Curator with a focus on practices that counter under-examined peoples and places.
Affiliated Faculty
![Michael Carrasco](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/michael-carrasco-4x5-500.jpg?itok=0o6LxLRt)
Michael Carrasco
Precolumbian Art and Architecture, particularly the Maya and Formative period Gulf Coast
![Elizabeth Cecil](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/elizabeth-cecil-4x5-500.jpg?itok=OUvMgbsS)
Elizabeth Cecil
Ethnohistorian of religion and material culture with a focus on Hindu traditions in South and Southeast Asia
![Image of Dr. Kathleen Powers Conti](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-08/conti.png?itok=-B06WvWT)
Kathleen Powers Conti
Historian of the buildings, landscapes, and cultures of North America
![Kristin Dowell](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/kristin-dowell-4x5-500.jpg?itok=Cf8OdpPB)
Kristin Dowell
Art of Native North America with emphasis on global Indigenous cinema and contemporary art
![Sarah Eyerly](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/sarah-eyerly-4x5-500.jpg?itok=as6OrKya)
Sarah Eyerly
Musicologist with a specialty in the soundscapes of Indigenous North America
![Headshot of Dr. Andrew Frank](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2024-02/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-20%20at%209.41.28%20AM.png?itok=aoRsSpVz)
Andrew K. Frank
Historian of the Seminoles, Indigenous Florida, and the Native South
![Image of Juan Carlos Galeano](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-09/jgaleano_1.png?itok=aivAjKuh)
Juan Carlos Galeano
Poet, translator, and scholar of Amazonia.
![Carolina Gonzalez](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-06/carolina-gonzalez-4x5-500.jpg?itok=BVP7-MWO)
Carolina Gonzalez
Phonetics and phonology, their acquisition, and their interface with morphology and syntax, language endangerment and revitalization
![Sonia Hazard](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/sonia-hazard-4x5-500.jpg?itok=ZF5zVLvn)
Sonia Hazard
North American religious history, Indigenous media and communication, Cherokee language and literature
![Joseph Hellweg](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/joseph-hellweg-4x5-500.jpg?itok=qRfQoJU7)
Joseph Hellweg
Islam, politics, performance, and health in West Africa
![headshot of Dr. Horsburgh](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-10/Dr.%20%20Horsburgh.png?itok=fk-jz8Cb)
K. Ann Horsburgh
Biological anthropologist with an interest health and disease, in particular interrogating the role of stress in well-being.
![Katie McCormick](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/katie-mccormick-4x5-500.jpg?itok=4LZbZzwL)
Katie McCormick
Archivist & Librarian focused on community partnership development and ethical practices for collecting, access, and digitization practices
![Image of Mark McCoy](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-09/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-29%20at%203.51.20%20PM.png?itok=rsMhqqzB)
Mark McCoy
Anthropological archaeologist who explores ancient societies on Pacific Islands—including Hawai‘i, New Zealand, and Rapa Nui—and the relationship between people and their island environments
![Tyler McCreary](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/tyler-mccreary-4x5-500.jpg?itok=V6nUoG89)
Tyler McCreary
Honors
Settler colonialism and environmental governance, Indigenous peoples of Pacific Northwest
![Jayur Mehta](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/jayur-mehta-4x5-500.jpg?itok=js36wjqV)
Jayur Madhusudan Mehta
Archaeology of North American Native Americans, human-environment relationships, and the consequences of French and Spanish colonization in the Gulf South
![picture of dr. millender](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-09/eugenia-millender-1x1-400.jpeg?itok=pb8XaXN_)
Eugenia Millender
Scholar of mental health disparities among indigenous and vulnerable populations that result from stress and trauma
![Antje Muntendam](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-06/antje-muntendam-4x5-500.jpg?itok=9y8ZaDXh)
Antje Muntendam
Indigenous (especially Quechua) languages in Latin America and the linguistic outcomes of language contact with Spanish speakers
![Paul Niell](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-06/paul-niell-4x5-500.jpg?itok=bpVnX8cr)
Paul Niell
Scholar of architecture and cultural landscapes of the Hispanophone Caribbean
![Tanya Peres](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-05/tanya-peres-4x5-500.jpg?itok=VrxrGXkC)
Tanya Peres
Zooarchaeologist with a focus on foodways in ancient America and non-food roles of animals in Indigenous cultures
![Image of Tanya Renn](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2024-01/Renn_Tanya_400x400.jpeg?itok=F8ohYDvs)
Tanya Renn
The relational pathways that exist between stress, trauma, substance use, and well-being among marginalized populations, specifically those involved in the criminal justice system.
![image of Dr. Christine Rizzi](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-08/rizzi.jpeg?itok=LWgOtlMG)
Christine Rizzi
Native Americans and African Americans in Florida and the South; Mobility; and Settler Colonialism.
![Headshot of Theresa Schober](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2024-02/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-21%20at%2010.24.28%20AM.png?itok=hFVM9Pup)
Theresa Schober
Anthropologist with a focus on community archaeology, repatriation, and Indigenous representation in museum settings.
![Image of Dr. Eric Shattuck](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-10/Shattuck_Eric_0859.jpeg?itok=2USOsBxu)
Eric C. Shattuck
Biocultural anthropologist working on Indigenous health disparities
![image of Brendan Weaver](/sites/g/files/upcbnu4401/files/styles/four_into_five_ratio/public/2023-09/Brendan%20Weaver%20headshot%20copy.jpg?itok=BJrykY5T)
Brendan Weaver
Historical archaeologist of material and visual culture among Afro-Andeans.