Physical Anthropology 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

Alexandra Brewis
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1992; Professor
Biocultural anthropology; human adaptation; human reproduction; medical anthropology; demographics; nutrition, growth and development

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

Kim Hill
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1983; Professor
Evolutionary Ecology, Hunter-Gatherers, Human Evolution, Evolution of Culture; Lowland South America

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

Kelly Knudson
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2004; Associate Professor
Archaeological Chemistry, Isotope Analysis, Bioarchaeology; the Andes

Leanne Nash
Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley; 1973; Professor
Primatology, Ecology & Social Behavior of Primates, Feeding Strategies, Social Development, Nocturnal Prosimians, Experimental Analysis of Behavior

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

Rachel Scott
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Professor
Bioarchaeology, Body & Identity, Social Construction of Disease & Disability, European Archaeology, Mortuary Practices, Paleopathology; Britain, Ireland

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

Christopher Stojanowski
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2001; Associate Professor  
Bioarchaeology, Colonial Native Americans, Quantitative Microevolution; North America (Southeast), North Africa

Anne Stone
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1996; Professor
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Human & Non-Human Primate Genetics, Ancient DNA; North America, South America

Robert Williams
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1976; Professor Emeritus
Genetic admixture, genetic variation, human histocampatibility loci (HLA), human immunogenetics, molecular evolution