Although the Department does not offer a graduate degree in anthropology, six professors are members of the Graduate Faculty of the University. They serve on MA thesis committees and offer graduate courses for students.
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Dr. Dana E. Powell Assistant Professor (828) 262-2268 349H Anne Belk Hall |
(PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2011) Environmental anthropology, political ecology, critical development studies, energy, social movements, infrastructure, new materialism, and climate change; Navajo/Diné Nation, Native America |
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Dr. Timothy J. Smith Professor and Department Chair (828) 262-8473 344 Anne Belk Hall |
(PhD University at Albany, SUNY 2004) Sociocultural anthropology, Latin American development, electoral politics and democracy, ethnicity and race, environmental subjectivities, indigenous languages (Kaqchikel Mayan and Napo Kichwa), immigration; Latin America (Guatemala and Ecuador) and Europe (France and Spain) |
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Dr. Christina Verano Sornito Assistant Professor (828) 262-6429 349D Anne Belk Hall |
(PhD Columbia University 2015) Visual anthropology, ethnographic film, video/audio documentary, voice theory and anthropology of sound, healing and sorcery, magic and religion, anthropology of nature and the Anthropocene, indigenous studies, nationalism, transnational labor, psychoanalysis, Central European avant-gardes; The Philippines, Southeast Asia |
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Dr. Alice P. Wright Assistant Professor (828) 262-6384 322 Anne Belk Hall |
(PhD University of Michigan 2014) Southeastern archaeology, pre-Columbian interaction, Hopewell, the built environment and monumentality, landscapes, GIS, archaeological geophysics, community and applied archaeology, heritage management; Southern Appalachians, Southeastern U.S. |