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Faculty

  • Glen H. Doran
    (PhD University of California Davis 1980) Professor and Chair: Archaeology, physical anthropology (osteology, evolution); New World, SE US, Archaic population adaptation, paleodemography, paleopathology, site predictive models, wetsite archaeology.

  • Dean Falk

    (PhD University of Michigan 1976) Hale G. Smith Professor of Anthropology: Paleoanthropology, primate behavior, evolution of the brain and cognition, origins of prelinguistic substrates and language.

  • Frank Marlowe
    (PhD UCLA 1997) Professor: Evolutionary anthropology, behavioral ecology, mating systems, cooperation and food-sharing, hunter-gatherers, human evolution.

  • Rochelle A. Marrinan
    (PhD University of Florida 1975) Assoc Professor: Prehistoric and historic archaeology, method and theory in archaeology, zooarchaeology; Southeastern United States and Caribbean.

  • Elizabeth H. Peters
    (PhD University of Florida 1983) Assoc Professor: Physical anthropology, language origins, infancy, primatology, behavioral evolution.

  • Mary Pohl
    (PhD Harvard University 1977) Laura Jepsen Professor: Archaeology of early complex societies especially Olmec and Maya, Mesoamerican archaeology, ethnozoology, gender studies, origins of writing, ancient economics and politics, early agriculture.

  • Lynne A. Schepartz
    (PhD University of Michigan 1987) Associate Professor: Paleoanthropology (evolution of language and behavioral complexity), bioarchaeology (skeletal biology and mortuary archaeology); China, Mediterranean

Emeritus Faculty

  • Bruce T. Grindal
    (PhD Indiana University 1969) Professor Emeritus: Education, religion, humanism, peace studies, literary ethnography; West Africa, American South, Mexico.

  • John T. J. Ho
    (PhD Indiana University 1975) Professor Emeritus: Cultural anthropology, folklore, archaeology; Southeast Asia; overseas Chinese.

  • J. Anthony Paredes
    (PhD University of New Mexico 1969) Cultural anthropologist: Contemporary North American Indians.
    Email: janthonyparedes@bellsouth.net
    Curriculum Vitae

Adjunct Faculty

  • Samiri Hernandez-Hiraldo
    (Ph.D. The University of Michigan, 2000) Assistant in Anthropology: Religion, Ritual; Identity, Race, Gender; Religion and Politics, Transnationalism; Latin America and the Hispanic-Caribbean; Latinos in the United States; Puerto Rico
  • Amy C. Kowal
    Ph.D., RPA. Visiting Assistant in Anthropology

Anthropologists in Other Departments

  • Michael A. Uzendoski - Department of Modern Languages
    (PhD University of Virginia 2000) Associate Professor: Social and Symbolic Anthropology, Political Anthropology, The Anthropology of Religion, Gender, Kinship, Hierarchy, Anthropology and History, Economic Anthropology, Ethnopoetics and Anthropological Linguistics; Amazonia, Andes, Ecuador.

  • Joseph Hellweg - Department of Religion
    (PhD University of Virginia 2001) Assistant Professor: Religion, Islam, Christianity, sacrifice; performance aesthetics, ethnopoetics; social theory, politics, social movements, applied, medical, HIV/AIDS; Africa, Mande West Africa, Cote d'Iviore.

Affiliated Anthropologists

  • Daniel J. Pullen
    (PhD Indiana University 1985) Courtesy Associate Professor; Chair of FSU Classics Department: Prehistoric Aegean archaeology, Classical antiquity.

  • Ryan J. Wheeler
    (PhD University of Florida 1996) Bureau Chief, Florida State Bureau of Archaeological Research

  • Elizabeth Purdum
    (PhD University of Florida 1983) Research Assoc Institute of Science and Public Affairs Anthropology and law, political and applied anthropology.

Department Chair

  • Dr. Glen Doran (5/8/08 - present) E-Mail, Phone: (850) 644-8154

Office Manager

  • Trish Barineau: E-mail, Phone: (850)644-8146

Student Affairs Program Coordinator

  • Ms. Shannon Tucker: E-mail, Phone: (850)644-4282. Hours: 10AM - 2PM M-F.

Office Assistant

  • Ms. Malinda Bethea: E-mail, Phone: (850)644-4281

Graduate Advisor

Undergraduate Coordinator

  • For information about majoring in anthropology contact Ms. Shannon Tucker by e-mail at srtucker@fsu.edu

Graduate Students