Faculty
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David Anderson
Professor & Associate Head
Email: dander19@utk.edu
Archaeology (Prehistoric): Hunter-Gatherers; cultural evolution; CRM; colonization/migration; Southeast U.S.
Benjamin M. Auerbach
Assistant Professor
Email: auerbach@utk.edu
Biological Anthropology (Morphometrics): Variation & biomechanics; New World
Gregory V. Button
Assistant Professor
Email: gbutton@utk.edu
Cultural Anthropology (Environmental, Medical): Disasters & displacement; human rights; media & policy; North America.
Graciela S. Cabana
Assistant Professor
Email: gcabana@utk.edu
Biological Anthropology (Molecular, Bioarchaeology): Method & theory; anthropological genetics & ancient DNA; migration/colonization; Americas.
Jefferson Chapman
Research Associate Professor & Director, McClung Museum
Email: jchapman@utk.edu
Archaeology: paleoethnobotany; Southeast U.S. & Americas.
Joanne Devlin
Lecturer & Adjunct Assistant Professor
Biological Anthropology (Forensic): osteology, fire dynamics.
Elizabeth Kellar DeCorse
Research Assistant Professor, Archaeological Research Laboratory
Email: ekellard@utk.edu
Archaeology (Historical): plantations & slaver; public ed/outreach; Southeast U.S. & Caribbean.
Boyce N. Driskell
Research Professor & Director, Archaeological Research Laboratory
Email: bdriskel@utk.edu
Barbara J. Heath
Assistant Professor
Email: bheath2@utk.edu
Archaeology (Historical): Slavery & race; material culture; historic landscapes; middle Atlantic, Southeast US & Caribbean.
Tricia Redeker Hepner
Assistant Professor
Email: thepner@utk.edu
Cultural Anthropology (Political, Legal): Transnationalism & globalization; conflict, war, & violence; human rights; African diasporas & refugees; Northeast Africa.
Kandace D. Hollenbach
Research Assistant Professor, Archaeological Research Laboratory
Email: kdh@utk.edu
Archaeology (Prehistoric): paleoethnobotany; hunter-gatherers, foodways; eastern U.S.
Lee Meadows Jantz
Lecturer; Coordinator, Forensic Anthropology Center & Adjunct Assistant Professor
Biological Anthropology (Forensic): skeletal biology; osteology; growth.
Richard L. Jantz
Professor & Director, Forensic Anthropology Center
Email: rjantz@utk.edu
Biological Anthropology: osteology, dermatoglyphics, anthropological genetics, Americas.
Walter E. Klippel
Professor
Email: wklippel@utk.edu
Archaeology (Zooarchaeology): Method & theory; taphonomy; North America.
Andrew Kramer
Professor and Department Head
Email: akramer@utk.edu
Biological Anthropology (Paleoanthropology): Evolution; modern humans; Neandertals; primate evolution; Southeast Asia.
Michael H. Logan
Professor
Email: mlogan@utk.edu
Cultural Anthropology; Medical Anthropology; Evolutionary Theory; Mesoamerica; Plains Indian Art
Amy Z. Mundorff
Assistant Professor
Biological Anthropology (Forensics)
joining the faculty in January 2010
De Ann Pendry
Lecturer
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Cultural Anthropology (Medical): migration & transnationalism; power & social change; race & ethnicity; gender; U.S. latinos; Latin America.
Hector N. Qirko
Lecturer
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Cultural Anthropology (Applied & Evolutionary): organization & institutions; evolutionary theory; popular culture; anthropological linguistics; Latin America.
Gerald F. Schroedl
Professor
Email: gschroe1@utk.edu
Archaeology (Prehistoric & Historic): Method & theory; North American archaeology; Southeast U.S. & Caribbean.
Jan F. Simek
Professor & Distinguished Professor of Science
Email: jsimek@utk.edu
Lynne P. Sullivan
Research Professor & Curator, McClung Museum
lsulliv2@utk.edu
Archaeology: social inequality; household & community studies; mortuary analysis; gender; museum methods; Southeast U.S.

