Department of Anthropology Faculty and Staff

Staff

Ms. Elizabeth Pratt
Fiscal Manager
19 ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-1959
efpratt@as.ua.edu

Ms. Missy Sartain
Departmental Associate
19 ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-5947
msartain@bama.ua.edu

Faculty

Dr. John Blitz
Archaeologist, Origins of Complex Societies, Southeastern U.S., Moundville, Belize
25-E ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-4074
jblitz@as.ua.edu

Dr. Ian Brown
Archaeologist, Southeastern U.S., History of archaeology, Ethnohistory, Use of salt
416 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
(205) 348-9758
ibrown@bama.ua.edu

Dr. Jason DeCaro
Biological anthropologist, biocultural medical anthropology, human developmental ecology, neuroanthropology
14 ten Hoor Hall
Lab Office: 311 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
(205) 348-9061
jdecaro@as.ua.edu

Dr. Bill Dressler
Cultural anthropologist, biocultural medical anthropology, Brazil
24-B ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-1954
wdressle@as.ua.edu

Dr. Marysia Galbraith
Cultural anthropologist, national and ethnic identity, East and Central Europe, and globalization
17 ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-8412
mgalbrai@ua.edu

Dr. Keith Jacobi
Biological anthropologist, osteology, forensic anthropology
13 ten Hoor Hall
Lab: 301 Mary Harmon Bryant
(205) 348-1960
kjacobi@as.ua.edu

Dr. Vernon J. Knight
Archaeologist, Southeastern U.S., the Caribbean, Cuba
24-C ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-2026
vknight@as.ua.edu

Dr. Steve Kosiba
Archaeologist, Ancient state formation and imperialism, Social landscapes and political ecology, Subjectivity (class, status, gender), GIS, Archaeological chemistry, Andes, Inkas
25B ten Hoor Hall
205.348.1958
sbkosiba@as.ua.edu

Dr. Lisa LeCount
Archaeologist, PreColumbian pottery, Classic Maya of Belize, Peru, Ecuador
25-D ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-3733
llecount@as.ua.edu

Dr. Christopher D. Lynn
Biocultural medical anthropology, human behavioral ecology, dissociation/absorption, stress, Pentecostalism, primates, human sexuality, body adornment; Costa Rica, the United States
Office: 12 ten Hoor Hall; Lab: 37a Rowand-Johnson Hall
(205) 348-4162
cdlynn@ua.edu

Dr. Michael Dean Murphy
Chair, Cultural anthropologist, ethnography of Hispanic peoples, anthropology of religion
19-B ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-1953
mdmurphy@as.ua.edu

Dr. Kathryn Oths
Cultural anthropologist, biocultural medical anthropology, Latin America, United States, medical treatment choice, alternative healers, food and social status, farmers markets
24-D ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-5947
koths@as.ua.edu

Dr. Matthew Wolfgram
Linguistic and medical anthropology, anthropology of education, rationality, colonialism, and the relationship between science and religion; South Asia (Kerala) and U.S. education institutions.
25-C ten Hoor Hall
205-348-1955
mwolfgram@ua.edu

Instructors

Dr. Lauren Downs
Archaeologist, Southeastern U.S.
downs006@bama.ua.edu

Dr. Katy Groves
Psychology B.A. Transylvania University; Anthropology M.A. University of Alabama; Biocultural Medical Anthropology Ph.D. University of Alabama
205-348-5947
groveskaty@gmail.com

Dr. Cameron Lacquement
Southeastern Archaeology, ethnohistory, prehistoric construction
233B Russell Hall
(205) 348-5947
clacquement@as.ua.edu

Dr. Erin Phillips
Archaeologist, Southeastern U.S.
phill018@ua.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Robert Alan Clouse
Archaeologist, Midwestern U.S., Executive Director of UA Museums
13075 Moundville Archaeological Park
(205) 371-8718
rclouse@bama.ua.edu

Dr. Juan Carlos Gonzalez Faraco
Professor of Education, University of Huelva
faraco@uhu.es

Dr. Deborah Keene
Archaeological geology, Native Americans, Coastal subsistence strategies, ceramic analysis
Oliver-Barnard Hall
dakeene@bama.ua.edu

Dr. F. Kent Reilly III
Professor, Department of Anthropology, Texas State University; Director: Mississippian Iconographic Workshop and the Center for the Study of the Arts and Symbolism of Ancient America
512-245-8272
fr04@txstate.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Dr. Jim Bindon
Biological anthropologist, biocultural medical anthropology, race and human variation, ethnicity, nutritional anthropology, obesity and chronic disease, Samoa, Choctaw, African Americans
(205) 348-5947
jbindon@as.ua.edu

Dr. Dick Diehl
Mesoamerican archaeologist
25-F ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-5947
rdiehl@as.ua.edu

Mrs. Margaret Searcy
First graduate degree in anthropolgy at UA, Four-field anthropologist

Dr. Norman J. Singer
Legal anthropologist, land reform and land tenure, especially in developing countries
15 ten Hoor Hall
(205) 348-1135
nsinger@as.ua.edu

In Memoriam

Dr. Allen R. Maxwell
Cultural anthropologist, Borneo, ethnography, social stratification, kinship and social organization

Dr. Ken Turner
Biological Anthropologist, Osteological Curator, Forensic Anthropologist