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Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated faculty are reviewed and renewed by the Department on an annual basis persuant to Policy 6-310.

 
Adjunct Faculty (teaching)

Shannon Arnold BoomgardenAdj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of Utah, 2015) Archaeology. Paleoecology. Fremont agricultural productivity, irrigation & infrastructure. Fremont maize caching. Great Basin (Range Creek, Utah).

Shawn W. Carlyle Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of Utah, 2003) Biological anthropology, molecular archaeology of the US Southwest.

Tom Flanigan  Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of Utah, 2019) Archaeology. 

Derinna Kopp Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of Utah) Forensic Anthropology

Rebecca Olsen Adj. Asst. Prof. (MA University of Utah) Cultural anthropology, women cross-culturally.

Renee Pennington Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. Penn State) Demography, pastoralists, evolutionary ecology; Africa.

Blanca Yagüe  Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of Utah) Cultural Anthropology, Culture and Latin American Studies, Food Justice

 

Other Affiliated Faculty

Gregory R. Burns Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 2019) California, Great Basin, and Southwest culture areas. Stable isotopes, XRF, and other archaeometric and traditional methods to explore the role of trade as an adaption to environmental and cultural factors. The role of violence and intergroup conflict in ethnogenesis.

Christina Cloutier-Barbour Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of Utah, 2018) Curator of Conservation, Research & Chimpanzees at Lion Country Safari

Kasey Cole Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of Utah, 2023) Archaeology

Wendi Dominguez Contreras Adj. Asst. Prof. (Doctora en Ciencias Sociales UABCS, 2020) 

Celeste Henrickson Adj. Assoc. Prof. (Phd UC Berkeley, 2013) Archaeology. Historic archaeology. Geoarchaeology of rockshelters and caves. Prehistoric textile production and technology. Baja California and Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Kate Magargal Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of Utah, 2019) Archaeology

Jerry Spangler Adj Asst Prof. (Master' Degree, Anthropology. Brigham Young University)

Andrew Ugan Adj. Asst. Prof. (Phd U Utah, 2005) Archaeology. Archaeofaunal analysis. Paleoecology and stable isotope analysis. Fremont prey choice and prehistoric foraging behavior. Great Basin and South America (Argentina).

David Zeanah Adj. Asst. Prof. (Ph.D. University of Utah, 1996) Archaeology

Last Updated: 7/2/26