Faculty

Department chair

Ted Goebel
Ted Goebel
  • Professor
  • Department Chair
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1993

Archaeology

Ted Goebel
Ted Goebel
  • Professor
  • Department Chair
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1993
Carlton Gover
Carlton Shield Chief Gover
  • Assistant Professor
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Assistant Curator
  • Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
  • Division of Archaeology
  • Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder, 2024
  • Teaching ANTH ANTH 520 Archaeological Ceramics AND ANTH 699 ANTH in Museums for fall 2026.
  • Fall 2026 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
  • Teaching ANTH 150/309 Becoming Human AND ANTH 312 Environmental ARCH for fall 2026.
  • Fall 2026 Office Hours: PENDING in 617 Fraser Hall; or by appointment - send email to graf@ku.edu
John W. Hoopes
John W. Hoopes
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1987
  • Retiring August 2026.
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
Lauren Norman
Lauren Norman
  • Assistant Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2015
  • Teaching ANTH 177 Pets in the Past, ANTH 401 Integrating ANTH (ONLINE), AND ANTH 895 Graduate Teaching for Fall 2026.
  • Fall 2026 Office Hours: PENDING in 610 Fraser Hall, and by appointment - send email to lauren_norman@ku.edu
Frederic Sellet
Frederic Sellet
  • Associate Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1999
  • Teaching ANTH 177 Strategies for Survival AND ANTH 853 Theory & Current Problems in ARCH for Fall 2026.
  • Fall 2026 Office Hours: PENDING in 637 Fraser Hall; also by appointment - contact Dr. Sellet at fsellet@ku.edu

Biological anthropology

Obed A. Garcia
Obed A Garcia
  • Assistant Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2020
  • Teaching ANTH 304 ONLINE (1st 8-weeks) AND ANTH 350 Medicine, Health, & Disease for fall 2026.
  • Fall 2026 Office Hours: PENDING in 618 Fraser Hall; or by appt., send an email to oagc@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
  • Teaching ANTH 341 Human Evoluation for fall 2026.
  • Fall 2026 Office Hours: PENDING in 626 Fraser or by appt. send an email to jennifer.raff@ku.edu

Sociocultural anthropology

Bartholomew C. Dean
Bartholomew Dean
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1995
  • Teaching ANTH 570 Anthropology of Violence for fall 2026.
  • Fall 2026 Office Hours: PENDING By appointment - send email to bdean@ku.edu
Majid Hannoum
Majid Hannoum
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Princeton, 1996
  • Teaching ANTH 308 Fundamentals of Cultural ANTH AND ANTH 372 Religion, Power, & Sexuality Arab Society for fall 2026 semester.
  • Fall 2026 Office Hours: PENDING in 636 Fraser, or by appointment, 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
  • Instructor for ANTH 160/360 Varieties of Human Experience AND ANTH 462 Field Methods in CULT ANTH (ONLINE) for fall 2026.
  • Fall 2026 Office Hours: PENDING in 630 Fraser; or by appointment - send email to jhoman@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
  • Teaching ANTH 177 Indigenous Traditions of Latin America AND ANTH 2026.
  • Fall 2026 Office Hours: PENDING in 608 FR and Fridays 2:00pm - 4:00pm in 320 Bailey Hall; also by appointment - contact Dr. Metz at bmetz@ku.edu.