underwater photo of Rick, free diving off Small Malaita, Solomon Islands

Richard (Rick) Feinberg

Professor Emeritus, Kent State UniversityMember since 1973

My Biography

Rick Feinberg (he/him) (AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1969; MA, University of Chicago, 1971; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1974) is an expert in Cultural Anthropology, Pacific Islands, Native North America, Kinship, Symbolic Anthropology, Religion & Spiritualism, Health & Curing, and Politics & Development. He has conducted research on Anuta (Solomon Islands), Taumako (Solomon Islands), Nukumanu (Papua New Guinea), Atafu (Tokelau), Navajo (New Mexico), and Brady Lake (Ohio, USA). Rick attended his first AAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA in 1973.

Photo of Rick, free diving off Small Malaita, Solomon Islands. Photo by Sarah Meltzoff, 1973