Anthropology Faculty
Permanent Faculty | Adjunct Instructors | Professors Emeriti
Permanent Faculty
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
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
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
PhD, Arizona State University
Archaeology: Comparative Latin American Research, Ceramic Technology, Quantitative Methods, Ethnohistory
Lamar Hall 552 | 662-915-7421
kleschba@olemiss.edu
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
Croft Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Studies
PhD, University of Chicago
Lamar Hall 551 | 662-915-7421
kghickma@olemiss.edu
Christine Lee
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
PhD, Arizona State University
Biological: Bioarchaeology, Dental Anthropology, Paleopathology. Ethnic and Gender Identity, Central/East Asia and Egypt.
Lamar Hall 543 | 662-915-5733
clee19@olemiss.edu
Croft Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Studies
PhD, University of Chicago
Linguistics: Linguistic and semiotic anthropology, Economic anthropology, Anthropology of value
Lamar Hall 551 | 662-915-7421
pclewis@olemiss.edu
Bridget Martin
Croft Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Korean Studies
PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Geography)
Korea, urbanism, militarism, land dispossession, geopolitics
Associate Professor of Anthropology
PhD, University of Chicago
Cultural: Economic & Political Anthropology, Environment, Latin America
Lamar Hall 547 | 662-915-7343
mendoza@olemiss.edu
Instructional Professor of Anthropology
PhD, Harvard University
Archaeology: Ancient Celts, Death & Burial, Landscape, Resource Management
Lamar Hall 553 | 662-915-3995
mlmurray@olemiss.edu
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
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
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
PhD, Southern Illinois University
Lamar Hall 507 | 662-915-7421
sajay@olemiss.edu
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology & Art History
PhD, Harvard University
Lamar Hall 549 | 662-915-7421
sasisson@olemiss.edu
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
PhD, University of Missouri
Lamar Hall 510 | 662-915-7421
