John R. Lukacs (A.B., 1969, M.A., 1970, Syracuse; Ph.D., 1977, Cornell) has been a professor at UO since 1976. John R. Lukacs is engaged in research on paleopathology and dental anthropology of South Asia.  His research combines an epidemiological approach to dental enamel defects in rural villages and urban schools in western India with the laboratory analysis of skeletal and dental pathology among prehistoric human skeletons in India.  Recent publications have appeared in the following journals: American Journal of Human Biology (1999), American Journal of Physical Anthropology (1999), Angle Orthodontist (1998), Current Anthropology (1996), International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (1995), Journal of Archaeological Science (1998), and Yearbook of Physical Anthropology (1999).  His research has been supported by the American Institute of Indian Studies, American Philosophical Society, the LSB Leakey Foundation, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, and Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.  Contact information: (541) 346-5112.

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