SUNY New Paltz: Anthropology

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: SCB 107C Phone: (845) 257-2990 E-mail: buckbees@newpaltz.edu
Victor deMunck Professor Ph.D. University of California, Riverside cognitive anthropology, political anthropology, research methods; South Asia Web site Office: SFB 111 Phone: (845) 257-2985 E-mail: demunckv@newpaltz.edu
Joseph Diamond Chair/Assistant Prof Ph.D. SUNY Albany Northeastern archaeology, North American archaeology, historical archaeology, Old World prehistory, physical anthropology Office: SCB 155 Phone: (845) 257-2988 E-mail: diamondj@newpaltz.edu
Giselle Hendel-Sebestyen Associate Professor Ph.D. Columbia 1969 Psychological anthropology applied, urban, medical anthropology; North America Office: SCB 133 Phone: (845) 257-2987 E-mail: hendelsg@newpaltz.edu
Benjamin Junge Assistant Professor Ph.D. Emory University 2007, MHSc Johns Hopkins School of Public Health 1994 Citizenship, globalization, social movements, gender, sexuality, public health, Latin American studies, Brazil Website Office: SCB 135 Phone: (845) 257-2697 E-mail: jungeb@newpaltz.edu
Lauren Meeker Assistant Professor Ph.D. Columbia 2007 Cultural politics, music, performance, visual anthropology; Vietnam; East Asia Office: SFB 107 Phone: (845) 257-2989 E-mail: meekerl@newpaltz.edu
Kenneth Nystrom Associate Professor Ph.D. New Mexico Bio archaeology, osteology, mortuary ritual, ethnic theory Web site Office: SCB 154 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: SCB 107C Phone: (845) 257-2990 E-mail: edwardpierce@lycos.com

Adjuncts

Karin Andriolo Professor Emeritus Ph.D. Vienna 1967 Structuralism, ritual, afterlife beliefs, suicide Phone: (845) 257-2990 E-mail: andriolk@newpaltz.edu
Jennifer Newman Adjunct Faculty Office: SCB 126 Phone: (845) 257-2990 E-mail: chuljenn@hotmail.com
Stephanie Nystrom Adjunct Faculty Office: SCB 126 Phone: (845) 257-2990 E-mail: nystroms@newpaltz.edu
Denise Oliver-Velez Adjunct Faculty Office: SOUTHSIDE Phone: (845) 257-2990 E-mail: dolivervelez@hvc.rr.com
B. Edward Pierce Professor Emeritus Ph.D. Tulane 1971 Kinship, religion, culture change; Caribbean, ethnography of complex societies, discourse and culture, racial and ethnic classification Phone: (845) 257-2990 E-mail: edwardpierce@lycos.com
Lyla Yastion Adjunct Faculty Office: SCB 126 Phone: (845) 257-2990 E-mail: yastionl@newpaltz.edu

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