While studying at the University of London, Tuzin became interested in Sepik cultures and decided to go to the Australian National University's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS), where he worked with the famous and controversial social anthropologist Derek Freeman.
His assessment of Samoan kinship was subsequently challenged by Derek Freeman, long before the now-famous Mead–Freeman controversy about Samoa.
Morgan Freeman | Derek Walcott | Derek Jarman | Derek Jacobi | Martin Freeman | Derek Bailey (guitarist) | Derek Bailey | Bo Derek | Derek Trucks | Freeman | Derek Jeter | Freeman Dyson | Derek Holland | Life with Derek | Derek Lee Ragin | Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon | Derek Bickerton | Derek Abbott | Alice Freeman Palmer | James Freeman (clergyman) | Derek O'Brien | Philip Freeman | Jonathan Freeman | Freeman Gosden | Derek Wyatt | Derek St. Holmes | Derek O'Brien (drummer) | Derek Mahon | Derek Lawrence | Derek Johnstone |