Anthropology
Anthropology, the study of humans, includes sociocultural anthropology, biological anthropology, and archaeology. Courses offered by the Department of Anthropology span the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities and provide a broad understanding of human nature and society for students in other fields and for anthropology majors.
The broad perspective on human culture and biology that anthropology offers can enhance studies in many other fields, including history, psychology, international studies, environmental studies, ecology and evolution, geography, earth system science, literature, political science, folklore and public culture, language study, art history, and public policy and management.
Faculty
Scott A. Blumenthal, assistant professor, (paleoanthropology, biological anthropology, archaeology). BA, 2008, Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; PhD, 2015, City University of New York. (2018)
Erica Bornstein, professor, (legal and political anthropology, nonprofits and ngos, institutional ethnography, Southern Africa, South Asia); divisional associate dean, Humanities. BA, 1984, Bennington College; PhD, 2001, California, Irvine. (2022)
Alison K. Carter, associate professor (archaeology, Southeast Asia); director, undergraduate studies. BA, 2001, Oberlin College; MS, 2007, PhD, 2013, Wisconsin, Madison. (2017)
L. Zachary DuBois, associate professor (biocultural anthropology, gender and LGBTQ experience, stress and social determinants of health). BA, 2002, PhD, 2012, Massachusetts, Amherst. (2018)
Stephen Dueppen, professor (archaeology, African archaeology). BA, 1999, California, San Diego; MA, 2004, PhD, 2008, Michigan. (2012)
Maria Fernanda Escallón, associate professor (sociocultural anthropology, cultural heritage). BA, 2003, MA, 2004, Los Andes; MA, 2009, PhD, 2016, Stanford. (2016)
Scott M. Fitzpatrick, professor; curator, Museum of Natural and Cultural History (island and coastal archaeology, Pacific, Caribbean) BA, 1994, Eastern Washington; MA, 1996, Montana; PhD, 2003, Oregon. (2012)
Stephen R. Frost, professor (human-primate evolution and paleontology, morphometrics, Africa). BA, 1994, California State, Long Beach; PhD, 2001, City University of New York, City College. (2004)
Gyoung-Ah Lee, professor (paleoethnobotany, archaeology, East Asia). BA, 1992, Seoul National; MSc, 1997, PhD, 2003, Toronto. (2007)
Leah Lowthorp, assistant professor (cultural anthropologist, folklorist, critical heritage). BA, 2003, California, Berkeley; MA, 2005, Pennsylvania; MA, 2007, Institut Européen des Hautes Etudes Internationales; PhD, 2013, Pennsylvania. (2018)
Katelyn McDonough, assistant professor (environmental archaeology, foodways, human paleoecology, North America). BS, 2014 Oregon; PhD, 2021 Texas A&M. (2022)
Ramón Resendiz, Assistant Professor (cultural production, Latinx expressive cultures, visual culture, media anthropology, U.S.-Mexico borderlands) B.A. 2014 Texas; M.C. 2016 Washington; M.Phil. 2021; Ph.D. 2023, New York University.
Parmida Mostafavi, assistant professor (cultural anthropology). BA, 2018, Duke University, PhD, 2024, New York University. (2024)
Gabe Sanchez, assistant professor (collaborative archaeology, indigenous archaeology, environmental anthropology, historical ecology, Oregon and California). BA, 2014, Oregon; PhD, 2019 California, Berkeley. (2022)
Michelle Scalise Sugiyama, associate teaching professor, BA, 1985, San Diego State, MA, 1988, PhD, 1997 California Santa Barbara. (2015)
J. Josh Snodgrass, professor (human biology, human nutrition and energetics, skeletal biology); department head. BA, 1995, California, Santa Cruz; MA, 1998, Florida; PhD, 2004, Northwestern. (2005)
Lynn Stephen, professor, Philip H. Knight Chair. (ethnicity and political economies, gender, U.S. Latinos and Latin America); BA, 1979, Carleton; PhD, 1987, Brandeis. (1998)
Kirstin Sterner, associate professor (molecular anthropology); director, graduate studies. BA, 2001, MA, 2005, PhD, 2009, New York. (2011)
Lawrence S. Sugiyama, professor (evolutionary psychology, behavioral ecology, biocultural anthropology). BA, 1985, MA, 1991, PhD, 1996, California, Santa Barbara. (1996)
Michelle Sugiyama, associate teaching professor (evolution of cultural transmission, hunters-gatherers, oral tradition, traditional ecological knowledge). BA, 1985, San Diego State; PhD, 1997 California, Santa Barbara. (2015)
Nelson Ting, professor (molecular anthropology, primate genetics, ecology, conservation Africa). BA, 1999, Washington (St. Louis); MA, 2001, Missouri, Columbia; PhD, 2008, City University of New York. (2011)
Larry R. Ulibarri, associate teaching professor. BA, 2002, Northern Colorado; MA, 2006, PhD, 2013, Colorado, Boulder. (2019)
Frances J. White, professor (evolution of primate behavior, Africa). BA, 1980, MA, 1984, Cambridge; PhD 1986, State University of New York, Stony Brook. (2001)
Emeriti
C. Melvin Aikens, professor emeritus. BA, 1960, Utah; MA, 1962, PhD, 1966, Chicago. (1968)
William S. Ayres, professor emeritus. BA, 1966, Wyoming; PhD, 1973, Tulane. (1976)
Aletta Biersack, professor emerita. BA, 1965, MA, 1969, 1972, PhD, 1980, Michigan. (1982)
Don E. Dumond, professor emeritus. BA, 1949, New Mexico; MA, 1957, Mexico City College; PhD, 1962, Oregon. (1962)
Jon M. Erlandson, professor emeritus. BA, 1980, MA, 1983, PhD, 1988, California, Santa Barbara. (1990)
Lamia Karim, associate professor (cultural anthropology). BA, 1984, Brandeis; MA, 1993, Michigan; PhD, 2001 Rice. (2003)
John R. Lukacs, professor emeritus. BA, 1969, MA, 1970, Syracuse; PhD, 1977, Cornell. (1976)
Geraldine Moreno Black, professor emerita. BA, 1967, State University of New York, Buffalo; MA, 1970, Arizona; PhD, 1974, Florida. (1974)
Madonna L. Moss, professor emerita. BA, 1976, William and Mary; MA, 1982, PhD, 1989, California, Santa Barbara. (1990)
Theresa O'Nell, associate professor emerita. BA, 1981, Notre Dame; MA, 1985, PhD, 1992, Harvard. (1998)
Carol T. Silverman, professor emerita. BA, 1972, City University of New York, City College; MA, 1974, PhD, 1979, Pennsylvania. (1980)
The date in parentheses at the end of each entry is the first year on the University of Oregon faculty.
Participating
Andrew Boehm, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Thomas J. Connolly, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Ann Craig, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Edward Davis, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Pamela E. Endzweig, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Samantha Hopkins, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Dennis L. Jenkins, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Elizabeth Kallenbach, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Jeanne McLaughlin, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Patrick O’Grady, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Gregory Retallack, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Chris Ruiz, Museum of Natural and Cultural History