I am Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, USA.
I conducted ethnographic research in northern Siberia with Indigenous hunter-fisher-trappers in the 1990s and eary 2000s. My book Peoples of the Tundra summarizes that work.
My current research projects include NSF EAGER DLC SaTC and NSF NNA. I am also a contributor to the ENDOW project, where I am conducting research in central Mozambique with Sena people.
My research focuses on social networks and cooperation, climate change adaptation, resilience of youth, and the dynamics of wealth inequality. More about my academic record can be found on my ORCID page. My department webpage can be found here.
I use and teach multiple methods in my research include participant observation and ethnography, experimental games, reproductive histories and demography, and social network analysis.
I am an advocate for reproducible science and encourage my students to learn R, LaTeX, and other tools to streamline and reproduce workflows.
Please feel free write to me here: jziker@boisestate.edu