Paleoanthropology Faculty Specializations

Brenda Baker
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts – Amherst, 1992; Associate Professor
Bioarchaeology, Human Osteology, Paleopathology, Mortuary Behavior, Migration & Culture Contact/Interaction; North America, Egypt, Nubia, Cyprus

Jane Buikstra
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972; Professor
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 
Prehistorical Skeletal Populations from the Americas, Bone Microstructure, Social Dimensions of Mortuary Behavior, Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology, Paleonutrition, Biological Distance, Biological Impact of European Colonization in the Americas, Host-Pathogen Co-Evolution, Bioarchaeology of Identity; the Americas

Christopher Campisano
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2007; Assistant Professor
Paleoanthropology, Depositional Environments, Geochronology and Tephrostratigraphy, Paleoecology; Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa

Donald Johanson
Ph.D., University of Chicago; Professor
Paleoanthropology, Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Evolution & Dentition; Africa, Asia, Middle East

William Kimbel
Ph.D., Kent State University, 1986; Professor
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Paleoanthropology, Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Evolution, Late Pleistocene Human Evolution, Evolutionary Theory, Systematics; Africa, Middle East

Curtis Marean 
Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley, 1990; Professor
Human Origins, Evolution & Diversity, Societies & their Natural Environments, Archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Zooarchaeology Africa, Near East

Kaye Reed
Ph.D., State University of New York – Stony Brook, 1996; Associate Professor
Early Hominid Paleoecology, Human Evolution, Primate Evolution, Functional Morphology, Community Ecology, Faunal Analysis; South & East Africa

Gary Schwartz
Ph.D., Washington University, 1997; Associate Professor
Primate & Human Evolution, Evolutionary-Developmental Biology, Growth & Development, Dental Histology

Mark Spencer
Ph.D., State University of New York – Stony Brook; Assistant Professor
Paleoanthropology, Dietary Evolution, Functional Morphology