Dr. Jon H Carter Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Dr. Jon H Carter Email: carterjh@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Political anthropology, anthropology of violence, borders and immigration, incarceration and surveillance, media theory, fictocriticism and ethnographic writing; Honduras, Latin America Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Dr. Sophia C. Dent Affiliated Title:Visiting Assistant Professor Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Dr. Sophia C. Dent Area of Expertise: Biological anthropology, skeletal biology and osteology, stable isotope analysis, nutrition, food security, periodontal disease and dental calculus, physiological plasticity Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Dr. Cameron D Gokee Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Dr. Cameron D Gokee Email: gokeecd@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Landscape, kinship and political economy, pottery and craft production, materiality and identity, GIS and spatial analysis, contemporary archaeology of migration Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Dr. Marc O Kissel Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Dr. Marc O Kissel Email: kisselm@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: The evolution of modern humans and the processes by which hominins became human, the evolutionary arc of human warfare, Neanderthal behavior, quantitative genetics, computer modeling, semiotics, paleo...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Dr. Susan M Lappan Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Dr. Susan M Lappan Email: lappansm@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Biological anthropology, primate behavior, ecology, conservation biology, small apes Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Primary Contact Krista Lewis Affiliated Title:Chair Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Department Lead Krista Lewis Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Dr. Dana E Powell Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Dr. Dana E Powell Email: powellde@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Environmental anthropology, political ecology, critical development studies, energy, social movements, infrastructure, new materialism, and climate change Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Dr. Timothy J Smith Affiliated Title:Professor Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Dr. Timothy J Smith Email: smithtj2@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Sociocultural anthropology, Latin American development and ethnicity, electoral politics and democracy, historical ethnography, environmental subjectivities, indigenous languages and pedagogy (Kaqchik...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Dr. Christina Verano Sornito Affiliated Title:Assistant Professor Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Dr. Christina Verano Sornito Email: sornitocv@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Visual anthropology, ethnographic film, video/audio documentary, voice theory and anthropology of sound, healing and sorcery, magic and religion, anthropology of nature and the Anthropocene, indigenou...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Dr. Alice P Wright Affiliated Title:Associate Professor Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Dr. Alice P Wright Email: wrightap2@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Southeastern archaeology, pre-Columbian interaction, Hopewell, the built environment and monumentality, landscapes, GIS, archaeological geophysics, community and applied archaeology, heritage manageme...Read More Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff
Anna Brown Affiliated Title:Office Manager Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Affiliated Contact Anna Brown Individual Type: Administrative/Support Staff
Dr. Harvard G Ayers Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritx Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Dr. Harvard G Ayers Email: harvardgayers@gmail.com Area of Expertise: Archaeology, physical anthropology, forensic anthropology, human ecology of southern Appalachians, energy development in Arctic Alaska and Canada Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Dr. Patricia D Beaver Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritx Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Dr. Patricia D Beaver Email: beaverpd@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Cultural anthropology, social organization, gender Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Brian C Bennett Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritx Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Brian C Bennett Area of Expertise: Peasant studies, social change, social theory Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Dr. Jefferson C Boyer Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritx Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Dr. Jefferson C Boyer Email: boyerjc@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Social anthropology, peasant and agrarian studies, rural and sustainable development Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Dr. Cheryl P Claassen Affiliated Title:Research Professor and Professor Emeritx Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Dr. Cheryl P Claassen Email: claassencp@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Archaeology, shell, sociology of archaeology, gender, Archaic, symbolism, caves Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff
Dr. Susan E Keefe Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritx Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Dr. Susan E Keefe Email: keefese@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Ethnicity, modernity, medical and applied anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Dr. Larry R Kimball Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritx Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Dr. Larry R Kimball Email: kimballlr@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Southern Appalachian Prehistory, Middle Palaeolithic of Caucasus Mountains (Russia), Lithic Technology and Microwear Analysis, Quantitative Methods Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff
Dr. Diane P Mines Affiliated Title:Professor Emeritx Organization:Appalachian State University, Department of Anthropology Dr. Diane P Mines Email: minesdp@appstate.edu Area of Expertise: Cultural anthropology, materiality and time, narrative, phenomenology of time and place, Tamil Studies Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff