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Professors

James B. Brow

Professor

jbrow@mail.utexas.edu | 471-0058 | EPS 2.202

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington

Interests

Social anthropology of South Asia, especially Sri Lanka; agrarian change, economic development, colonialism, nationalism, ethnicity, globalization.

Richard R. Flores

Associate Dean For Academic Affairs, Professor

rrflores@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-9209 | GEB 3.212

Education

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Interests

Folklore and expressive culture of Greater Mexico; anthropology of symbols; anthropology of religion; anthropology and history; critical theory.

Charles R. Hale

Professor

crhale@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.7530 | EPS 2.140

Interests

Race/ethnicity, identity politics, consciousness and resistance, activist anthropology; Latin America, the Caribbean

William Hanks

Professor

wfhanks@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.8517 | EPS 2.134

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Jennifer Johnson-Hanks

Professor

johnsonhanks@prc.utexas.edu | 512-471-8366 | Main 1912

Education

Ph.D., Northwestern University

John W Kappelman Jr

Professor

jkappelman@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0055 | EPS 2.132

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University

Elizabeth L Keating

Professor

ekeating@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8518 | EPS 2.206

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Interests

Linguistic Anthropology, Micronesia, Language and Status, American Sign Language, New Communication Technologies, Computer-Mediated interaction, Multimodal Communication, Visual Anthropology

Martha Menchaca

Professor

mmen@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.7537 | EPS 1.144

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests

Social anthropology, ethnicity, gender, oral history/oral traditions, legal anthropology, immigration, Chicano studies: US/Mexican culture, Latin America.

Liza J Shapiro

Professor

liza.shapiro@mail.utexas.edu | 471-7533 | EPS 1.136

Education

Ph.D., SUNY-Stony Brook

Interests

Primate evolution and functional morphology, locomotion.

Kathleen C Stewart

Professor

kstewart@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8521 | EPS 1.138

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Interests

Cultural generativity, affect, ordinary life, public culture, political imaginaries, ethnographic writing, narrative, ethnopoetics, post-structuralism, U.S. popular culture, Appalachia, Las Vegas.

Brian M. Stross

Professor

bstross@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.0059 | EPS 2.204

Interests

Linguistic Anthropology, Indigenous Mesoamerica, Maya Iconography and Epigraphy, Anthropology of Food, Ethnobotany

Samuel M. Wilson

Department Chair, Professor

s.wilson@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.4206 | EPS 1.130J

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interests

Archaeology, ethnohistory; Caribbean, and U.S. Southeast

Associate Professors

Kamran Asdar Ali

Associate Professor

asdar@mail.utexas.edu | 471-7531, 471-3550 | EPS 1.116

Education

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Interests

Gender, Health, Development, Labor History, Political Economy; Post-Colonialism;

Darrell G. Creel

Director, Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory (T.A.R.L.), Associate Professor

dcreel@tarl.utexas.edu | 471-8514 | PRC BLDG 5

Education

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Interests

Archeology; Texas, Plains, Southwest, Southeast U.S.

James R. Denbow

Associate Professor

jdenbow@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8512 | EPS 1.118

Education

Ph.D., University of Indiana

Interests

Africa, prehistory, history, and social thought, archaeological method and theory

Maria Franklin

Associate Professor

mfranklin@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8513 | EPS 2.130

Education

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Interests

Historical archaeology, archaeological theory, African Diaspora studies, race and gender, feminist theory, colonialism and slavery.

Edmund T. Gordon

Assoc Vice President CAAAS, Associate Professor

etgordon@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.7067 | EPS 2.112B , JES 232A

Education

Ph. D., Stanford University

Interests

African-American anthropology, economic anthropology, maritime anthropology, ethnicity and social stratification; Caribbean and Central America.

John Hartigan

Associate Professor

hartigan@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-9201 | EPS 1.142

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Interests

Urban cultures; Science, Technology, and Race; Social theory; Ethnography; Ethnicity in North America.

Ward W Keeler

Associate Professor

ward.keeler@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8520 | EPS 1.146

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interests

Anthropology and expressive culture, including music, theatre, and literature; language and culture; postcoloniality; Java and Bali (Indonesia), and Burma.

Chris Kirk

Associate Professor

eckirk@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0056 | EPS 1.114

Education

Ph.D., Duke University

Lok Siu

Associate Professor

lok.siu@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.3832 | EPS 2.202

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests

Asians in the Americas, Diaspora, Transnationalism, Cultural Citizenship and Belonging, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Food

Shannon Speed

Associate Professor

sspeed@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.0061 | EPS 1.104

Interests

Human rights, indigenous rights, gender, Mexico, and activist research; Latin America, Chiapas.

Pauline Strong

Associate Professor

pstrong@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8524 | EPS 1.140

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interests

Indigenous studies, American studies, museum studies, cultural studies, feminist anthropology, politics of representation, history of anthropology, Mexican-American borderlands.

Circe Sturm

Associate Professor

circe@austin.utexas.edu | 232-1561 | EPS 2.114

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Fred Valdez, Jr.

Associate Professor

fredv@mail.utexas.edu | 512. 471.0060 | EPS 2.114

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University

Joâo H. Costa Vargas

Associate Professor

costavargas@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.6591 | EPS 2.112A

Education

Ph.D. Philosophy in Anthropology, University of California, San Diego

Interests

Race, politics, and social inequality, cultural studies, social theory; U.S., Brazil, African diaspora.

Kamala Visweswaran

Associate Professor

kvis@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8516 | EPS 1.206

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University

Mariah D Wade

Associate Professor

m.wade@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-4876 | EPS 1.204

Assistant Professors

Cecilia Ballí

Assistant Professor

cballi@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-8522 | EPS 1.134

Education

Ph.D., Rice University

Interests

U.S.-Mexican borderlands, gender and violence, Latino expressive culture, narrative writing.

Deborah A. Bolnick

Assistant Professor

deborah.bolnick@mail.utexas.edu | 471-7532 | EPS 1.106

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Interests

Molecular anthropology, ancient DNA studies, human biological variation, race, population genetics, Native American prehistory, anthropology of science

Craig Campbell

Assistant Professor

craig.campbell@mail.utexas.edu | 232-4342 | EPS 4.128

Education

Ph.D., University of Alberta

Kaushik Ghosh

Assistant Professor

cayocan@mail.utexas.edu | 471-0052 | EPS 1.148

Education

Ph.D., Princeton University

Rebecca J Lewis

Assistant Professor

rjlewis@mail.utexas.edu | 232-5386 | EPS 1.104

Education

Ph.D., Duke University

Interests

Evolution of Primate Social Behavior Power Dynamics and Power Structures Intersexual Conflict Social Relationships Biological Markets

Sofian Merabet

Assistant Professor

sofian.merabet@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-0057 | EPS 1.202

Education

Ph.D., Columbia University

Interests

Socio-Cultural Theory/Psychoanalysis/Urban Studies/Gender Studies/Queer Theory/Middle East and North Africa

Angela M Nonaka

Assistant Professor

angelanonaka@mail.utexas.edu | 232-1942 | EPS 4.136

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Jemima Pierre

Assistant Professor

j.pierre@mail.utexas.edu | 232-1941 | EPS 4.134, JES A232A

Education

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Denné N Reed

Assistant Professor

reedd@mail.utexas.edu | 471-7529, 232-6380 | EPS 1.102

Education

Ph.D., Stony Brook University

Interests

human evolution, micromammal paleoecology, taphonomy, GIS, remote sensing

Enrique R. Rodriguez-Alegría

Assistant Professor

chanfle@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.0786 | EPS 1.110C

Education

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interests

archaeology, history, ethnohistory, Mesoamerica, the Spanish empire in Latin America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, archaeometry (INAA and LA-ICP-MS), colonialism, religious conversion, food

Christen Smith

Assistant Professor

christen.smith@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.6332 | EPS 4.130

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests

Performance, race, violence, the body, transnational racial formation, Brazil, Latin America, the African Diaspora, social protest theater, social movements, grassroots organizing, black and indigenous struggles