Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Anthropology Faculty


Chair 

Roth, Barbara

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

Graduate Coordinator 

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.

Graduate Faculty 

Atici, Levent 

Associate Professor; Executive Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research; 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.

Barron, Nicholas

Assistant Professor in Residence, B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D. University of New Mexico.  Rebel since 2022.

Benyshek, Daniel C.

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

Byrnes, Jennifer

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

Crittenden, Alyssa 

Professor, Vice Provost for Graduate Education; Dean of the Graduate College; BA: University of California, Santa Cruz, PhD: University of California, San Diego.  Rebel since 2011.

Frink, Liam 

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

Johnson, Lisa M. 

Assistant Professor in Residence; B.A., M.A. University of Central Florida, Ph.D University of California, Berkeley. Rebel since 2019.

Liénard, Pierre 

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

Martin, Debra L.

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

Oré Menéndez, Gabriela

Assistant Professor, Bachelor in Humanities, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, M.A. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, M.A., Ph.D. Vanderbilt University. Rebel since 2022.

Roth, Barbara J.

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 

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

Adjunct Faculty   

Freund, Kyle 

Adjunct Assistant Professor; B.A., University of Florida, M.A., University of South Florida, Ph.D., Anthropology, McMaster University. Rebel since 2023.

Visiting Faculty

Schrenk, Alecia 

Visiting Assistant Professor; B.A., University of North Florida, M.A., Ph.D. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Rebel since 2013

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.