Research and Teaching Faculty |
Emeritus Faculty |
Research Facilities and Offices
Research and Teaching Faculty
MICHAEL A. ADLER, Associate Professor
& Director of SMU-in-Taos
Ph.D. 1990 University of Michigan - archaeology, regional settlement systems, community organization, land tenure and resource access, computer applications, Southwest U.S.
phone: 214-768-2684
email: madler@smu.edu
CAROLINE B. BRETTELL,
Dedman Family Distinguished Professor
Ph.D. 1978 Brown University - anthropology of Europe; migration and ethnicity; folk religion; cross-cultural perspectives on gender.
Phone: 214-768-4254
Email: cbrettel@smu.edu
R. ALAN COVEY, Assistant Professor
& Director of Latin American and Iberian Studies
Ph.D. 2003 University of Michigan- archaeology of South America; origins of complex societies
Phone: 214-768-4254
Email: racovey@smu.edu
SUNDAY EISELT, Assistant Professor & Director,
SMU Archaeology Field School
Ph.D. 2006 University of Michigan- archaeology of North America desert west;
indigenous archaeology; material culture studies (especially ceramics)
Phone: 214-768-2915
Email: seiselt@smu.edu
DAVID A. FREIDEL,
Senior Research Archaeologist
Ph.D. 1976 Harvard University - archaeology; origins of civilization; evolution of cultural realities; Mesoamerica.
Email: dfreidel@smu.edu
KENNETH R. KAEMMERER, Adjunct Lecturer, and Curator of Mammals at the Dallas Zoo.
M.A. 1978 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale - Zoology (Ethology).
ROBERT V. KEMPER, Professor
Ph.D. 1971 University of California, Berkeley - urban studies; migration; tourism; global business; bilingual education; applied anthropology; Mexico, Latin America; United States.
Phone: 214-768-2928
Email: rkemper@smu.edu
VICTORIA S. LOCKWOOD, Associate Professor
& Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D. 1983 University of California, Los Angeles - political economy; economic anthropology; gender and development, Oceania.
Phone: 214-768-4022
Email: vlockwoo@smu.edu
DAVID J. MELTZER, Henderson-Morrison Professor & Director QUEST Archaeological Research Program
Ph.D. 1984 University of Washington - Peopling of America &
Paleo-Indian, Quaternary paleoecology, History of American archaeology. North America (especially Plains)
Phone: 214-768-2826
Email: dmeltzer@smu.edu
NIA PARSON,
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2005 Rutgers University - Cultural Anthropology, medical anthropology,
mental health, gender, violence, inequality, globalization, human rights;
The Americas, especially Chile & the US (Texas & New Jersey)
Phone: 214-768-2932
Email: nparson@smu.edu
TORBEN C. RICK, Assistant Professor
& Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D. 2004 University of Oregon - Archaeology, zoo archaeology, coastal and island societies; Pacific Coast, western North America
Phone: 214-768-3542
Email: trick@smu.edu
CAROLYN SARGENT, Senior Research
Anthropologist
Ph.D. 1979 Michigan State University - medical anthropology; gender studies; comparative religion; Africa and Caribbean.
Email: csargent@smu.edu
CAROLYN SMITH-MORRIS,
Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2001 University of Arizona - medical anthropology, American Indians, diseases of development, gender and health.
Phone: 214-768-2878
Email: csmorris@smu.edu
KENSUKE SUMII,
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2007 University of California-SF-Berkeley - Cultural anthropology, medical anthropology,
East Asia, Japan.
Phone: 214-768-2930
Email: kstaiko@gmail.com
BEN J. WALLACE, Professor
Ph.D. 1967 University of Wisconsin, Madison - ecology; social and economic change; applied and developmental anthropology; Southeast Asia.
Phone: 214-768-2753
Email: bwallace@smu.edu
RONALD K. WETHERINGTON, Professor
& Director of Center for Teaching Excellence
Ph.D. 1964 University of Michigan - physical anthropology; genetics; skeletal growth; evolutionary theory; Southwest U.S. prehistory and early
history.
Phone: 214-768-2927 or 214-768-3995
Email: rwetheri@smu.edu
DAVID J. WILSON, Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1985 University of Michigan - archaeology; ecological anthropology; origins and development of complex societies; South America.
Phone: 214-768-3545
Email: dwilson@smu.edu
LEWIS BINFORD, University Distinguished Professor emeritus
Ph.D. 1964 University of Michigan - archaeology; statistics and data analysis; cultural ecology; primitive technology; ethno-archaeology.
HAROLD J. HIETALA, Associate Professor emeritus
Ph.D. 1973 University of California, Los Angeles - anthropological statistics; quantitative methods; archaeological spatial analysis.
Email: hhietala@smu.edu
ANTHONY E. MARKS, Professor emeritus
Ph.D. 1966 Columbia University
Email: amarks@smu.edu
LADISLAV P. NOVAK, Professor emeritus
Ph.D. 1962 University of Minnesota - Physical anthropology, biological growth and aging, body composition, physiology of exercise, physiological adaptation, applied nutrition.
Email: lnovak@smu.edu
C. GARTH SAMPSON, Professor emeritus
Ph.D. 1969 Oxford University - Paleolithic archaeology; relationship between hunters and nomadic stock herders, Africa.
Email: gsampson@smu.edu
D. FRED WENDORF, Henderson-Morrison Professor, emeritus
Ph.D. 1953 Harvard University - Paleolithic archaeology; origins of agriculture, North Africa, U.S. Southwest.
Email: fwendorf@smu.edu
ISEM LIBRARY:
JOHN F. PHINNEY, Librarian, Adjunct Faculty
M.A. 1967 University of Nebraska - ethnology, bibliographic methods, history of anthropology; Native Americans.
Phone: 214-768-2430 Email: jphinney@smu.edu
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES:
ROBERT V. KEMPER, Department Chair
Ph.D. 1971 University of California, Berkeley - urban studies; migration; tourism; global business; bilingual education; applied anthropology; Mexico, Latin America; United States.
Phone: 214-768-3513
Email: rkemper@smu.edu
PAMELA HOGAN, Administrative Assistant to the Chair, Assistant
for Graduate Student Affairs,
Phone: 214-768-4152 Email: phogan@smu.edu
ERIN SHANKS, Administrative Assistant to the Department of
Anthropology
Phone: 214-768-2684 Email: eshanks@smu.edu
