CASHP Faculty

Core Faculty

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Paleoecology, Ecomorphology, Paleoanthropology

Professor of Anthropology
Evolutionary genomics, Molecular ecology, Primatology

Professor of Anthropology
Archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Africa

Professor of Anthropology
Paleolithic archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Ethnoarchaeology

Associate Professor of Anthropology
Primate social behavior, Mother-infant relationships, Female competition

Professor of Anthropology
Evolutionary neuroscience, Cerebral cortex, Primates

Associate Professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
Social cognition, Imitation learning

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, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and elsewhere. These individuals collaborate with core CASHP faculty, provide laboratory rotations and other training opportunities for students and serve on PhD dissertation committees.

The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

Shannon McFarlin
Academic Programs Manager and Senior Scientist

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History

Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Senior Research Geologist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology

Briana L. Pobiner
Research Scientist and Education Program Specialist, Human Origins Program

Richard Potts
Curator of Biological Anthropology, Peter Buck Chair of Human Origins Director