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
  • Fall 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
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: Tues. & Thurs. PENDING 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
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING 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
  • Assistant Curator
  • Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
  • Ph.D., University of Colorado - Dec. 2024
  • M.A. University of Wyoming
  • B.S. Radford University
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING 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
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING 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 hannoum@ku.edu
Joshua Homan
Joshua Homan
  • Lecturer
  • ANTH Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2019
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING 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
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING in 629 Fraser Hall; or by appointment - send email to hoopes@ku.edu
Kelsey Jorgensen
Kelsey C Jorgensen
  • Assistant Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2021
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING in 619 Fraser Hall; also by appt., send email to kcjorgensen@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
  • Fall 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
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING 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
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING 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
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: By appointment only - 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
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING or by appt. send an email to jennifer.raff@ku.edu
Frederic Sellet
Frederic Sellet
  • Associate Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1999
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: PENDING in 637 Fraser Hall; also by appointment - contact Dr. Sellet at fsellet@ku.edu