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, anthropology of religion, mythology, political anthropology, psychological anthropology, medical anthropology, cognitive anthropology, comparative kinship and social organization. They have expertise in a wide variety of geographical areas including: Meso-America, South Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, Native Peoples of North America, South America, and the Caribbean. 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 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
Joseph Diamond
Assistant Professor
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
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
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
Kenneth Nystrom
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. New Mexico
Bio archaeology, osteology, mortuary ritual, ethnic theory
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
Gayle Turowski
Keyboard Specialist
Office: WSB 124
Phone: (845) 257-2990
E-mail: turowskg@newpaltz.edu
Victor deMunck
Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside
cognitive anthropology, political anthropology, research methods; South Asia
Office: WSB 228
Phone: (845) 257-2985
E-mail: demunckv@newpaltz.edu
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
Mark Schuller
Adjunct Faculty
Office: TBD
Phone: (845) 257-2990
E-mail: schullem@newpaltz.edu
