Thomas Alan Abercrombie (January 22, 1951 – April 11, 2019)^[1][2] was an American writer and associate professor of anthropology at New York University. He is the author of Pathways of Memory and Power, a book which explores the ethnography and history of the Andeans.

Abercrombie was also a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2004–2005.