Anthropology Department Faculty and Staff

Faculty Research at Texas State

Dynamic research on diverse biological and cultural aspects of the human condition, past and present, is a defining aspect of the Department of Anthropology. Faculty have studied lemurs, interviewed students about social media use, excavated tombs, consulted with the FDA, identified murder victims, and much more. The research agendas of department members include field and laboratory studies on four continents funded by grants, contracts, and donations. Undergraduate and graduate students are involved in all of these endeavors, in roles ranging from field school participants to paid research assistants to completing their own research projects.  Additionally, the Anthropology Department offers a wide range of Research Equipment that allow our students and faculty to conduct cutting edge research and stay at the top of their filed.  Our technology includes 3D digitizers, Micro-CT scanners, 3D printers, magnetic susceptibility meters, digital x-ray systems and many more.

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  • Dr. Augustine Agwuele
    AgwueleAugustine
    Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator

    Email: aa21@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 242

    Primary Focus:
    Linguistics

    Research Interests:
    Linguistics\ Phonetics,- C-V Coarticulation, Socio-Cultural Studies, Peoples & Cultures of Africa

  • Dr. Todd Ahlman
    AhlmanTodd
    Assistant Professor of Practice and Director: Center for Archaeological Studies

    Email: toddahlman@txstate.edu
    Office: Pecos Building

    Primary Focus:
    Archaeology

    Research Interests:
    Cultural resources management; pre-contact archaeology of Spring Lake in San Marcos, Texas; the study of African American potteries in Texas and the South; and the study of the African Diaspora in the South and Caribbean.

  • Dr. Britt Bousman
    BousmanBritt
    Professor

    Email: cb26@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 232

    Primary Focus:
    Archaeology

    Research Interests:
    Stone Age archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Plains archaeology, hunter-gatherer technological organization, and geoarchaeology and paleoenvironmental analysis.

  • Dr. Carolyn Boyd
    BoydCarolyn
    Shumla Endowed Research Professor and Research Associate Professor

    Email: cb55@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 255

    Primary Focus: 
    Archaeology

    Research Interests:
    Ancient art, iconographic analysis, hunter-gatherer archaeology, applied anthropology, Native American myth, ritual, cosmovision, and iconography

  • Dr. Lise Byars George
    Byars GeorgeLise
    Assistant Professor of Instruction and Internship Director

    Email: lbyarsgeorge@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 271C

    Primary Focus: 
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests: 
    Applied anthropology; disasters; gender, vulnerability and the use of social social support; ethnicity and identity; anthropology and law; transnationalism and migration

  • Dr. Nick Carter
    CarterNick
    Assistant Professor

    Email: npcarter@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 258

    Curriculum Vitae

    Primary focus:
    Archaeology

    Research interests:
    Maya archaeology and epigraphy; international heritage management; artifact imaging; ceramic analysis; polity formation and collapse.

  • Dr. Elaine Y. Chu
    ChuElaine Y.
    Assistant Professor

    Email: elainechu@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 271D

    Primary Focus: 
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests: 
    Human variation, virtual and computational anthropology, data science, growth and development 
     

  • Mr. Adam Clark
    ClarkAdam
    Systems Sypport Specialist

    Email: adam.clark@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 266A

    Primary Focus:
    Website, Marketing, Photography/Videography, Technical Support

  • Dr. Christina Conlee
    ConleeChristina
    Professor and Department Chair

    Email: cconlee@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 266

    Primary Focus:
    Archaeology

    Research Interests:
    Dynamics of complex societies, causes and consequences of collapse, early empires and colonialism, foundations and relations of power, population movements, cultural boundaries, Andean archaeology, archaeology of north-central Oregon, ceramic analysis, stable isotope analysis 

  • Dr. Deborah Cunningham
    CunninghamDeborah
    Associate Professor of Instruction

    Email: deborah.cunningham@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 238

    Primary Focus:
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Evolution of East and South African hominins, the paleobiology of Homo erectus, patterns of sexual dimorphism in Australopithecus, species boundaries in the fossil record, and the effect of obesity on the trabecular architecture of the human skeleton

  • Dr. Phil Dering
    DeringPhil
    Associated Faculty

    Email: pdering@msn.com

    Primary Focus:
    Archaeology

    Research Interests:
    Economy of Foragers, Agricultural Systems, Field Archaeology, Archaeobotany

  • Dr. Beth Erhart
    ErhartBeth
    Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Program in the College of Liberal Arts

    Email: berhart@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 233

    Primary Focus:
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Primate behavior and ecology

  • Mr. Gerardo Galeana
    GaleanaGerardo
    Administrative Assistant II

    Email: gbg18@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 266C

    Primary Focus:
    Administrative Assistant for Graduate Programs (M.A. & Ph.D.)

  • Dr. Timothy P. Gocha
    GochaTimothy P.
    Associate Director: Forensic Anthropology Center

    Email: tim.gocha@txstate.edu
    Office: GEB

    Primary Focus: 
    Biological Anthropology

  • Dr. Michelle D. Hamilton
    HamiltonMichelle D.
    Professor

    Email: mh69@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 240

    Primary Focus:
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, paleopathology, trauma, taphonomy, postmortem interval, dental anthropology.

  • Ms. Treena Herington
    HeringtonTreena
    Administrative Assistant III

    Email: th36@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 266D

    Primary Focus: 
    Budget, Departmental Operations

  • Dr. Nicholas P. Herrmann
    HerrmannNicholas P.
    Professor

    Email: nph16@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 243

    Primary Focus:
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Forensic and dental anthropology, geospatial and geophysical applications, eastern Mediterranean bioarchaeology

  • Dr. Jodi Jacobson
    JacobsonJodi
    Associate Director: Center for Archaeological Studies

    Email: jodijacobson@txstate.edu
    Office: Pecos Building

    Primary Focus:
    Archaeology

  • Dr. David Kilby
    KilbyDavid
    Professor

    Email: david.kilby@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 247

    Primary Focus:
    Archaeology

    Research Interests:
    North American Paleoindians, hunter-gatherer archaeology, Southwest prehistory, the organization of lithic technology, geoarchaeology, paleoenvironments, landscape archaeology, human evolutionary ecology, Cultural Resource Management and applied archaeology.

  • Dr. Sophia Mavroudas
    MavroudasSophia
    Coordinator: Forensic Anthropology Center

    Email: sm78@txstate.edu | facts@txstate.edu
    Office: GEB 112

    Primary Focus:
    Biological Anthropology

  • Dr. R. Jon McGee
    McGeeR. Jon
    Professor

    Email: rm08@txstate.edu

    Primary Focus:
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Maya, anthropology of religion, culture, theory, and field research methods

  • Dr. Ashley McKeown
    McKeownAshley
    Professor of Instruction

    Email: ahm@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 256

    Primary Focus: 
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    The human skeleton

  • Dr. Jill Pruetz
    PruetzJill
    Professor

    Email: pruetz@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 228

    Primary Focus:
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Vervet and patas monkey socioecology focusing on the influence that food availability had on female primate competition and dominance.  Assessing the presence and distribution of chimpanzees in savanna habitats in Senegal.  The environmental pressures that influences ape behavior in Senegal and how such behavior differs from chimpanzees living in forested environments.

  • Ms. Amy Reid
    ReidAmy
    Curator: Center for Archaeological Studies

    Email: areid@txstate.edu
    Office: TRIN 120

    Primary Focus: 
    Archaeology

  • Ms. Leticia Resendez
    ResendezLeticia
    Grants Assistant

    Email: lr29425@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 266B

    Primary Focus:
    Grants, Purchasing

  • Mr. Heath Robson
    RobsonHeath
    Administrative Assistant II

    Email: ugr11@txstate.edu

    Primary Focus
    Travel and Social Media

  • Dr. Monica Schoch-Spana
    Schoch-SpanaMonica
    Research Associate Professor

    Email: mschoch@txstate.edu

    Primary Focus:
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Culture and politics of disasters and epidemics, National security policy and history, Community resilience to extreme events, Public engagement in policy making

  • Dr. Heather Smith
    SmithHeather
    Associate Professor and MA Program Coordinator

    Email: heather.smith@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 241

    Curriculum Vitae

    Primary Focus: 
    Archaeology

    Research Interests: 
    Paleoindian Archaeology, Paleolithic Archaeology, North American Archaeology, Texas Archaeology, Beringian Archaeology, Human Dispersals, Lithic Technology, Fluted Projectile Points, 3D Scanning, Geometric Morphometrics, GIS, Cultural Transmission, Evolutionary Archaeology, Human Behavioral Ecology

  • Dr. Kate Spradley
    SpradleyKate
    Professor

    Email: mks@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 234

    Primary Focus:
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Human biological variation, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, and quantitative methods.

  • Dr. Nicole Taylor
    TaylorNicole
    Associate Professor and Ph.D. Program Coordinator

    Email: ntaylor@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 236

    Primary Focus:
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Language, gender, and identity; teasing and gossip practices; childhood obesity and body image; adolescent and emerging adult health; youth and social media; ethnographic and applied research methods; contemporary U.S. and educational research settings

  • Dr. Angela Kristin VandenBroek
    VandenBroekAngela Kristin
    Assistant Professor

    Email: akvbroek@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 271A

    Curriculum Vita

    Primary Focus:
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests
    science and technology studies (STS); feminist STS; business anthropology, design anthropology, applied anthropology
    innovation; entrepreneurship; technologies; design; futures and foresight; expertise; ignorance and agnotology; and infrastructure

  • Dr. Aimee Villarreal
    VillarrealAimee
    Assistant Professor

    Email:  aimeevillarreal@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 271B

    Primary Focus:
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Social movements in the US-Mexico borderlands; immigration and asylum; religion and transnationalism; Chicanx spiritual politics and performance; comparative ethnic studies.

  • Dr. Richard Warms
    WarmsRichard
    Professor

    Email: r.warms@txstate.edu
    Office: ELA 260

    Primary Focus:
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    West African economies, merchants, veterans of colonial armies, Islam in West African society, history of theory in anthropology, pedagogic methods.

  • Dr. Daniel J. Wescott
    WescottDaniel J.
    Professor and Director: Forensic Anthropology Center

    Email: dwescott@txstate.edu
    Office: GEB 111

    Primary Focus:
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Forensic anthropology, bone biomechanics, human skeletal variation, bioarcheaology

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