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Faculty

FacultyContactResearch InterestsProvides Advising
 Faculty Office Hours  
Charles Klein
Associate Professor and Chair
charles.klein@pdx.eduApplied & medical anthropology; urban anthropology; food and nutritional security, emerging class identities; public space & constructed landscapes; health promotion; health disparities; gender/sexuality/queer theory; Brazil; North America Yes
Shelby Anderson
Professor
ashelby@pdx.eduComplex hunter-gatherers; social and technological change; ceramics; environmental archaeology; public archaeology; cultural resource management; Arctic, Sub-Arctic, Pacific Northwest Yes
Kate Barcalow
Adjunct Instructor
kate.monti.barcalow@pdx.eduApplied and environmental anthropology; Indigenous Ecological Knowledge; collaborative methods; legal and regulatory systems (U.S.) 
Virginia Butler
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Professor Emerita
virginia@pdx.eduArchaeology, zooarchaeology, site formation processes, public archaeology; Western North America 
Melanie Chang
Adjunct Instructor
mlchang@pdx.eduBiological anthropology; ecology and evolutionary biology; paleoanthropology; Paleolithic archaeology; systematics; evolutionary genetics; scientific writing 
Robert David
Adjunct Instructor
davidrob@pdx.eduNorth American rock art, Indigenous Community archaeology, landscape archaeology, shamanism in the Pacific Northwest, Columbia Plateau, and Great Basin, Native American myth and rituals 
Douglas Deur
Associate Research Professor
deur@pdx.eduCultural and political ecology; cultural landscapes; indigenous peoples; ethnobiology; applied research; cultural perspectives on natural resource management and restoration; ethnohistory; Northwestern North America 
Michele Gamburd
Professor
gamburdm@pdx.eduCultural anthropology; transnationalism; globalization; migration; alcohol consumption; disaster studies; violence; gender; aging; political economy; Sri Lanka, West Asia, South Asia Yes
Michael Kilman
Adjunct Instructor
mkilman@pdx.edu  
David Moore
Adjunct Assistant Professor
b5dm@pdx.eduCultural anthropology; Southeast Asia; South Asia; nationalism; ethnicity; globalization; historical anthropology 
Reno Nims
Adjunct Instructor
rnims@pdx.edu  
Daniel Plekhov
Adjunct Instructor
   
Amiee Potter
Adjunct Assistant Professor
potteram@pdx.eduBiological anthropology; molecular anthropology; skeletal biology; human evolution; craniofacial growth and development; peopling of the Americas; bioarchaeology of southern California and the Great Basin 
Cameron Smith
Adjunct Assistant Professor
smithcm@pdx.eduArchaeology; spatial analysis; lithic usewear analysis; European and North American Prehistory; evolution 
Jeremy Spoon
Professor
jspoon@pdx.eduEnvironmental and applied anthropology, indigenous ecological knowledge, protected and conserved areas, natural disasters, public education, mixed-methods; Nepalese Himalaya, Western United States 
Sarah Sterling
Adjunct Assistant Professor
sster@pdx.eduPredynastic and Old Kingdom Egypt; North America; geoarchaeology; evolutionary theory, social complexity; ceramic analysis 
Mrinalini Tankha
Assistant Professor
mtankha@pdx.eduMoney and finance, exchange, economic anthropology, business, human-centered design, international development, applied anthropology, globalization, informal economy, Cuba, Latin America and the CaribbeanYes
Steven Thomson
Adjunct Instructor
sthomson@pdx.eduSocio-cultural anthropology, historical research, ethnicity and local diversity, anthropology of gender, political economy, international development, local government: citizenship and transnationalism, African ethnography, anthropology of disaster, anthropological theory: folklore and performance 
Natalie Vasey
Professor
nvasey@pdx.eduBiological Anthropology; primate behavioral ecology; life history adaptations; primate evolution; endangered and recently extinct primates of MadagascarYes
Douglas Wilson
Adjunct Associate Professor
doug@pdx.eduHistorical archaeology, CRM, heritage and protected spaces, public archaeology; Western North America 
Katie Wynia
Adjunct Instructor
   
Xia Zhang
Adjunct Instructor
xzhang@pdx.eduGlobalization, urbanization, gender (esp. masculinity), development, new media, youth, migration, labor politics, China, East Asia 

Staff

StaffContact
TBD
Department Coordinator
anthdept@pdx.edu, 503-725-3361
Laura Torres and Mary Dejeu
Office Assistants (Sept.-June)
anthdept@pdx.edu, 503-725-3081
Lyssia Merrifield
Archaeology Roadshow
lcoffey@pdx.edu

Affiliate Faculty

FacultyContactResearch Interests 
Tracy Andrews
 
t.j.andrews@pdx.eduSociocultural anthropology; Native Americans; medical anthropology; ecological and natural resources anthropology; minority and international health issues; political ecology; gender 
James Beebejamesbeebe@pdx.eduApplied social sciences, qualitative research methodology, international development anthropology, social change, public policy, leadership; Philippines, South Africa 
Maria Beebemarbeebe@pdx.eduApplied sociolinguistics, critical discourse analysis, women’s leadership, information communication technologies (ICT) for development 
Robert Boydrtboyd@pdx.eduNorthwest Native American early contact era ethnohistory; culture contact and change; disease and demography; historical epidemiology; depopulation and its cultural effects; hunter-gatherer resource management and anthropogenic fire 
Melissa Darbymelissa.darby@pdx.eduArchaeology; history; cultural resource management; ethnohistory of Native people of western Oregon: settlement patterns, vernacular architecture, and plant foods used by the indigenous people of the region 
Amanda Lubitlubitam@pdx.edu  
Alisa Raialisarai@pdx.edu  

Emeritus Faculty

FacultyContactResearch Interests
Virginia Butler
 
virginia@pdx.eduArchaeology, zooarchaeology, site formation processes, public archaeology; Western North America
Sharon Carstenscarstenss@pdx.eduCultural anthropology; symbolic anthropology; identity; gender; ethnohistory; education; China, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asian Americans
Marc Feldesmanfeldesmanm@pdx.eduPhysical anthropology; primate and human evolution; primate anatomy; evolutionary theory; morphometrics; computer applications; forensic osteology