Primary Contact John J Schultz Affiliated Title:Professor, Department Chair Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Department Lead John J Schultz Email: john.schultz@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Taphonomy of human remains, forensic anthropology, ground-penetrating radar methods, skeletal pathology and variation, skeletal trauma, forensic cremation analysis Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Ty S Matejowsky Affiliated Title:Professor, Associate Chair Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Ty S Matejowsky Email: ty.matejowsky@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Cultural anthropology, food and foodways, fast food, economic anthropology, globalization, disasters, culture change and development, international migration Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Primary Contact Sandra Wheeler Affiliated Title:Associate Lecturer Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Sandra Wheeler Email: sandra.wheeler@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Bioarchaeology; human osteology; infancy and childhood; growth and development; ancient health and disease; paleoepidemiology; mortuary archaeology; archaeological illustration; medical imaging; foren...Read More Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Primary Contact Beatriz Reyes-Foster Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Beatriz Reyes-Foster Email: beatriz.reyes-foster@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Primary: Sociocultural and medical anthropology; global mental health; ethno-psychiatry; psychological anthropology; indigeneity, indigenous identity, indigenous studies; Maya Studies Secondary: Mo...Read More Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Primary Contact Amanda Groff Affiliated Title:Senior Lecturer Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Amanda Groff Email: amanda.groff@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, Stable Isotopes, Ancient Migration, Physical/Biological, Anthropology, Mortuary Studies, Online and Mobile Learning, Student Technology Preferences Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff
Donovan Adams Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Donovan Adams Area of Expertise: Bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, dental anthropology, Bronze Age, urbanization, community identity, Near East, ancestry estimation, biodistance, ethics Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Sarah B Barber Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Sarah B Barber Email: sarahstacy.barber@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: archaeology of Mesoamerica, origins of complex societies, human ecology in coastal settings, long-distance exchange, ceremonial and ritual practices, music archaeology, geospatial analysis, geophysica...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Scott Branting Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Scott Branting Email: scott.branting@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Complex Societies, Ancient and Modern Middle East, Cultural Heritage, GIScience, Spatial Analysis, Remote Sensing, Transportation, Settlement and Urbanism, Computer Simulations, Augmented Reality, So...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Michael Callaghan Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Michael Callaghan Email: michael.callaghan@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology, ceramic analysis, complex societies and inequality, craft production, political economy, technology, public ritual Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Neil A Duncan Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Neil A Duncan Email: neil.duncan@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Primary: Paleoethnobotany; archaeobotany; plant-people interrelationships; plant microfossils (phytoliths, starch grains); agricultural origins; cultural adaptations and paleoenvironment, foodways S...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Sarah Freidline Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Sarah Freidline Area of Expertise: Biological anthropology, craniofacial growth in hominins, morphometric methods, surface microstructure (bone resorption and formation) analyses, quantitative methods, Middle to Late Pleistocene Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Vance Geiger Affiliated Title:Senior Lecturer Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Vance Geiger Email: vance.geiger@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: American Culture, Native Americans, Refugees, Southeast Asia Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Shana Harris Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Shana Harris Email: shana.harris@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Medical and cultural anthropology; drug use and abuse; global and public health; health policy and practice; science, technology, and medicine Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Brigitte Kovacevich Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Brigitte Kovacevich Email: brigitte.kovacevich@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Lithic analysis, household archaeology, development and decline of complex societies, social inequality, ritual and religion power Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Joanna Z Mishtal Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Joanna Z Mishtal Email: joanna.mishtal@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Cultural and medical anthropology; gender and governance; reproductive health, rights and policies; health policy and governance; feminism and women’s movements; political economy; postsocialism; demo...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Peter T Sinelli Affiliated Title:Senior Lecturer Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Peter T Sinelli Email: peter.sinelli@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Caribbean prehistory, with an emphasis on the later prehistory of the Greater Antilles and the Bahama archipelago; Migration and island colonization theory; Settlement patterns and ecological adaptat...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
J. Marla Toyne Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact J. Marla Toyne Email: j.marla.toyne@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Bioarchaeology, osteology, biogeochemical analysis, skeletal morphology, mortuary archaeology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
John H Walker Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact John H Walker Email: john.walker@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Landscape archaeology, emergence of agriculture, political and social organization, agricultural intensification, common pool resources, relationships between nature and culture, complex societies, Ge...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Lana Williams Affiliated Title:Associate Lecturer Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Lana Williams Email: lana.williams@ucf.edu Area of Expertise: Bioarchaeology; human osteology; isotopic biodiversity; forensic archaeology; ancient health, disease and sexuality; musculoskeletal biomechanics; human variation; archaeological materials science; E...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Emily Zavodny Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:University of Central Florida, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Emily Zavodny Area of Expertise: Human-environment interaction, resilience and sustainability, risk-management strategies, marginal environments, animal husbandry and transhumance, stable isotope geochemistry, faunal analysis, radioc...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff