Permanent Faculty | Adjunct Instructors | Professors Emeriti
Permanent Faculty
Katherine M. Centellas
Associate Chair, Anthropology
Croft Associate Professor of Anthropology & International Studies
PhD, University of Chicago
Cultural: Science & Technology, Medical Anthropology, Latin America
Lamar Hall 561 | 662-915-7129
kmcentel@olemiss.edu
Simone Delerme
McMullan Associate Professor of Southern Studies & Associate Professor of Anthropology
PhD, Rutgers University
Cultural: Latin American Migration, Critical Race Theory, Language & Identity, Inequality
Lamar Hall 523 | 662-915-7797
sdelerme@olemiss.edu
Carolyn Freiwald
Associate Professor of Anthropology
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bioarchaeology: Mesoamerica and the Maya, Osteology, Archaeological Chemistry
Lamar Hall 544 | 662-915-7421
crfreiwa@olemiss.edu
Marcos Mendoza
Associate Professor of Anthropology
PhD, University of Chicago
Cultural: Economic & Political Anthropology, Environment, Latin America
Lamar Hall 547 | 662-915-7343
mendoza@olemiss.edu
Matthew L. Murray
Instructional Professor of Anthropology
PhD, Harvard University
Archaeology: Ancient Celts, Death & Burial, Landscape, Resource Management
Lamar Hall 553 | 662-915-3995
mlmurray@olemiss.edu
Alexis (Lexi) O’Donnell
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology
PhD, University of New Mexico
Bioarchaeology: Southwest Bioarchaeology, Dental Anthropology
Lamar Hall 552 | 662-915-3427
aodonne@olemiss.edu
Catarina Passidomo
Southern Foodways Alliance Associate Professor of Southern Studies and Associate Professor of Anthropology and Southern Studies
PhD, University of Georgia
Cultural: Food, Human-Environment Interactions, Race, Urban Geography
Lamar Hall 552 | 662-915-3427
passidomo@olemiss.edu
Jodi Skipper
Associate Professor of Anthropology & Southern Studies
PhD, University of Texas
Historical Archaeology: Cultural Resource Management, Museum Studies, African Diaspora
Lamar Hall 522 | 662-915-3468
jskippe1@olemiss.edu
Adjunct Instructors
Scott Barretta
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology & Anthropology
MA, University of Virginia
Lamar Hall 511 | 662-915-7421
smbarretta@olemiss.edu
Royce Kurtz
AICPA Research & Instruction Librarian and Associate Professor
Adjunct Instructor of Anthropology
PhD, University of Iowa
Ethnohistory, History of Anthropology, North American Indians
J. D. Williams Library 106 | 662-915-7985
ulkurtz@olemiss.edu
Professors Emeriti
Jay Johnson
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
PhD, Southern Illinois University
Lamar Hall 507 | 662-915-7421
sajay@olemiss.edu
Edward Sisson
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology & Art History
PhD, Harvard University
Lamar Hall 549 | 662-915-7421
sasisson@olemiss.edu
Robert Thorne
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
PhD, University of Missouri
Lamar Hall 510 | 662-915-7421
