[citation needed] Ferguson attended Columbia University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in anthropology in 1974.
He earned his doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in 1988, with dissertation field work in Puerto Rico.
[3] Ferguson is now a tenured professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University Newark.
He is part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology as well as Global Urban Studies/Urban Systems.
[3] Ferguson has published many papers critical of biological perspectives in anthropology, especially explanations of war.