Affiliated Faculty

Curator with a focus on practices that counter under-examined peoples and places

Artist who studies the indigenous material culture throughout Latin America

Precolumbian Art and Architecture, particularly the Maya and Formative period Gulf Coast

Ethnohistorian of religion and material culture with a focus on Hindu traditions in South and Southeast Asia

Archaeology of precontact Americas, especially Mexico, Honduras, and the U.S. Southwest; research ethics and Indigenous data sovereignty

Historian of the buildings, landscapes, and cultures of North America

Art of Native North America with emphasis on global Indigenous cinema and contemporary art

Musicologist with a specialty in the soundscapes of Indigenous North America

Historian of the Seminoles, Indigenous Florida, and the Native South

Poet, translator, and scholar of Amazonia

Phonetics and phonology, their acquisition, and their interface with morphology and syntax, language endangerment and revitalization

North American religious history, Indigenous media and communication, Cherokee language and literature

Islam, politics, performance, and health in West Africa

Biological anthropologist with an interest health and disease, in particular interrogating the role of stress in well-being

Ethnographer of Maya Muslims in Chiapas and Belize, Maya medical knowledge, schooling

Historian of American borderlands and the Native South, Indigenous Florida, and the Apalachee Indians  

Archivist & Librarian focused on community partnership development and ethical practices for collecting, access, and digitization practices

Settler colonialism and environmental governance, Indigenous peoples of Pacific Northwest

Archaeology of North American Native Americans, human-environment relationships, and the consequences of French and Spanish colonization in the Gulf South

Scholar of mental health disparities among indigenous and vulnerable populations that result from stress and trauma

Indigenous (especially Quechua) languages in Latin America and the linguistic outcomes of language contact with Spanish speakers

Scholar of architecture and cultural landscapes of the Hispanophone Caribbean

Zooarchaeologist with a focus on foodways in ancient America and non-food roles of animals in Indigenous cultures

The relational pathways that exist between stress, trauma, substance use, and well-being among marginalized populations, specifically those involved in the criminal justice system

Native Americans and African Americans in Florida and the South; Mobility; and Settler Colonialism

Biocultural anthropologist working on Indigenous health disparities

Art historian and curator who engages intersections of Mayan and Indigenous visual culture, identity, and place.

Physical archaeology

Historical archaeologist of material and visual culture among Afro-Andeans