Allison Caine

Allison Caine is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wyoming. She specializes in cultural anthropology with a focus on environment, rural health, pastoralism, and multispecies ethnography. Her work bridges Peru and the U.S., particularly studying Quechua alpaca herders in Peru and Wyoming sheep ranching.

Education: BA in Environmental Studies (Bates College, 2007); M.Sc. in Social Anthropology (Edinburgh University, 2010); Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology (University of Michigan, 2019).

Research interests include climate change impacts on pastoral communities, gendered knowledge systems, and well-being in rural/frontier settings. Her recent publications examine animal behavior adaptations to climate change and sociolinguistic dynamics in the Amazon.

Teaching includes courses on cultural anthropology, environmental anthropology, and medical anthropology. No grants or advising roles are explicitly noted in the text.