Bryan Page
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Page specializes in studying the consumption of drugs in urban, street based settings. His 42-year career in the anthropology of drug use has focused on the consequences and impacts of various patterns of legal and illegal drug use in a wide variety of cultural settings. Among his funded projects supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Mental Health are studies of: poly-drug use in the Seminole Tribe of Florida, poly-drug use among Cuban immigrants, prescription drug use among women, long-term marihuana use among Costa Rican working class men, HIV risk and disease progression among injection drug users (IDUs) in Miami, HIV risk among IDUs in Valencia, Spain, response to the HIV epidemic among Haitian Women, Haitian youth and gang activity, and needle cleansing behavior among Miami IDUs. These projects have resulted in the publication of over 100 peer reviewed articles and book chapters and numerous other materials, plus two peer reviewed books co-authored with Merrill Singer. After serving fourteen years a Chair of the Department of Anthropology, he is returning to a mix of teaching and research.
Linda Taylor
Professor Emerita
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A recipient of the University of Miami’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Dr. Taylor is a biological anthropologist and primatologist with a focus on primate behavior and the lemurs of Madagascar. Her research investigates intersections of biological and social relationships. Dr. Taylor conducted field research on howling monkeys in Costa Rica, kinship, social power and aging at the Duke Lemur Center, and behavioral ecology of free-ranging lemurs at the Lemur Conservation Foundation. Dr. Taylor serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Lemur Conservation Foundation, where she focuses on research to enhance captive conservation of several species of endangered lemurs.
Edward Li Puma
Professor Emeritus
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A cultural anthropologist, Dr. LiPuma has conducted influential research on a variety of topics ranging from kinship structures to the social practices involved in the utilization of financial instruments such as derivatives.
Some of Dr. LiPuma's publications include the following books:
2004 Financial derivatives and the globalization of risk. (with Benjamin Lee) Duke University Press.
2001 Encompassing others: The magic of modernity in Melanesia. University of Michigan Press.
1988 The gift of kinship: Structure and practice in Maring social organization. Cambridge University Press.
