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Alison S. Brooks

Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

Building X 204
2112 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-6079
Fax: (202) 994-6097
E-mail: abrooks@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Harvard University

Expertise:

Paleolithic archaeology; physical anthropology; paleoanthropology; ethnoarchaeology; geochronology; human evolution; politics of cultural heritage; central, southern, and northeastern Africa; northern China

Background:

Alison Brooks joined The George Washington University in 1972, and has been Professor of Anthropology since 1988. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard University in 1979. She also serves as Research Associate in Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Professor Brooks is actively involved in the training of scientists and museum personnel from African countries, and in the development and implementation of heritage policy in Africa. She edits a bulletin for teachers, entitled AnthroNotes, that is distributed three times a year to several hundred individuals and institutions interested in anthropological perspectives on current issues. She has led research projects in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Sweden, France, China, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Professor Brooks' publications include: Encylopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory (2nd Ed.), co-edited with E. Delson, I. Tattersall, and J.A. Van Couvering (2000); "AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion" (2004); "Cultural Contact in Africa, Past and Present: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Status of African Foragers" (2002); "Race and Ethnicity in Anthropology" (1993); "Anthropological Perspectives on Aging (1991); and "The Politics and Problems of Chimp and Gorilla Conservation" (1991).

Courses Taught:

Anth 113 Archeological Field/Lab Research
Anth 118 Theories, Issues and Practive in Archeology
Anth 147 Introduction to Hominid Evolution
Anth 158 Art and Culture
Anth 181 African Roots from Australopithecus to Zimbabwe
Anth 183 Human Cultural Beginnings
Anth 214 Paleoanthropological Field Program
Anth 247 Paleoanthropology
Anth 249 Biological Anthropology
Anth 283 Old World Prehistory
Anth 284 Archeological Field/Lab Research
Anth 299 Thesis Research

Last update: 07.10.08