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