Levent Atici Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Other Department Lead E-mail levent.atici@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertisePrehistoric foraging economies, origins of agriculture, origins of inequalities, urbanization and state formation, evolution of pastoral economies, ancient trade, food and ethnicity, zooarchaeology an...Read More
Jiemin Bao Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail Jiemin.bao@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseTransnational migration, identities, gender and sexuality, Asian Americans, Buddhism
Daniel C Benyshek Chair/Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Department Lead E-mail daniel.benyshek@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseMedical anthropology, evolutionary medicine, developmental origins of health and disease, political ecology, type 2 diabetes, nutrition, placentophagy, public policy and health
Jennifer Byrnes Assistant Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail jennifer.byrnes@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseBioarchaeology and forensic anthropology; disability, paleopathology, trauma, skeletal biology and the bioarchaeology of institutes
Alyssa Crittenden Associate Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail alyssa.crittenden@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseBehavioral ecology, nutritional anthropology, hunters-gatherers, cooperative breeding, life history theory, evolution of childhood, ontogeny of prosocial behavior, evolution of human diet and sexual d...Read More
Liam Frink Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail liam.frink@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseEthnoecology, colonialism studies, ethnoarchaeology and experimental studies, gender, technology and production, social identity, oral history, architecture and space, hunter-gatherers
Peter Gray Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail peter.gray@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseBiological anthropology, evolutionary perspectives on human behavior, hormones and behavior, human reproductive ecology, human sexuality, parental care
Karen G Harry Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail karen.harry@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseSouthwest archaeology, ceramic technology, Prehistoric social identity, chemical compositional analysis, experimental archaeology, organization of craft production, prehistoric trade and exchange
William Jankowiak Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail jankbill@unlv.nevada.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseUrban anthropology, psychological anthropology, human sexuality, romantic love, family systems, human universals, Mormon fundamentalist polygamy
Lisa M Johnson Assistant Professor - Faculty In Residence Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail lisa.johnson@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseArchaeological method and theory, complex societies, ritual, lithic analysis
Martha C Knack Distinguished Professor Emerita Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail martha.knack@gmail.com vCard Area of ExpertiseContemporary Native Americans, Native American ethnohistory and law, kinship and social structure, political organization, gender, applied anthropology
Pierre Lienard Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail pierre.lienard@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseSociocultural anthropology, social complexity, cultural evolution, decentralized social and political systems, cooperation, trust and social capital, precaution psychology, ecology of decision-making,...Read More
Debra L Martin Distinguished Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail debra.martin@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseBioarchaeology, paleopathology, skeletal biology, violence and trauma, diet and health
M L (Tony) Miranda Professor Emeritus Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail malvin.miranda@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseEthnic studies, ethnohistory, anthropology and aging
Gary B Palmer Professor Emeritus Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail gary.palmer@unlv.nevada.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseLinguistic anthropology, cognitive grammar, Tagalog
Barbara Roth Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail barbara.roth@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseSouthwest archaeology, Mojave desert archaeology, prehistoric hunter-gatherers, transition to agriculture, lithic technology, gender, household organization
Ivan Sandoval-Cervantes Assistant Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail isandovalcervantes@gmail.com vCard Area of ExpertiseCultural Anthropology, Migration, Gender, Indigeneity, Globalization, Kinship, Care, Multi-species Ethnography, Latinxs in the United States, Social Movements
Alan H Simmons Distinguished Professor Emeritus Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail simmonsa@unlv.nevada.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseArchaeology, arid lands adaptations, cultural heritage management, archaeological ethics, research design, paleoeconomy, multidisciplinary research, Neolithic societies, island colonization
John Swetnam Professor Emeritus Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail swetnam@unlv.nevada.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseEconomic anthropology, culture change, applied anthropology, nationalism
George L Urioste Professor Emeritus Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail uriosteg@unlv.nevada.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseAnthropological linguistics, ethnohistory, folklore, historical document analysis