Jack Hofman Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Jack Hofman Associate Professor Emeritus University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: hofman@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Research Areas: hunters and gatherers, evolutionary ecology, lithics. Individual Type: Retired
John Hoopes Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology John Hoopes Professor University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: hoopes@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology, sociocultural evolution, ceramic analysis Position: Professor Individual Type: Faculty
Mary Adair Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Mary Adair Senior Curator, Archaeological Research Center, University of Kansas University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: madair@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Great Plains prehistory, Paleoethnobotany, Prehistoric economic patterns, Agricultural developments, Culture change19th century Euroamerican settlement, Archaeological curation. Individual Type: Affiliated Faculty in Other Departments
Brent Metz Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Other Department Lead Brent Metz Associate Professor University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: bmetz@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Indigeneity, collective memory, identity, grassroots development, ethnographic representation, megaprojects, peasant responses to climate change and migration Individual Type: Faculty
Dennis O'Rourke Affiliated Title:KU Distinguished Professor and Department Chair Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Department Lead Dennis O'Rourke KU Distinguished Professor and Department Chair University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: orourke@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Population and evolutionary genetics, ancient DNA analysis, molecular and quantitative methods, bioethical issues in anthropology and genetics, historic and prehistoric populations of the circum-arcti...Read More Individual Type: Chair/Faculty
Jennifer Raff Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Other Department Lead Jennifer Raff Associate Professor University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: jennifer.raff@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Genomics, population genetics, ancient DNA, anthropological genetics, human evolution and population history, migration, bioarchaeology, scientific literacy, science communication and ethics Individual Type: Faculty
Rolfe Mandel Affiliated Title:KU Distinguished Professor, Senior Scientist & Executive Director Odyssey Archaeological Research Program, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Rolfe Mandel KU Distinguished Professor, Senior Scientist & Executive Director Odyssey Archaeological Research Program, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: mandel@kgs.ku.edu Area of Expertise: Geoarchaeology, Quaternary soils and geology, landscape evolution Individual Type: Faculty: Part-Time
Abdelmajid Hannoum Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Abdelmajid Hannoum Professor University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: ahannoum@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Anthropology and history, social theory, cultural identity, political modernity, historiography and memory, religion and politics, violence and the state, citizenship and cities, migration Individual Type: Faculty
Arienne M Dwyer Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Arienne M Dwyer Professor University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: anthlinguist@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Linguistic anthropology, typology, field methods, media archives, digital humanities, endangered-language documentation Individual Type: Faculty
Bartholomew C. Dean Affiliated Title:Associate Professor; Director de Antropología at Mueso Regional - UNSM (Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru) Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Bartholomew C. Dean Associate Professor; Director de Antropología at Mueso Regional - UNSM (Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru) University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: bdean@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Social anthropology, critical theory, kinship, politics, exchange, symbolic forms, material culture, health, human rights and violence, (im)mobility studies Individual Type: Faculty
Frederic Sellet Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Frederic Sellet Associate Professor University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: fsellet@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Paleoindian archaeology, Pleistocene and Holocene hunter-gatherers, lithic analysis, technological organization of small scale societies Individual Type: Faculty
Ivana Radovanović Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Ivana Radovanović Associate Professor University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: ivana@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic Individual Type: Faculty
Jane Gibson Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Jane Gibson Associate Professor University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: jwgc@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Cultural anthropology, ecological and economic anthropology, natural resource management, agriculture and food systems Individual Type: Faculty
Myra J Giesen Affiliated Title:Lecturer in Heritage and Archaeology, Newcastle University Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Myra J Giesen Research Associate in Biological and Environmental Engineering; School of Engineering Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: myra.giesen@ncl.ac.uk Area of Expertise: Human remains, heritage law and ethics, cultural resources/heritage management, management protocols related to condition assessment and risk evaluation of stone monuments, collection management, comm...Read More Individual Type: Archaeologist
Robert J Hoard Affiliated Title:State Archaeologist, Kansas Historical Society and editor, Plains Anthropologist: Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Robert J Hoard State Archaeologist, Kansas Historical Society and editor, Plains Anthropologist: University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: robert.hoard@ks.gov Area of Expertise: Great Plains, early agricultural populations, ceramic technology, archaeometry and source determination of trade items, NAGPRA compliance, public archaeology Individual Type: Archaeologist
Kenneth Christopher Beard Affiliated Title:Foundation Distinguished Professor; Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Uniiversity of Kansas Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Kenneth Christopher Beard Foundation Distinguished Professor; Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Uniiversity of Kansas University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: chris.beard@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Reconstructing the origin and early evolution of the order Primates and its major clades, documenting how changes in the Earth's physical environment have impacted the evolution of early primates...Read More Individual Type: Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty
Sandra Olsen Affiliated Title:Curator in Charge in the Division of Archaeology Biodiversity Institute; Full Professor of Museum Studies Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Sandra Olsen Curator in Charge in the Division of Archaeology Biodiversity Institute; Full Professor of Museum Studies University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: sandra.olsen@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Zooarchaeology, ancient pastoralism, horse domestication, bone artifacts, advanced imaging of petroglyphs, impact of climate change on the Arabian Peninsula Individual Type: Adjunct/Affiliated Faculty
Akira Yamamoto Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritus; Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Kansas Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Akira Yamamoto Professor Emeritus; Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Kansas University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: akira@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Linguistic anthropology, linguistics and education, language endangerment and maintenance, culture theory and culture change Individual Type: Emeriti Faculty
Anta Montet-White Affiliated Title:Professor Emerita; Curator Emerita, Museum of Anthropology, University of Kansas Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Anta Montet-White Professor Emerita; Curator Emerita, Museum of Anthropology, University of Kansas University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: amontet@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Paleolithic archaeology, lithic technology, Pleistocene environments Individual Type: Emeriti Faculty
David Frayer Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritus Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology David Frayer Professor Emeritus University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Email: frayer@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Biological anthropology, paleoanthropology, human osteology Individual Type: Emeriti Faculty