Core doctoral faculty are listed below. Only these faculty can serve as dissertation advisors for Ph.D. students; please contact them via email to see if they are accepting students for the upcoming academic year. Other anthropology faculty may serve as dissertation committee members. General program questions should be directed to the Ph.D. program coordinator, Dr. Nicole Taylor.
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Archaeology
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Biological Anthropology
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Cultural Anthropology
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Augustine AgwueleLinguistics (Cultural Anthropology)
Research Interests:
Linguistics\ Phonetics,- C-V Coarticulation, Socio-Cultural Studies, Peoples & Cultures of AfricaEmail | aa21@txstate.edu
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C. Britt BousmanArchaeology
Research Interests
Hunter-gatherer foraging and technology, geoarchaeology, paleoenvironmental analysis, cultural resource managementEmail | cb26@txstate.edu
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Carolyn BoydArchaeology
Research Interests
Prehistoric art and ritual, hunter-gatherer archaeology, iconographic analysisEmail | cb55@txstate.edu
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Nick CarterArchaeology
Research Interests
Maya epigraphy, Maya archaeology, writing systems; ceramics, polity formation and collapse, international heritage management, artifact imaging, ceramic analysisEmail | npcarter@txstate.edu
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Elaine Y. ChuBiological Anthropology
Research Interests:
Human variation, virtual and computational anthropology, data science, growth and developmentEmail | elainechu@txstate.edu
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Christina ConleeArchaeology
Research Interests
Dynamics of complex societies, foundations and relations of power, ceramic analysisEmail | cconlee@txstate.edu
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Dr. Edward Gonzalez-TennantArchaeology
Research Interests:
Historical archaeology, digital archaeology; landscape, memory, power, violence; GIS, 3D modeling, geophysics, remote sensing; Southeastern US, Texas, Caribbean. -
Michelle D. HamiltonBiological Anthropology
Research Interests
Forensic and dental anthropology, paleopathologyEmail | mh69@txstate.edu
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Nicholas HerrmannBiological Anthropology
Research Interests
Forensic and dental anthropology, geospatial and geophysical applications, eastern Mediterranean bioarchaeologyEmail | nph16@txstate.edu
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J. David KilbyArchaeology
Research Interests
Pleistocene foragers, Southwest prehistory, lithic technology, paleoenvironments, landscape archaeology, geoarchaeology, cultural resource managementEmail | david.kilby@txstate.edu
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Jill PruetzBiological Anthropology
Research Interests
Primatology, behavioral ecology, conservationEmail | pruetz@txstate.edu
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Heather SmithArchaeology
Research Interests
Paleoindian archaeology, Paleolithic archaeology, human dispersals, lithic technology, fluted projectile points, geometric morphometrics, GIS, cultural transmission, evolutionary archaeology, cultural resource managementEmail | heather.smith@txstate.edu
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M. Kate SpradleyBiological Anthropology
Research Interests
Forensic anthropology, identification methods, migrationEmail | mks@txstate.edu
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Nicole TaylorCultural Anthropology
Research Interests
Youth and social media, childhood obesity and body image, adolescent and emerging adult healthEmail | ntaylor@txstate.edu
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Angela Kristen VandenbroekCultural Anthropology
Research Interests
science and technology studies (STS); feminist STS; business anthropology, design anthropology, applied anthropology innovation; entrepreneurship; technologies; design; futures and foresight; expertise; ignorance and agnotology; and infrastructureEmail | akvbroek@txstate.edu
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Aimee VillarrealCultural Anthropology
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Social movements in the US-Mexico borderlands; immigration and asylum; religion and transnationalism; Chicanx spiritual politics and performance; comparative ethnic studies. -
Daniel WescottBiological Anthropology
Research Interests
Forensic anthropology, bone biomechanicsEmail | dwescott@txstate.edu