Katrina Spade created a system called "recomposition" that transforms human bodies into soil, so that we can return to the earth after we die.

Genevieve Bell works at the intersection of cultural practice and technology development.

The co-author of "Sex at Dawn," Christopher Ryan explores the prehistoric roots of human sexuality.

Anthropologist and media scholar Mary L. Gray focuses on how the everyday use of technology (including artificial intelligence) transforms our lives -- for better and worse.

Mehret Mandefro is an award-winning producer, writer and director.

Kelli Swazey examines how religious and spiritual practices form group identity, and play a vital role in structuring the interactions of individuals within a culture.

Kathryn Bouskill's work explores how our health is shaped as much by our biology as it is by our behaviors and cultural contexts.

A National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, Wade Davis has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.”

Cultural anthropologist

Ethnomusicologist

Cave art researcher

High-altitude archaeologist + anthropologist