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Anthropology Faculty
Anthropology Faculty
Dr. Naomi Cleghorn
Associate Professor, Anthropology
PhD Stony Brook University, MA University of Texas at Austin
Email: cleghorn@uta.edu
Research Specialization: Bioarchaeology; zooarchaeology; human osteology; Old World prehistory and human origins; the archaeology of Neanderthals and early modern humans; biological anthropology.
Dr. Christian Crowder
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Forensic Anthropologist, Dallas County Medical Examiner Office
PhD University of Toronto
Email: Christian.Crowder@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Forensic Anthropology
Dr. Ritu Khanduri
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Anth Club and Lambda Alpha Faculty Advisor
PhD University of Texas at Austin
Email: khanduri@uta.edu
Research Specialization: Media; globalization; subaltern studies; gender; history; diaspora;
Dr. Ashley Lemke
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Anthropology Club Faculty Advisor
PhD University of Michigan
Email: ashley.lemke@uta.edu
Research Specialization: Anthropological archaeology; prehistory; hunter-gatherers; and underwater archaeology
Katrina Nuncio
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology
MA University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Carrie Perkins
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology
PhD Southern Methodist University
Email: carrie.perkins@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Forced migration and refugee studies; applied anthropology within international development and humanitarian assistance; urban agriculture and environmental protection in refugee assistance.
Dr. Karl Petruso
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
PhD Indiana University
Email: petruso@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Aegean prehistory; classical archaeology; economic prehistory.
Dr. Luis F. B. Plascencia
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Center for Mexican American Studies
PhD University of Texas at Austin
Email: luis.plascencia@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Anthropology of law, human rights, political anthropology, economic anthropology, Latinos in the US, Mexico-US borderlands, transnational migration, nationalism & citizenship.
Dr. Joci Caldwell Ryan
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology
PhD Southern Methodist University
MPH University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Email: jcryan@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Food and culture; gender and sexuality; medical anthropology; and African studies
Dr. Shelley L. Smith
Professor, Anthropology
PhD University of Michigan
Email: slsmith@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Skeletal variation; human growth and development; and human evolution
Dr. Amy Speier
Associate Professor, Anthropology
PhD University of Pittsburgh
Email: speier@uta.edu
Research Specialization: Medical anthropology; gender; the anthropology of tourism; various types of health and medical tourism; and Central European Studies.
Dr. Christian Zlolniski
Professor, Anthropology
Interim Anthropology Program Director
PhD University of California-Santa Barbara
Email: chrisz@uta.edu
Research Specializations: Latinos in the U.S.; globalization; transnational migration; economic anthropology; and Mexico.