Richard R. Wilk
Richard Wilk in 2020
Born (1952-05-22) May 22, 1952
Connecticut, U.S.
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materNew York University
University of Arizona
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
InstitutionsIndiana University
Doctoral advisorRobert McC. Netting

Richard R. Wilk (born 22 May 1953)[1] is an American anthropologist best known for his work in economic anthropology focusing most recently on food, though he has published widely on diverse topics including human ecology, consumer behavior, beauty pageants, Maya culture, bad poetry, and visual anthropology. Wilk has published 89 works, and his research has been translated into five languages.[2] He is currently Director of the Open Anthropology Institute[3] and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Indiana University.[4]

He was arrested in January 2024 for possession of child pornography.[5]

Education

Wilk received his Bachelor of Arts at New York University in 1971 and his Masters and PhD at the University of Arizona in 1981.[6] Wilk did his dissertation research in southern Belize describing the ecological strategies of Kekchi speakers in and around the village of Aguacate. His dissertation was later published in the book Household Ecology: Economic Change and Domestic Life among the Kekchi Maya in Belize.[7]

Career

Wilk moved to Indiana University in 1988 where he spent the remainder of his academic career, chairing the department in 2003, and named Provost's Professor in 2011 and Distinguished Professor in 2017.[8][9] He has held visiting professorships at University College London, University of California at Berkeley, National University of Singapore, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Marseille, and the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Bra, Italy.[1]

Awards

Arrest

Wilk was arrested on January 9, 2024 for possession of child pornography, a level 5 felony in the state of Indiana. He was transported to Monroe County Jail.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Wilk, official c.v." (PDF).
  2. ↑ "WorldCat Identities".
  3. ↑ "Open Anthropology Institute".
  4. ↑ "Indiana University, Dept of Anthropology".
  5. 1 2 "Former Indiana University professor charged with possession of child porn". Fox 59. 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  6. ↑ "ORCID Richard R. Wilk".
  7. ↑ Wilk, Richard R (1997). Household ecology: economic change and domestic life among the Kekchi Maya in Belize. DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-87580-575-7. OCLC 868965840.
  8. ↑ "Process: Alumni Newsletter of the IU Department of Anthropology" (PDF). Indiana University, Dept of Anthropology. 2011.
  9. ↑ "Emeriti Faculty, Dept of Anthropology, Indiana U."
  10. ↑ "Society for Economic Anthropology".
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