Marilyn A. Masson Professor of Archaeology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Position: Chair Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Department Lead E-mail mmasson@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseArchaeology, ancient economies and urbanism, political organization, human ecology, ancient religion, zooarchaeology, lithic analysis
Primary Contact Walter E. Little Professor of Cultural Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Position: Main Contact for AnthroGuide Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail wlittle@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseGuatemala and Mexico. Mesoamerica. Cultural and Ethnic Identity, Cultural Performance, Gender Relations, Heritage, Marketplace and Household Economics, Transcultural Studies - Tourism, Urban Anthropol...Read More
Elise L. Andaya Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail eandaya@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseGender; kinship and reproduction; populational change; medical anthropology; health and healthcare; cultures of socialist and post-socialist states; race; migration and transnationalism; personhood an...Read More
Jennifer L. Burrell Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Position: Chair, Graduate Advisory Committee Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Other: Chair, Graduate Advisory Committee Other Department Lead Affiliated Contact E-mail jburrell@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseStructural and political violence, development, gender, migration, human rights
Lee S. Bickmore Professor of Linguistic Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Position: Chair of Linguistics Program Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Other: Chair of Linguistics Program Other Department Lead Affiliated Contact E-mail Lbickmore@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseLinguistics, phonology, tone, stress
Lauren E. Clemens Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail lclemens@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseLinguistic theory, syntax, prosody, syntax-prosody interface
Mercedes L. Fabian Lecturer and Lab Director Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Position: Lab Director Individual Type: Affiliated or Other Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail mfabian@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseBiological Anthropology, criminal justice, human anatomy, forensics
Adam D. Gordon Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail agordon@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertisePrimate evolutionary biology, hominin evolution
Julia A. Jennings Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail jjennings2@albany.edu vCard Area of Expertise Human demography, aging and the life course, quantitative methods, household ecology, historical demography
Verónica Pérez-Rodríguez Associate Professor of Archaeology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Position: Director, Institute of Mesoamerican Studies (IMS) Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail vperezrodriguez@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseEcological and Environmental Anthropology; Mesoamerican Archaeology; Complex Societies and Urbanism; Landscape and Regional Studies; Agriculture and Terracing.
John D. Polk Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Other: Director of the Human Biology Program Other Department Lead Affiliated Contact Area of ExpertiseBone biology; locomotor biomechanics; both locomotor and brain evolution
Sean M. Rafferty Associate Professor of Archaeology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail srafferty@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseArchaeology and Ethnohistory of Eastern Woodlands, Archaeometry, Early Woodland and Adena Period Archaeology, Prehistoric Use of Medicinal and Psychoactive Plants, Public Outreach in Archaeology, Sham...Read More
Robert M. Rosenswig Professor of Archaeology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail rrosenswig@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseAnthropological Archaeology; Development of Complexity; Origins of Agriculture; Settlement Patterns; Ceramic Analysis
John J. Rowan Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact Area of ExpertiseThe paleoecology of early hominins and African terrestrial ecosystems.
Lawrence M. Schell Distinguished Professor of Biological Anthropology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail lmschell@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseBiological anthropology, medical anthropology, human growth and development, cities and health.
Amanda N. Spriggs Assistant Clinical Professor Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail aspriggs@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertisePrimate pelage visual signals, color quantification methods, primate visual systems, functional morphology, natural history collections
Christopher B. Wolff Associate Professor of Archaeology Organization:SUNY, University at Albany, Department of Anthropology Position: Chair, Undergrad. Advisory Committee; Editor of the “Northeast Anthropology” Magazine Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Other: Chair, Undergrad. Advisory Committee; Editor of the “Northeast Anthropology” Magazine Other Department Lead Affiliated Contact E-mail cwolff@albany.edu vCard Area of ExpertiseNorthern Cultures and Ecology, Coastal Hunter-Gatherers, Prehistoric Technology, Prehistoric Cultural Interaction, Arctic/Subarctic Drums, The Archaeology of Fear, Peopling of the Americas.