Martin Ottenheimer is Professor of Anthropology at Kansas State University, where he has taught courses in kinship, and marriage and family for 30 years. He is the recipient of the 1998 KSU "Certificate of Recognition for Teaching Anthropology," award and the author of numerous publications, including two excellent books used by faculty and graduate students alike on kinship-related topics: cousin marriage; and the cultural analysis of kinship (both from the University of Illinois Press).