Nov 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Catalog 
    
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Anthropology Faculty


Chair 

Benyshek, Daniel 

Professor; B.A. University of Colorado, Denver; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University. Rebel since 2001.

Graduate Coordinator 

Villmoare, Brian 

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Virginia, M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University. Rebel since 2014.  

Graduate Faculty 

Atici, Levent 

Associate Professor; B.A., M.A., Ankara University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University. Rebel since 2007.

Bao, Jiemin

Professor; B.A., Laotian University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Rebel since 1997.

Byrnes, Jennifer

Assistant Professor, B.S., SUNY Geneseo; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo. Rebel since 2019. 

Chase, Arlen 

Professor; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Rebel since 2016.

Farahani, Alan 

Assistant Professor, B.A., Rutgers University, M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Rebel since 2018.

Frink, Liam 

Professor, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison. Rebel since 2005.

Gray, Peter

Professor, B.A., University of California Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University. Rebel since 2005.

Harry, Karen 

Professor; B.A., Texas A&M University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona. Rebel since 2001.

Jankowiak, William 

Professor; B.A., State University of New York; B.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara. Rebel since 1991.

Lienard, Pierre 

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Rebel since 2008.

Martin, Debra

Distinguished Professor; B.S., Cleveland State University, M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Rebel since 2006.  

Roth, Barbara

Professor; B.S. University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona. Rebel since 2002.

Sandoval-Cervantes, Iván

Assistant Professor; B.A., Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon. Rebel since 2018.

Villmoare, Brian 

Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Virginia, M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University. Rebel since 2014.  

Affiliated Faculty   

Gocha, Tim 

Assistant Professor, B.A. The Ohio State University, M.A., University of Bradford, Ph.D., The Ohio State University. Rebel since 2017.

Professors Emeriti   

Knack, Martha

Distinguished Professor; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan. UNLV Emeritus 1977-2008. 

Miranda, Malvin

Professor; B.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. UNLV Emeritus 1976-2009.

Palmer, Gary B.

Professor; B.S., Hamline University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Minnesota. UNLV Emeritus 1973-2005.

Simmons, Alan

Distinguished Professor; B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder; M.A., University of Toronto; Ph.D., Southern Methodist University. UNLV Emeritus 1993-2018.

Swetnam, John J.

Professor; B.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. UNLV Emeritus 1973-2008.

Urioste, George L.

Professor; B.A., St. Peter Claver College; Ph.D., Loyola University; B.D., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University. UNLV Emeritus 1974-2009.

Warren, Claude N.

Professor; B.A., M.A., University of Washington; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.UNLV Emeritus 1969-1997.