Anthropology Faculty
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Michael H. Crawford Professor Biological Anthropology Ph.D., Washington 1967 |
| Research Areas: Biological anthropology, anthropological genetics, demography, molecular genetics, primate genetics, and genetics of twins; Arctic, North and Central America, Caribbean, Europe crawford@ku.edu | Lippincott Hall, #5 | (785) 864-4170 |
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Bartholomew C. Dean Associate Professor Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Harvard 1995 |
| Research Areas: Dean, Bartholomew C. (Ph.D. Harvard University 1995; Associate Professor) Social anthropology, critical theory, kinship, politics, symbolic forms, material culture, health and human rights; Amazonia, Latin America bdean@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #618 | (785) 864-2648 |
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Arienne M. Dwyer Associate Professor, Linguistic Anthropology Co-Director, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities Ph.D., Washington 1996 |
| Research Areas: Linguistic anthropology, typology, in situ research methods, media archives, language documentation, digital humanities; China, Inner Asia, Central Asia anthlinguist  ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #638 | (785) 864-2649 |
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David W. Frayer Professor Biological Anthropology Ph.D., Michigan 1976 |
| Research Areas: Biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, human osteology; Old World Prehistory frayer@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #626 | (785) 864-2633 |
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Jane W. Gibson Associate Professor and Department Chair Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Florida 1992 |
| Research Areas: Cultural anthropology, political ecology, economic anthropology, natural resource management, tourism and development, visual anthropology; US, Central America jwgc@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #631 | (785) 864-2635 |
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Sandra J. Gray Associate Professor Biological Anthropology Ph.D., SUNY-Binghamton 1992 |
| Research Areas: Biological anthropology, human population biology, human growth and development, maternal and child health and nutrition, metabolic adaptation, pastoralists; East Africa sjgray@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #617 | (785) 864-2646 |
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Majid Hannoum Associate Professor Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Princeton 1996 |
| Research Areas: Anthropology and history, social theory, cultural identity, political modernity, historiography and memory, religion and politics, violence and the state, immigration and globalization. Middle East, North Africa, France ahannoum@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #607 | (785) 864-2650 |
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F. Allan Hanson Professor Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Chicago 1966 |
Research Areas: Social anthropology, semiotics, social impact of technology, social theory; Polynesia, contemporary US hanson@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #639 | (785) 864-2636 |
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Jack L. Hofman Associate Professor and Associate Chair Archaeology Ph.D., Tennessee 1986 |
Research Areas: Archaeology, hunters and gatherers, evolutionary ecology, lithics; Plains, Eastern North America hofman@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #619 | (785) 864-2634 |
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John W. Hoopes Associate Professor Archaeology Director Global Indigenous Nations Studies Ph.D., Harvard 1987 |
Research Areas: Archaeology, human ecology, ceramic analysis, digital and Internet applications; Southern Central America, Mesoamerica, South America hoopes@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #629 | (785) 864-2638 | Personal Web Site |
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John M. Janzen Professor Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Chicago 1967 |
Research Areas: Social anthropology, medical anthropology, semiotics, violence, trauma and healing; Central Africa, Euro-American Mennonites jjanzen@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #635 | (785) 864-2642 |
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Rolfe D. Mandel Professor, Archaeology Director ODYSSEY Geoarchaeological Program Senior Scientist, Geoarcheaology/Quaternary Geology, Kansas Geological Survey Ph.D., University of Kansas 1991 |
| Research Areas: Geoarchaeology, Quaternary soils and geology, landscape evolution; Great Plains, Eastern Mediterranean Kansas Geological
Survey. mandel@kgs.ku.edu | Parker Hall, #101 | (785) 864-2171 |
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Brent E. Metz Associate Professor; Undergraduate Coordinator Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., SUNY-Albany 1995 |
| Research Areas: Indigeneity, indigenous reformulation, culture and power, collective memory, ethnographic representation, masculinity; Ch’orti’ Maya, Mesoamerica, Latin America bmetz@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #631 | (785) 864-2631 |
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James H. Mielke Professor; Associate Dean of Social & Behavioral Sciences in CLAS Biological Anthropology Ph.D., Massachusetts-Amherst 1974 |
Research Areas: Biological anthropology, population structure, historical demography and historical epidemiology; Finland mielke@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #606a; Strong Hall, #200 | (785) 864-3661 |
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Carlos M Nash Assistant Professor Linguistic Anthropology and Language Technology Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara 2011 |
Research Areas: Linguistic anthropology, language and culture, language and identity, language and the Internet, discourse analysis, Bantu, phonetics and phonology; contemporary US, Kenya cmnash@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #614 | (785) 864-6357 |
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Ivana Radovanovic |
| Research Areas: Archaeology, prehistoric hunter-gatherers and early food producers, lithics, material culture and belief systems; Southeastern Europe, the Mediterranean ivana@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #616 | (785) 864-2677 |
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Alan Redd Assistant Professor Biological Anthropology Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1998 |
Research Areas: Biological anthropology, human evolutionary genetics, population genetics, forensic genetics; Pacific Islands, Indian subcontinent aredd@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #615 | (785) 864-1854 |
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Kathryn A. Rhine Assistant Professor Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Brown University 2010 |
Research Areas: Medical Anthropology; Anthropological Demography; Global Health Politics; HIV/AIDS; Motor Vehicle Collisions; Gender, Sexuality, & Kinship; Mobility; Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnologies; Nigeria; Ghana; Sub-Saharan Africa krhine@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #631 | (785) 864-3102 |
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Frederic Sellet Assistant Professor Archaeology Ph.D., Southern Methodist University 1999 |
Research Areas: Lithic studies, hunters and gatherers, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Western Europe fsellet@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #657 | (785) 864-1042 |
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Donald D. Stull Professor; Graduate Coordinator Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Colorado 1973; M.P.H. UCB, 1975 |
| Research Areas: Applied anthropology, policy studies, rapid growth communities, meat and poultry industry, modern agriculture; US Great Plains, Upper South, contemporary North American Indians stull@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #607 | (785) 864-2641 |
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Akiko Takeyama Assistant Professor, Women's Studies Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2008 |
Research Areas: Cultural anthropology, gender, sexuality and class, subjectivity and the body, neoliberal globalization; Japan, East Asia takeyama@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #614 | (785) 864-2645 |
Courtesy & Adjunct Faculty
Mary Adair Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Kansas (1984) |
Research Areas: Paleobotany, origins of agriculture, culture change; North America,
Central Plains. madair@ku.edu |
| Christine Makosky Daley Adjunct Lecturer Department of Anthropology Ph.D., University of Connecticut |
Research Areas: Native North America, the intersection of culture adn biology as it relates to health disparities and disease in human evolution, cancer explanatory models and prevention, health literacy and corss-cultural communication. cdaley@kumc.edu |
Sean M. Daley |
Research Areas: American ranch and farm life, rural health disparities, cowboy cultures of the American West, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, southern Utah "Downwinders," American Indian religions and world views, American Indian federal laws and policies, contemporary American Indian reservation life: United States sdaley1@ku.edu |
| Eric J. Devor Adjunct Associate Professor Senior Research Scientist, Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics, Integrated DNA Technologies, Caralville, Iowa Ph.D., University of New Mexico 1979 |
Research Areas: Anthropological Genetics, Population Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Evolution, microRNAs: Central Asia rdevor@idtdna.com |
| Kim S. Kimminau Adjunct Associate Professor Senior Vice President for Research and Analysis, KS Health Institute, Topeka, KS Ph.D., Ohio State University 1984 |
Research Areas: Applied medical anthropology, dental anthropology, health services and health policy research, minority health disparities, oral health, program evaluation: American minority populations kkimminau@khi.org |
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M. J. Mosher, RN, PhD Adjunct Lecturer Department of Anthropology, Western Washington University Ph.D., University of Kansas 2002 |
Research Areas: Biological anthropology, nutrigenetics, and genetic epidemiology. Research; Nutrition, lipids, immune system, and the effects of gene-by-environmental interaction on risk factors and disease susceptibility; Circumpolar populations (Siberia), Central Kansas Mennonites. mjmosher@aol.com |
| Mark L. Raab Adjunct Professor Professor, Department of Anthropology & Director, Northridge Center for Public Archaeology, California State University, Northridge Ph.D., Arizona State University 1976 |
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Jerry A. Schultz Courtesy Assistant Professor Co-Director of the Work Group for Community Health and Associate Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Community Health and Development at KU Ph.D., University of Kansas 1992 |
Research Areas: Community capacity bulding, community evaluation, community health and development, contemporary Native American issues, medical anthropology, community development : Native North America, US jschultz@ku.edu | Dole Center, Room 4082 | (785) 864-0533 |
Sarah Williams-Blangero Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University 1987 |
Research Areas: Genetic epidemiology, infectious disease genetics, genetic management of nonhuman primates: Nepal, Tibet, Brazil |
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William Woods Professor Department of Geography Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1986 |
Research Areas: Abandoned Settlements, Anthropogenic Environmental Change, Cultural Landscapes, Soils and
Sediments, Traditional Settlement-Subsistence Systems. wwoods@ku.edu | Lindley Hall 217-A | (785) 864-8992 |
Emeritus Professors
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Alfred Johnson Professor Emeritus Archaeology Ph.D., Arizona 1965 |
Research Areas: Archaeology, paleoecology, systematics; North American Plains, Southwest |
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Anta Montet-White Professor Emerita Archaeology Doct. es Lettres, Bordeaux 1965 |
Research Areas: Paleolithic archaeology, lithic technology, Pleistocene environment; Europe |
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Robert J. Smith Professor Emeritus Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Indiana 1968 |
Research Areas: Folklore theory, festivals, material culture, foraging societies; Spain, Latin America |
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Akira Y. Yamamoto Professor Emeritus Linguistic Anthropology Ph.D., Indiana 1974 |
| Research Areas: Linguistic anthropology, linguistics and education, language endangerment and maintenance, culture theory and culture change; US Southwest, Southeast, East Asia akira@ku.edu |
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Felix Moos Professor Emeritus Socio-Cultural Anthropology Ph.D., Washington 1963 |
| Research Areas: Applied anthropology and ethnology, culture change and development, comparative value systems, ethnic conflict; East and Southeast Asia, Pacific felix@ku.edu | Fraser Hall, #636 | (785) 864-2643 |
Associates in Other Departments, Schools, or Institutes
| Ann Kuckelman Cobb Ph.D. Professor, KU Medical Center School of Nursing Research Areas: Medical anthropology, anthropology in nursing, qualitative research methods. |
| Myra J Giesen Ph.D. University of Newcastle myra.giesen@ncl.ac.uk Research Areas: International repatriation, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act implementation, museum collection management and curation, cultural resource management, human osteology; Great Plains. |
| Robert J. Hoard Ph.D. Kansas State University Archaeologist, Kansas State Historical Society rhoard@kshs.org Research Areas:Early agricultural populations, ceramic technology, archeometry, NAGPRA compliance, public archeology; Great Plains. |
| Jill Kleinberg Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Business, KU 118 F Summerfield jkleinberg@ku.edu Research Areas: Cultural anthropology, comparative study of organizational behavior, multicultural work settings, organizational culture; Japan, U.S. |
| John Mitchell Ph.D. Department of Genetics and Human Variation, LaTrobe University, Bundoora john.mitchell@latrobe.edu.au Research Areas: Use of molecular genetic markers to understand the origins and affinities of human populations, especially those of Oceania, South Asia, Native Americans, and Siberian aboriginal groups, molecular variation on the Y-chromosome (male specific) and human evolution. |
Linda Redford Ph.D. Research Areas: Aging, social and caregiver support systems, long-term care systems, rural; U.S. |
| Moses Schanfield Ph.D. Chair and Professor, Department of Forensic Sciences, George Washington University mschanfi@gwu.edu Research Areas: Genetic markers in human populations, serum protein, red cell enzymes and DNA polymorphisms, forensic applications of genetic markers, evolution of genetic systems. |
Jerry A. Schultz Ph.D. Research Areas: Community capacity building, community evaluation, community health and development, contemporary Native American issues, medical anthropology, community development; Native North America, US. |
| Sarah Williams-Blangero Ph.D. Scientist and Chair, Dept of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research sarah@darwin.sfbr.org Research Areas: Genetic epidemiology, infectious disease genetics, genetic management of nonhuman primates;Nepal, Tibet, Brazil. |