Anthropology

Anthropology

Faculty

Members of the faculty of anthropology are committed to excellence in teaching, and they are also engaged in anthropological research and scholarly publication that enable them to convey to the pleasure and excitement of "doing anthropology" to their students. Members of the anthropology faculty specialize in a wide variety of topical and theoretical areas including archeology, political anthropology, psychological anthropology, medical anthropology, cognitive anthropology, comparative kinship and social organization. They have expertise in a wide variety of geographical areas including: South America, South East Asia, Native People of North America, South Asia, Eastern Europe, and North America. All members of the anthropology faculty have published scholarly articles and/or monographs, and many have received research grants and awards including a National Geographic Research Grant, a National Science Foundation Grant, Fulbright Awards, a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for the Improvement of Teaching, a National Institution of Mental Health Predoctoral Grant, SUNY Summer Research Grants, and a SUNY Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Faculty and Staff

Susan Buckbee
Calculations Clerk 2
Office: WSB 124
Phone: (845) 257-2990
E-mail: buckbees@newpaltz.edu

Office Hours:
MTW 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
RF 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Victor deMunck
Professor
Victor deMunck
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside
cognitive anthropology, political anthropology, research methods; South Asia
Web site
Office: WSB 228
Phone: (845) 257-2985
E-mail: demunckv@newpaltz.edu

Office Hours:
TF 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

also by appointment

Joseph Diamond
Assistant Professor
Joe Diamond
Ph.D. SUNY Albany
Northeastern archaeology, North American archaeology, historical archaeology, Old World prehistory, physical anthropology
Office: WSB 14
Phone: (845) 257-2988
E-mail: diamondj@newpaltz.edu

Giselle Hendel-Sebestyen
Associate Professor
Giselle Hendel-Sebestyen
Ph.D. Columbia 1969
Psychological anthropology applied, urban, medical anthropology; North America
Office: WSB 126
Phone: (845) 257-2987
E-mail: hendelsg@newpaltz.edu

Benjamin Junge
Assistant Professor
Ben Junge
Ph.D. MHSC
Citizenship, globalization, social movements, gender, sexuality, public health, Latin American studies; Brazil
Office: WSB 236
Phone: (845) 257-2697
E-mail: jungeb@newpaltz.edu

Lauren Meeker
Assistant Professor
Meeker
Ph.D. Columbia 2007
Cultural politics, music, performance, visual anthropology; Vietnam; East Asia
Office: WSB 230
Phone: (845) 257-2989
E-mail: meekerl@newpaltz.edu

Kenneth Nystrom
Assistant Professor
Kenneth Nystrom
Ph.D. New Mexico
Bio archaeology, osteology, mortuary ritual, ethnic theory
Web site
Office: WSB 128
Phone: (845) 257-2986
E-mail: nystromk@newpaltz.edu

B. Edward Pierce
Emeritus Professor
Ph.D. Tulane 1971
Kinship, religion, culture change; Caribbean, ethnography of complex societies, discourse and culture, racial and ethnic classification
Office: WSB 124
Phone: (845) 257-2990
E-mail: edwardpierce@lycos.com

Adjuncts

Stephanie Nystrom
Adjunct Faculty
Office: TBD
Phone: (845) 257-2990
E-mail: nystroms@newpaltz.edu

Denise Oliver-Velez
Adjunct Faculty
Office: TBD
Phone: (845) 257-2990
E-mail: dolivervelez@hvc.rr.com

B. Edward Pierce
Adjunct Faculty
Ph.D. Tulane 1971
Kinship, religion, culture change; Caribbean, ethnography of complex societies, discourse and culture, racial and ethnic classification
Office: WSB124
Phone: (845) 257-2990
E-mail: edwardpierce@lycos.com

Lyla Yastion
Adjunct Faculty
Office: WSB 126
Phone: (845) 257-3750
E-mail: yastionl@newpaltz.edu