Richard C. Wilk

Richard R. Wilk 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. He is currently Director of the Open Anthropology Institute and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Indiana University.