Anthropology Faculty
Dr. Tosha Dupras
Dean Dupras is not currently accepting graduate students.
Professor, Biological Anthropology
Ph.D., McMaster University, 1999
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Areas of Specialization: Human osteology and skeletal analysis, stable isotope and dietary analysis, fetal growth and development, juvenile growth and development, paleopathology, bioarchaeology, forensic archaeology, Egypt, Sudan, France, Lithuania, Southeast Asia (Flores)
Holden Hall 202
Dr. Arthur Durband
Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 2004
Chair of SASW
Areas of Specialization: Paleoanthropology of Indonesia, Europe, and Australia, the origins of modern humans, the biology of early Australians, and virtual anthropology
Holden Hall 274
Dr. Brett A. Houk
Professor, Archaeology
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1996
President's Excellence in Research Professor for 2020–2025
National Geographic Explorer
On Faculty Development Leave (Spring 2024)
Areas of Specialization: Ancient urban planning, the Classic Maya collapse, Mesoamerica, Maya archaeology, cultural resource management, Texas prehistory
Holden Hall 277
806-834-8107
Dr. Victoria Ingalls
Instructor, Archaeology
Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio, 2020
Areas of Specialization: Ancient Maya community organization, rurality, Maya ritual behavior, Maya archaeology, cultural resource management, Texas prehistory
Online Instruction
Dr. Mari Isa
Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2020
Areas of Specialization: Human osteology, forensic anthropology, skeletal trauma analysis, bone biomechanics, personal identification
Holden Hall 269
Dr. Michael P. Jordan
Associate Professor, Ethnology
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2011
Acting Anthropology Graduate Program Director (Spring 2024)
Areas of Specialization: Museum anthropology, material culture, intangible cultural heritage, ethnohistory and expressive culture of the Plains Indians, western Folklore
Holden Hall 272
806-834-8735
Dr. Esther Lee
Instructor, Biological Anthropology
PhD, Binghamton University, 2009
Areas of Specialization: Molecular anthropology, ancient DNA, population genetics
Waco Teaching Center
Dr. Lauren Miller
Associate Professor, Ethnology
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2010
Areas of Specialization: Tourism, pilgrimage, performance, martial arts, capoeira, sustainability, African diaspora, Latin America, Brazil, Belize, and the anthropology of higher education
Holden Hall 275
Dr. Anna Novotny
Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology/Bioarchaeology
PhD, Arizona State University, 2015
Anthropology Undergraduate Program Director
Areas of Specialization: Human osteology, bioarchaeology, biogeochemistry, biodistance, mortuary analysis, ritual and worldview, Mesoamerica, ancient Maya, Ohio Hopewell.
Note that Dr. Novotny does not specialize in Forensic Anthropology and is not accepting graduate applications for students wishing to specialize in Forensic Anthropology.
Holden Hall 273
Lap Siu
Instructor, Ethnology
MA, Texas Tech, 2009
Areas of Specialization: Anthropological linguistics, Jarai grammar and dictionary, the Central Highlands of Vietnam
Holden Hall 266
806-834-8774
Dr. Tamra L. Walter
Associate Professor, Archaeology
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 2000
Areas of Specialization: Historic archaeology, mission studies, colonialism and conflict, negotiating identities in colonial settings, coastal Ecuador, prehistoric populations and interaction with local ecosystems
Holden Hall 270
806-834-0615
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Lauren Whitman
Instructor, Archaeology
MA, Texas Tech, 2009
Areas of Specialization: Historical Archaeology, Spanish Colonial Ceramics, Texas Archaeology
Holden Hall Room 267
806-834-3882
Dr. Jeff Williams
Professor, Ethnology
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1987
Past Chair, SASW Department
Areas of Teaching: linguistics, anthropological linguistics, expressive culture, anthropology of music
Areas of Research: descriptive and documentary linguistics, contact linguistics, dialectology, endangered languages, Papuan languages, varieties of English in the West Indies, languages of mainland Southeast Asia
Holden Hall 278
Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Linda Gosner
Assistant Professor, CMLL
Affiliated Faculty, Archaeology
Ph.D., Brown University, 2016
Areas of Specialization: Mediterranean archaeology, rural and industrial landscapes, colonialism and imperialism, technology and economy, mobility and connectivity, Iron Age and Roman Iberian Peninsula and western Mediterranean islands
Dr. Victoria Sutton
Distinguished Horn Professor, TTU Law School
Associate Dean for Digital Learning and Graduate Education
Director, Center for Biodefense, Law, and Public Policy
Director, Science, Engineering and Technology Law Concentration Program
Director, Dual Degree Programs in Science, Engineering and Technology
Founding Editor, Journal for Biosecurity, Biosafety and Biodefense Law
Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
J.D., American University, Washington School of Law
M.P.A., Old Dominion University
Areas of Specialization: Her teaching and writing focuses in the areas of law, science and technology, environment, and American Indian Law. The focus on legal pluralism explores traditional management of environmental systems and traditional environmental knowledge by Tribal Nations. Some of her work has focused on indigenous people and their traditional management of coral reef systems, in Fiji Islands in the South Pacific.
Dr. Christopher Witmore
Professor, CMLL
Affiliated Faculty, Archaeology
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2005
Areas of Specialization: Things, land, and human ecology in the Mediterranean, the Roman built environment in Northern Britain, and archaeological memories of a POW camp in Norway
Anthropology
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Address
Holden Hall 158, Box 41012, 1011 Boston Ave., Lubbock, TX 79409 -
Phone
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Email
athena.baumann@ttu.edu