Anthropology Faculty
Kate M. Centellas
Croft Assistant Professor of Anthropology &
International Studies
Ph.D. University of Chicago 2008
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-5733 | Office: Leavell 116
kmcentel@olemiss.edu
Simone Delerme
McMullan Assistant Professor of Southern Studies & Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. Rutgers University 2013
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-7421 | Office: Leavell 109
sdelerme@olemiss.edu
Robbie Ethridge
Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Georgia 1996
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-7317 | Office: Leavell 214
rethridg@olemiss.edu
Janet Ford
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. Tulane University 1977
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-7340 | Office: Leavell 111
saford@olemiss.edu
Carolyn Freiwald
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-6544 | Office: Leavell 209
crfreiwa@olemiss.edu
Jay K. Johnson
Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. Southern Illinois 1976
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-7339 | Office: Leavell 211
sajay@olemiss.edu
Marcos Mendoza
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Chicago 2013
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-7343 | Office: Leavell 114
mendoza@olemiss.edu
Maureen Meyers
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Kentucky 2011
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-7297 | Office: Leavell 201
memeyer1@olemiss.edu
Matthew L. Murray
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Associate Director of Projects
Ph.D. Harvard University 1995
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-3995 | Office: Leavell 307
mlmurray@olemiss.edu
Edward Sisson
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D. Harvard University
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-7343 | Office: Leavell 114
sasisson@olemiss.edu
Jodi Skipper
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Southern Studies
Ph.D. University of Texas 2010
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-3468 | Office: Leavell 311
jskippe1@olemisss.edu
Ahmet Yukleyen
Croft Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Studies
Ph.D. Boston University 2006
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848
Phone: 662-915-5733 | Office: Leavell 107
yukleyen@olemiss.edu
Professors Emeriti of Anthropology
Robert Thorne
(Ph.D. Missouri 1974)
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology
Janet Ford
(Ph.D. Tulane University 1977)
Emeritus Associate Professor of Anthropology
Adjunct Instructors of Anthropology
Scott Barretta
Phone: 662-915-7421
Office: 304 Leavell Hall
Email: smbarretta@yahoo.com
Royce Kurtz
(Ph.D. Iowa 1986)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ethnohistory, History of Anthropology, North American Indians
Phone: 662-915-7985
Office: J. D. Williams Library Room 106
E-mail: ulkurtz@olemiss.edu
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