Richard R. Wilk (born 22 May 1953)[1] 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.

[4] Wilk did his dissertation research in southern Belize describing the ecological strategies of Kekchi speakers in and around the village of Aguacate.

His dissertation was later published in the book Household Ecology: Economic Change and Domestic Life among the Kekchi Maya in Belize.

[5] Wilk moved to Indiana University in 1988 where he spent the remainder of his academic career, chairing the department in 2003, and named Provost's Professor in 2011 and Distinguished Professor in 2017.

[1] In 2024, Wilk pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, a level 5 felony.