Faculty - Complete listing


All Departments

Bartholomew C. Dean
  • Associate Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1995
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Thurs. 2 - 3:30pm in 639 Fraser Hall; and by appointment - send email to bdean@ku.edu

Ted Goebel
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1993
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Tues. and Thurs. 4-5:00pm and Wed. 10:30am - 12pm in 630 Fraser Hall; or by appointment - send email to goebel@ku.edu

Carlton Gover
  • Acting Assistant Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Acting Assistant Curator
  • Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
  • Ph.D., University of Colorado - expected May 2024
  • M.A. University of Wyoming
  • B.S. Radford University
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Mon. and Wed. 3:30 - 4:30pm and Fri. 9-10am in 611 Fraser Hall; and by appointment - send email to mailto:carlton.shieldchief@ku.edu

Kelly E. Graf
  • Associate Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Nevada Reno, 2008
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 11:15am - 12pm and 2-3 pm in 617 Fraser Hall; or by appointment - send email to graf@ku.edu

Majid Hannoum
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Princeton, 1996
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Tues. and Thurs. 10-11:00am; and by appointment - send email to ahannoum@ku.edu

John W. Hoopes
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1987
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Wed. 9am - 12pm in 629 Fraser Hall; or by appointment - send email to hoopes@ku.edu

Rolfe D. Mandel
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • Senior Scientist, Geoarchaelogy/Quternary
  • State Geologist, Kansas Geological Survey
  • Executive Director, Odyssey Archaeological Research Program
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1991

Brent E. Metz
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Director of the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
  • Ph.D., SUNY Albany, NY, 1995
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Mon. and Fri. 3:00 - 4:30pm in 320 Bailey Hall; also by appointment - contact Dr. Metz at bmetz@ku.edu.

Lauren Norman
  • Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2015
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Mon. 3-4:00pm and Wed. 9-10:00am; and by appointment - send email to lauren_norman@ku.edu

Dennis H. O'Rourke
  • Foundation Distinguished Professor
  • Department Chair
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1980

Jennifer A. Raff
  • Associate Professor
  • ANTH Director of Graduate Studies
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Indiana University, 2008
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Mon. and Wed. 12:30 - 1:30pm; or by appointment - send email to jennifer.raff@ku.edu

Frederic Sellet
  • Associate Professor
  • ANTH Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1999
  • Spring 2024 Office Hours: Mon. 10am - 12pm and Wed. 1-2:00pm in 637 Fraser Hall; also by appointment - contact Dr. Sellet at fsellet@ku.edu