James Andrew Whitaker

James Andrew Whitaker serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. His academic credentials include a PhD (2016) and MA (2013) from Tulane University of Louisiana and a BA (2007) from the University of Mississippi.

Education:

• PhD, Tulane University of Louisiana, 2016
• MA, Tulane University of Louisiana, 2013
• BA, University of Mississippi, 2007

His research spans Anthropology of Religion, Climate Change, Ethnohistory, Historical Anthropology, Folklore, Historical Ecology, and Ontological Anthropology, with geographical expertise focused on Amazonia, Mississippi, and West Africa. Whitaker examines human-environment interactions through historical ecological frameworks, exploring how belief systems like shamanism and sorcery intersect with contemporary climate challenges, particularly in Amazonian and Southern U.S. contexts.

Teaching responsibilities include Anthropology of Climate Change, Anthropology of Shamanism/Sorcery/Magic, Ethnohistory, Historical Ecology of Amazonia, and Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. No scientific awards, grants, student advisees, or research teams were documented in the available information.