Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman Professor & Chair Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Professor & Chair Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff Department Lead E-mail bpavao@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseZooarchaeology, taphonomy, historical archaeology, Native American labor and animal husbandry, colonization, colonial period
Stephen Brighton Associate Professor & Associate Chair Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology; The Archaeology of Modern Ireland (Skibbereen) Position: Associate Professor & Associate Chair Individual Type: Leadership Faculty/Staff Other Department Lead E-mail sbrighto@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseDiaspora studies, social identity, heritage formation, contemporary archaeological theory
Madeline Brown Assistant Professor Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Assistant Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Area of ExpertiseCoupled natural human systems, human ecology of natural resources, ethnoecology, political ecology, forest management, conservation planning, social network analysis, spatial analysis,
Janet Chernela Professor Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail chernela@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseCultural anthropology, ethnography of the Amazon basin, socio-linguistics, environment, NGOs, Latin American studies, indigenous rights
Christina Getrich Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail cgetrich@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseHealth disparities and equity, critical medical anthropology, Latina/o and immigrant health and well-being, primary care health service delivery, health citizenship, immigration and citizenship, citiz...Read More
George Hambrecht Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail ghambrec@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseZooarchaeology, with a focus on historical archaeology, medieval era, dynamics between humans and natural systems
Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels Associate Professor & Director of CHRM Graduate Program Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Associate Professor & Director of CHRM Graduate Program Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail lafrenzs@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseCultural heritage, climate change, biodiversity, archaeological ethnography & heritage ethnography, international heritage management, rights & democratic practice
Mark P Leone Distinguished University Professor Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Distinguished University Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail mleone@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseHistorical archaeology and interpretation, critical theory, African-American archaeology
Andrea M López Assistant Professor Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Assistant Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail lopez@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseMedical anthropology, urban anthropology, drug use, health policy, anthropology of violence, anthropology of space, health inequities, mixed methods/interdisciplinary research, subjectivity and social...Read More
Joseph Richardson, Jr. Professor Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Professor Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff E-mail jrichar5@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseThe Black male life course and health risk behaviors, incarceration as a social determinant of health, violence and trauma, violence intervention, structural violence youth and young adult offenders,...Read More
Paul Shackel Professor Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail pshackel@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseHistorical archaeology, labor history, civic engagement
L Jen Shaffer Associate Professor & Faculty Advisor for ENSP Culture and Environment Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Assistant Professor & Faculty Advisor for ENSP Culture and Environment Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail lshaffe1@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseEthnoecology/local environmental knowledge, social-ecological systems, conservation, climate change, rural livelihoods, food and water security, adaptation to environmental change, resilience, vulnera...Read More
Matthew Thomann Assistant Professor Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Assistant Professor Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail mthomann@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseMedical anthropology, global public health, violence and vulnerability, sex and sexuality, HIV
Miguel Vilar Post-Doctoral Associate Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Post-Doctoral Associate Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff Area of ExpertiseModern genetic diversity of human populations and genetics of domestic animals
Augusta Lynn Bolles Emeritus Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Emeritus Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Area of ExpertiseWomen of Africa and the African diaspora, political economy of women, Black feminist anthropology, Caribbean Studies
Erve Chambers Emeritus Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Emeritus Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff E-mail echamber@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseApplied anthropology, tourism, heritage resource management
Judith Freidenberg Emeritus Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Emeritus Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff E-mail jfreiden@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseCommunity health and development, immigrant life course methods, cross-cultural aging, museums
Fatimah Jackson Emeritus Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Emeritus Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff E-mail fatimah@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseBiological anthropology, genetic variation, diaspora, human-plant coevolution
Michael Paolisso Emeritus Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Emeritus Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff E-mail mpaoliss@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseEnvironment, economics, cognition, developmental anthropology, gender and development
Tony Whitehead Emeritus Organization:University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Anthropology Position: Emeritus Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff E-mail twhitehe@umd.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseMedical anthropology, qualitative methods, community organization, urban/rural anthropology