Northern Arizona University

 

• Faculty Publications
• Faculty Research - this information can also be found on the individual faculty pages.
• Adjunct Faculty
• Practitioner Associates

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Scott Antes, MA

Instructor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology and Education
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 101C
Phone: (928) 523-9664
Email: Scott.Antes[at]nau.edu

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Aaron R. Denham, PhD

Assistant Professor
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 101A
Phone: (928) 523-9656
Email: Aaron.Denham[at]nau.edu

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Christian E. Downum, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of Anthropology Labs
Special Interests: Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 109I
Phone: (928) 523-6275
Email: Chris.Downum[at]nau.edu

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Jill Dubisch, PhD

Regents' Professor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Religion and Ritual
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 109B
Phone: (928) 523-6795
Email: Jill.Dubisch[at]nau.edu

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George Gumerman, IV, PhD

Professor, Director of NAU's Honors Program
Special Interests: Archaeology, Complex Societies
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 101B
Phone: (928) 523-3498
Email: George.Gumerman[at]nau.edu

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Corina M. Kellner, PhD

Assistant Professor
Special Interests: Archaeology, Complex Societies
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 109E
Phone: (928) 523-6574
Email: Corina.Kellner[at]nau.edu

Special Interests: Archaeology, Complex Societies

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Kelley A. Hays-Gilpin, PhD

Associate Professor
Special Interests: Archaeology, Ceramics and Visual Arts
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 101D
Phone: (928) 523-6564
Email: Kelley.Hays-Gilpin[at]nau.edu

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Verónica Pérez Rodríguez, PhD

Assistant Professor
Special Interests: Archaeology, Agriculture and Environment
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 101H
Phone: (928) 523-0966
Email: Vero.Perez[at]nau.edu

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Reed D. Riner, PhD

Professor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Futures
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 109F
Phone: (928) 523-6583
Email: Reed.Riner[at]nau.edu

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James D. Sexton, PhD

Regents' Professor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Modernization and Culture Change
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 109G
Phone: (928) 523-6576
Email: James.Sexton[at]nau.edu

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Cathy A. Small, PhD 

Professor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Culture Change
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 109A
Phone: (928) 523-6923
Email: Cathy.Small[at]nau.edu

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Francis E. Smiley, IV, PhD

Professor, MA Internship Coordinator
Special Interests: Archaeology, Method and Theory
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 109C
Phone: (928) 523-6923
Email: Francis.Smiley[at]nau.edu

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Robert T. Trotter, II, PhD

Regents' Professor, Department Chair
Special Interests: Sociocultural Anthropology, Medical and Drug Research
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 101G
Phone: (928) 523-4521
Email: Robert.Trotter[at]nau.edu

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Walter M. Vannette, PhD

Professor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Education and Economic Development
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 101J
Phone: (928) 523-9514
Email: Walter.Vannette[at]nau.edu

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Michael L. Vasquez, PhD

Professor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Indigenous Agriculture and Cultural Ecology
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 101F
Phone: (928) 523-9506
Email: Michael.Vasquez[at]nau.edu

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James M. Wilce, PhD

Professor
Special Interests: Linguistic Anthropology, Medical Discourse
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 101E
Phone: (928) 523-2729
Email: Jim.Wilce[at]nau.edu

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ADJUNCT FACULTY

Ethan M. Braunstein, MD

Special Interests: Paleopathology, Paleoanthropology. Application of Diagnostic Imaging Technology to Anthropology
Email: Ethan.Braunstein[at]nau.edu

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John Farella, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Symbols and Meaning, Psychotherapy, Medical Anthropology

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Trinkle Jones

Adjunct Professor; Archaeologist, National Park Service
Special Interests:
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 109H
Phone: (928) 523-0680

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Anthony L. Klesert, PhD

Adjunct Professor; Director, Navajo Nation Archaeology Department
Special Interests: Archaeology, Cutural Resource Management; US Southwest

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Janneli Miller, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Women, Health and Healing, Ethnobotany, Symbol, Myth, and Ritual

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Diane M. Notarianni, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Special Interests: Cultural Anthropology, Kinship and Social Relations, Medical Anthropology, Ethnohistory

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Peter John Pilles, Jr., PhD

Adjunct Professor; Archaeologist, USFS Coconino National Forest
Special Interests: Archaeology of Central Arizona, Rock Art, Ceramics, Cultural Resource Management.

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James Potter, PhD

Adjunct Professor; Archaeologist, SWCA Inc.
Special Interests: Faunal Analysis, Settlement Patterns, Lithics, Ritual and Power, Social Differentiations.

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Zdenek "Denny" Salzmann, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Special Interests: Linguistic and Cultural Anthropology, Folklore, Folk Art, Native Americans; US Plains, Eastern Europe
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 108
Email: DennySalz[at]aol.com

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Robert M. Schacht, PhD

Adjunct Professor; Senior Research Specialist, NAU Institute for Human Development
Special Interests: Early Civilization, Analytical Methods, Medical Anthropology, Computer Information Systems

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Susan Gregg Smiley, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor
Special Interests: Prehistoric Agricultural Economies, Population Interaction, Computer Modeling and Visualization
Email: Susan.Smiley[at]nau.edu

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Miranda Warburton, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor
Special Interests: Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Lithic Analysis; US Southwest
Email: Miranda.Warburton[at]nau.edu

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Laurie Webster, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Special Interests: Archaeology, Textiles and Material Culture; US Southwest

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David R. Wilcox, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor; Archaeologist, Museum of Northern Arizona
Special Interests: Archaeology, Enthnohistory, Method and Theory, History of Archaeology

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Michael Yeatts, MA

Adjunct Professor; Archaeologist, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office
Special Interests: Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management; Hopi
Office: Bldg 98D, Rm 109D
Phone: (928) 523-6573

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PRACTITIONER ASSOCIATES

 

Evelyn Billo, BS

Practitioner Associate
Special Interests: Computer Science, Rock Art, Digital Image Enhancement; US Southwest
Email: Evelyn.Billo[at]nau.edu

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Phyllis Hogan

Practitioner Associate; Ethnobotanist, AZ Ethnobotanical Rsrch Asso; Owner, Winter Sun Trading Co.
Special Interests: Mexican, Yaqui, and Arizona Indian Herbology
Email: wintersn@primenet.com

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Robert Mark, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Special Interests:
Email: Robert.Mark[at]nau.edu