John Hoopes Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Other Department Lead John Hoopes Email: hoopes@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology, sociocultural evolution, ceramic analysis Position: Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUGS) Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Brent Metz Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Brent Metz Email: bmetz@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Indigeneity, collective memory, identity, grassroots development, ethnographic representation, megaprojects, peasant responses to climate change and migration Position: Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Dennis O'Rourke Affiliated Title:KU Distinguished Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Department Lead Dennis O'Rourke 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 Position: Professor & Department Chair Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Jennifer Raff Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Other Department Lead Jennifer Raff 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 Position: Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Rolfe Mandel Affiliated Title:KU Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Rolfe Mandel Email: mandel@kgs.ku.edu Area of Expertise: Geoarchaeology, Quaternary soils and geology, landscape evolution Position: Professor, Senior Scientist & Executive Director Odyssey Archaeological Research Program, Kansas Geological Survey Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Abdelmajid Hannoum Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Abdelmajid Hannoum 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: Core Faculty/Staff
Bartholomew C. Dean Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Bartholomew C. Dean 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 Position: Director de Antropología at Mueso Regional - UNSM (Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru) Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Frederic Sellet Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Frederic Sellet Email: fsellet@ku.edu Area of Expertise: Paleoindian archaeology, Pleistocene and Holocene hunter-gatherers, lithic analysis, technological organization of small-scale societies Position: Associate Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Robert J Hoard Affiliated Title:State Archaeologist, Kansas Historical Society Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Robert J Hoard 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 Position: State Archaeologist & Editor, Plains Anthropologist Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
K. Christopher Beard Affiliated Title:Foundation Distinguished Professor; Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Uniiversity of Kansas Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact K. Christopher Beard 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 Position: Professor Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Primary Contact Le-Thu Erazmus Campbell Affiliated Title:Office Manager and Undergraduate Officer Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology ; University of Kansas Department Lead Le-Thu Erazmus Campbell Position: Office Manager and Undergraduate Officer Individual Type: Administrative/Support Staff
Lauren Norman Affiliated Title:Teaching Assistant Professor Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Lauren Norman Area of Expertise: Zooarchaeology analysis, environmental archaeology, ancient faunal DNA, small-scale societies, environmental archaeology, community collaboration. Position: Teaching Assistant Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Ted Goebel Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Ted Goebel Area of Expertise: Paleolithic and Paleoindian archaeology; peopling of the Americas; lithic technology; paleoecology
Kelly Graf Organization:University of Kansas, Department of Anthropology Kelly Graf Area of Expertise: Paleolithic, Paleoindian, Environmental Archaeology, Geoarchaeology