Physics
- Donald J. Reid, Research Professor of Anthropology
- B. Holly Smith, Research Professor of Anthropology
- Tadeusz W. Zawidzki, Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Rui Diogo, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Howard University College of Medicine
- David Hunt, Assistant Collections Manager, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Marilyn R. London, Forensic Anthropologist, U.S. Department of Defense
- Lydia Luncz, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Rob O'Malley, Project Director, Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- David B. Patterson, Faculty in Biology, University of North Georgia
- Michael L. Power, Conservation Biology Institute, Smithsonian Institution National Zoological Park
- Christopher B. Ruff, Professor of Functional Anatomy and Evolution, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Douglas Ubelaker, Curator of Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Erin Marie Williams-Hatala, Associate Professor of Biology, Chatham University
- Jonathan G. Wynn, Associate Professor, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida
