Faculty - Complete listing

All Departments

Bartholomew C. Dean
Bartholomew Dean
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1995
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: By appointment - send email to bdean@ku.edu
Obed A. Garcia
Obed A Garcia
  • Assistant Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2020
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. 11:00am-12:00pm in 618 Fraser Hall; or by appt., send an email to oagc@ku.edu
Ted Goebel
Ted Goebel
  • Professor
  • Department Chair
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1993
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mon. 3:00-4:00PM & Thurs. 1:00-2:00pm, and by appointment - send email to goebel@ku.edu
Carlton Gover
Carlton Shield Chief Gover
  • 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 - Dec. 2024
  • M.A. University of Wyoming
  • B.S. Radford University
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: Thurs. 12:00-2:00pm in Spooner Hall, Room 6E and by appointment - send email to mailto:carlton.shieldchief@ku.edu
Kelly E. Graf
Kelly E. Graf
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Nevada Reno, 2008
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 11:00am-12:00pm & Tues, & Thurs. 10:00-11:00am in 617 Fraser Hall; or by appointment - send email to graf@ku.edu
Majid Hannoum
Majid Hannoum
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Princeton, 1996
  • On sabbatical leave. If you need to reach Dr. Hannoum, please send an email to ahannoum@ku.edu
Joshua Homan
Joshua Homan
  • Lecturer for ANTH 160/360
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2019
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mon. 12:00-1:30pm & Tues. 11am - 12:00pm in 630 Fraser; or by appointment - send email to jhoman@ku.edu
John W. Hoopes
John W. Hoopes
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1987
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: Thurs. 10am - 12pm in 629 Fraser Hall; or by appointment - send email to hoopes@ku.edu
Rolfe D. Mandel
Rolfe David Mandel
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • Senior Scientist, Geoarchaelogy/Quaternary Science
  • 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
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: By apppointment only; send an email request to mandel@ku.edu.
Brent E. Metz
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 2025 Office Hours: Thurs. 4:30-5:30pm and Fridays 2:00-4:00pm in 320 Bailey Hall; also by appointment - contact Dr. Metz at bmetz@ku.edu.
Lauren Norman
Lauren Norman
  • Assistant Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2015
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: Mon. 1:30-2:30pm & Wed. 12:30-1:30pm in 610 Fraser Hall, and by appointment - send email to lauren_norman@ku.edu
Dennis H. O'Rourke
Dennis H. O'Rourke
  • Foundaton Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1980
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: Thursdays 1-2:30pm in 635 Fraser; or by appointment - send email to orourke@ku.edu
Jennifer Raff
Jennifer A Raff
  • Associate Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • 2024 Guggenheim Fellow
  • Ph.D., Indiana University, 2008
  • Spring 2025 Office Hours: By appt. send an email to jennifer.raff@ku.edu
Frederic Sellet
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 2025 Office Hours: Wed. 9-10am and Fridays 1-3pm in 637 Fraser Hall; also by appointment - contact Dr. Sellet at fsellet@ku.edu