Faculty - Complete listing


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Bartholomew C. Dean
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1995
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:45am - 12:45pm in 639 Fraser Hall or by appointment - send email to bdean@ku.edu
  • I am accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 NEW graduate application review.

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. and Thurs. 2pm - 3pm in 618 Fraser Hall; or by appt., send an email to oagc@ku.edu
  • I am accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 NEW graduate application review.

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: Tuesdays and Thursdays 4pm - 5pm, Wednesdays 10:30am - 12noon in 622A Fraser Hall and by appointment - send email to goebel@ku.edu
  • I am accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 NEW graduate application review.

Carlton 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: Tuesdays 1pm - 3pm in Spooner Hall, Room 6E and by appointment - send email to mailto:carlton.shieldchief@ku.edu
  • I am accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 NEW graduate application review.

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: Mon., Wed., and Fridays 11am - 12noon and 1pm - 2pm in 617 Fraser Hall; or by appointment - send email to graf@ku.edu
  • I am accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 NEW graduate application review.

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
  • 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: Mondays 11am - 12:30pm, Tuesdays 11am - 12pm in 630 Fraser; or by appointment - send email to jhoman@ku.edu

John W. Hoopes
  • Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Harvard University, 1987
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: Wednesdays 9:00am - 12noon in 629 Fraser Hall; or by appointment - send email to hoopes@ku.edu
  • I am not accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 NEW graduate application review.

Kelsey Jorgensen
  • Assistant Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2021
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1pm - 2pm in 619 Fraser Hall; also by appt., send email to kcjorgensen@ku.edu.
  • I will be accepting new graduate students for the Jan. 2026 NEW graduate student application review.

Rolfe D. 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.
  • I am not taking new graduate students for the January 2026 NEW graduate student review.

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: Mondays and Fridays 3:00 - 4:30pm in 320 Bailey Hall; also by appointment - contact Dr. Metz at bmetz@ku.edu.
  • I am only accepting new graduate students who want to do indigenous Mesoamerica (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) research for the January 2026 NEW graduate student application review.

Lauren Norman
  • Assistant Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2015
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: Mondays 10am - 11am and Wednesdays 12pm - 1pm in 610 Fraser Hall, and by appointment - send email to lauren_norman@ku.edu
  • I am accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 NEW graduate application review.

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
  • I am not accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 new graduate application review.

Jennifer 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: Mon., Wed., and Fridays 1:00 - 2:00pm or by appt. send an email to jennifer.raff@ku.edu
  • I am not accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 new graduate application review.

Frederic Sellet
  • Associate Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, 1999
  • Fall 2025 Office Hours: Wednesdays 9am - 11am and Fridays 1pm - 2pm in 637 Fraser Hall; also by appointment - contact Dr. Sellet at fsellet@ku.edu
  • I am accepting new graduate students for the January 2026 NEW graduate application review.