Primary Contact Esther Williams Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Position: Staff Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff E-mail esther.williams@unlv.edu vCard
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
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
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
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
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
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
Brian Villmoare Professor Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Core Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact E-mail brian.villmoare@unlv.edu vCard Area of ExpertisePaleoanthropology, early African human fossil record, evolutionary theory, adaptation, morphological evolution, osteology, dental anthropology, ontogeny, evolutionary developmental biology, morphologi...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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Claude N Warren Professor Emeritus Organization:University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Anthropology Individual Type: Emeriti or Retired Faculty/Staff Affiliated Contact Area of ExpertiseHistorical archaeology, history of archaeology, archaeological method and theory, ethnography
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
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
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