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Adrian Bell

Associate Professor
Cultural Anthropology

adrian.bell@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. UC Davis, 2011; Assoc. Prof). Human ecology, evolutionary game theory and social evolution, economics of small-scale societies, Oceania

Jack M. Broughton

Professor
Zooarchaeology

jack.broughton@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. U Washington 1995; Prof). Zooarchaeology, evolutionary ecology, human paleoecology, North American Prehistory (especially California and the Great Basin)

Elizabeth Cashdan

Professor
Evolutionary Psychology

ecashdan@gmail.com

(Ph.D. U New Mexico 1979; Prof). Evolutionary psychology, behavioral ecology, hunter-gatherers

Brian F. Codding

Professor
Archaeology

brian.codding@ anthro.utah.edu
(Ph.D. Stanford U; Assoc. Prof). Human behavioral ecology, foraging economies, anthropogenic fire, gender division of labor, ethnoarchaeology, ethno-ecology, data analysis, GIS; Australia & North America

Bruce Ellis

Bruce J. Ellis

Psychologist
Professor

bruce.ellis@psych.utah.edu

(Ph.D. U of Michigan, 1995; Prof.).Life History Evolution, Stress and Health, Fatherhood, Family Relationships: Theory and Research, Early Childehood Development, Developmental Psychology

J. Tyler Faith

Paleoanthropology
Associate Professor

jfaith@nhmu.utah.edu

(Ph.D. George Washington U, 2011; Assoc. Prof.). Quaternary paleoecology, vertebrate paleontology, zooarchaeology, paleoanthropology, modern human origins, extinctions, Africa

Alexandra Greenwald

Archaeology
Assistant Professor

agreenwald@ nhmu.utah.edu

(Ph.D. UC Davis, 2017; Assist. Prof.). North American prehistoric archaeology and ethnography, human behavioral ecology, biological anthropology, and bioarchaeology.

Kristen Hawkes

Evolutionary Ecology
Distinguished Professor

hawkes@anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. U Washington 1976; Dist. Prof). Human evolution, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, hunter-gatherers

Douglas Jones

Cultural Anthropology
Associate Professor

doug.jones@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. U Michigan; Assoc. Prof). Biocultural perspectives on mate choice, human behavioral ecology, evolutionary psychology, kinship; Brazil

Leslie A. Knapp

Professor
Biological Anthropology

leslie.knapp@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D.; UCLA, 1994; Prof). Primate immunogenetics and molecular ecology

tom kraft

Thomas Kraft

Assistant Professor
Evolutionary Ecologist

thomas.kraft@utah.edu

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Karen L. Kramer

Professor
Evolutionary Ecologist

karen.kramer@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. U New Mexico 1998; Professor). Human behavioral ecology, demography, cooperative breeding, evolution and economics of childhood & parenting; hunter-gatherers (Pume, South America) and agriculturalists (Maya)

Lisbeth Ann Louderback

Associate Professor
Archaeology

lisbeth.louderback@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. University of Washington 2014; Assist Prof.) North American pre-history; Arid West; Quaternary paleoecology; Archaeobotany; Palynology, Starch grain analysis

Shane J. Macfarlan

Associate Professor
Cultural Anthropology

shane.macfarlan@ anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. Washington State U 2010; Assist. Prof). Evolutionary Anthropology; Social psychology; Political Economy; Political and Behavioral Ecology; Inequality; Ritual Society and Labor Exchange; Ethno-History

Richard R. Paine

Associate Professor
Archaeology

 richard.paine@anthro.utah.edu

(Ph.D. Pennsylvania State U 1992; Assoc. Prof). Archaeology, prehistoric demography, complex societies, human/land relationships; Mesoamerica, Europe

Alan R. Rogers

Professor
Population Genetics

sregorra@gmail.com

(Ph.D. U New Mexico 1982; Prof). Population genetics, evolutionary ecology

Tim Webster

Assistant Professor
Biological Anthropology

timothy.h.webster @utah.edu

(Ph.D. Yale University 2015; Assist. Prof). Biological anthropology; primatology; evolutionary and population genomics; sex chromosome evolution

 

 

 

Emeritus Faculty

Laurence D. Loeb

Associate Professor Emeritus
Cultural Anthropology

(Ph.D. Columbia 1970; Assoc. Prof Emeritus). Middle East ethnology, social organization, religion, ethnomusicology, sociocultural reconstruction, culture change; Old World Jewry

John M. McCullough

Professor Emeritus
Biological Anthropology

(Ph.D. U Illinois 1972; Prof Emeritus). Physical anthropology, ecological genetics, human variation; the Americas, Yucatan, Europe

Duncan Metcalfe

Associate Professor Emeritus
Archaeology

(Ph.D. U Utah 1987; Assoc. Prof Emeritus). Archaeological method and theory, evolutionary ecology; western North America 

James F. O'Connell

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Archaeology

(Ph.D. UC Berkeley 1971; Dist. Prof Emeritus). Hunter-gatherer ecology, archaeological method and theory; Australia, Africa, North America 

Dennis H. O'Rourke

Professor Emeritus
Biological Anthropology

(Ph.D. U Kansas 1980; Prof Emeritus). Population and evolutionary genetics, genetic epidemiology, quantitative methods, native America, Arctic regions and Siberia

Marianna Di Paolo

Associate Professor Emeritus
Linguistic Anthropology

(Ph.D. U Texas at Austin 1986; Assoc. Professor Emeritus). Sociolinguistics, sociophenetics, Native American linguistics (Shoshoni)

 
Last Updated: 3/30/23