Faculty

Department of Anthropology
Faculty

Faculty

ANCHORAGE CAMPUS

Phyllis Fast

 

Phyllis A. Fast
Professor
Phone: 907 786-6452
pafast@uaa.alaska.edu

Social anthropology, gender, Alaska Native art; North America.
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Diane Hanson

 

Diane Hanson
Associate Professor
Phone: 907 786-6842
dkhanson@uaa.alaska.edu

Cultural resource management, archaeology, zooarchaeology; Aleutian Islands.

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Ryan P. Harrod
Assistant Professor
Phone: TBA
Email: TBA

Biorchaeology, physical anthropology, skeletal biology, trauma, violence, paleopathology, forensic anthropology, repatriation, Southwest, Columbia Plateau, Great Basin.

Steve Langdon

 

Stephen J. Langdon
Professor & Dept. Chair
Phone: 907 786-6848
sjlangdon@uaa.alaska.edu

Ecological and economic anthropology, ethnohistory, maritime anthropology, policy, theory; Northwest Coast.

Marie Lowe

Marie Lowe
Assistant Professor
Phone: 907 786-6534
marie.lowe@uaa.alaska.edu

Sociocultural anthropology, economic development, resource management, migration, youth culture, education.

Paul White

 

Paul White
Assistant Professor
Phone: 907 786 6455
pjwhite2@uaa.alaska.edu

Historical archaeology, GIS and landscape archaeology, ethnohistory, colonialism, industrialization.

David Yesner

 

David R. Yesner
Professor & Associate Dean
of the Graduate School
Phone: 907 786-6845
dryesner@uaa.alaska.edu

Environmental archaeology, human ecology, hunter-gatherers; Circumpolar, Southern South America.

KACHEMAK BAY CAMPUS

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Catherine H. Knott
Assistant Professor
Phone: 907 235-1612
chknott@kpc.alaska.edu

Ecological anthropology, agriculture and agroforestry, African cultures, linguistics, traditional ecological knowledge.

KENAI CAMPUS

Alan Boraas

 

Alan Boraas
Professor
Phone: 907 262-0360
ifasb@uaa.alaska.edu

Archaeology, ethnohistory, mythology, language and culture; south-coastal Alaska.

Emeritus Faculty

Kerry Feldman

 

Kerry D. Feldman
Professor
Phone: 907 786-6849
kdfeldman@uaa.alaska.edu

Anthropological theory, applied anthropology; Southeast Asia, Alaska.

Doug Veltre

 

Douglas W. Veltre
Professor
Phone: 907 786-6847
dwveltre@uaa.alaska.edu

Historical archaeology, ethnohistory; Arctic, Subarctic, Aleutian and Pribilof Islands.

Bill Workman

 

William B. Workman
Professor
Phone: 907 786-6847
wbworkman@uaa.alaska.edu

Archaeology and traditional cultures of northwest North America; Arctic, Subarctic.

Adjunct Faculty

Margan Grover

 

Margan Grover
Phone: 907 786-6979
boldpeak@gmail.com

Historical archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, Western Arctic and Subarctic, Russian America.

Alexandra Maloney

 

Alexandra Maloney
Phone: 907 786-6979
afaam@uaa.alaska.edu

Linguistics, ethnolinguistics, Russian Far East, Selkup, Khanty, Eventi, and Dena'ina languages.

Rachel Mason

 

Rachel Mason
Phone: 907 644-3472
Rachel_Mason@nps.gov

Ethnohistory, Alaska Native cultures, subsistence, fishing communities,kinship, social network analysis.

Roy Mitchell

 

Roy Mitchell
Phone: 907 786 6874
afdrm@uaa.alaska.edu

Sociolinguistics, language and cognition, endangered language survival, Alaska Native languages and cultures, circumpolar peoples.

Staff

Lena Blackwell

Lena Blackwell
Department Administrator
Phone: 907 786-6840
lablackwell@uaa.alaska.edu