Current Anthropology Faculty & Staff

Links lead to personal pages or email for each member of the faculty.
Kent fulltime | Kent part-time |Ashtabula fulltime |adjunct faculty |affiliated faculty | teaching fellows

fulltime faculty- Kent campus

	Richard Feinberg Ph.D., University of Chicago.  Symbolic anthropology, kinship and social organization, indigenous seafaring and navigation techniques, oral traditions, cultural politics, and economic and political development; Oceana, Native North America. E-mail: rfeinber@kent.edu		C. Owen Lovejoy  Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, at Amherst.  Biomechanics, forensics, skeletal biology, human evolution. E-mail: olovejoy@aol.com
	Richard S. Meindl  (Dept. Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator) Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, at Amherst.  Paleodemography, historical demography, population genetics, aging and sexing techniques, human ergonomics, and quantitative methods. E-mail: rmeindl@kent.edu		Marilyn A. Norconk  Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. Primate feeding ecology and behavior, female competition, digestion properties; white-faced and bearded sakis; Neotropics. E-mail: mnorconk@kent.edu
	Olaf H.Prufer  Ph.D., Harvard University.  Psychological anthropology, culture conflict, culture change; North American prehistory, Old World prehistory; India, Germany, eastern United States, Ohio Valley. E-mail:oprufer@kent.edu		Mark F. Seeman (Graduate Coordinator) Ph.D., Indiana University.  Archaeology, human ecology, exchange, style; Eastern North America. E-mail: mseeman@kent.edu
	T. Kam Manahan Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. Archaeology, complex societies, Maya civilization, ceramics. E-mail tmanahan@kent.edu		MaryAnn Raghanti Ph.D., Kent State University. Neuroanatomy, cognition, human evolution, primates. E-mail mraghant@kent.edu

full-time faculty-Ashtabula campus		part-time faculty- Kent campus
	David J. Perusek Ph.D., Michigan State University. Cultural relativism, social theory, inequality, globalization, critical anthropology, contemporary United States E-mail: dperusek@kent.edu		Richard Lowenthal Ph.D., University of Illinois. Cultural Anthropology: social structure; Africa; and culture change. E-mail: rlowent1@kent.edu

adjunct faculty
	Kristen Lukas Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology. Curator of Conservation and Science, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Effects of designed environment on gorilla and chimpanzee behavior. E-mail: kel@clevelandmetroparks.com		Wendy Wilson Fall Ph.D., Howard University. Associate Professor, Dept of Pan-African Studies, KSU. Pastoralism, natural resource managment and sustainability, Africa. E-mail: wwilson1@kent.edu

affiliated faculty

	Nawal H. Ammar (Justice Studies) Ph.D., University of Florida, Gainesville.  Restorative justice, Islamic jurisprudence, women and the law in Arab Islamic societies, and social service delivery. E-mail: nammar@kent.edu		James L. Blank (Biological Sciences) Ph.D., Indiana University.  Neuroendocrine regulation of ovarian function and reproductive behaviors in New World primates E-mail: jblank@kentvm.kent.edu
	Jay Lee (Geography) Ph.D., University of Western Ontario.  Geographic Information Science and computer mapping. E-mail: jlee@kent.edu		Jennifer L. Marcinkiewicz  (Biological Sciences) Ph.D., University of Illinois.  Ovarian physiology; ovarian follicle development; oocyte-somatic cell interactions; effects of cytokines on ovarian function.  E-mail:jmarchink@kent.edu
	Johannes G.M. Thewissen (NEOUCOM, School of Biomedical Sciences) Ph.D., University of Michigan.  Mammalian anatomy and evolution; origin of major morphological adaptations such as swimming and flight. E-mail: thewisse@neoucom.edu		Chris Vinyard (NEOUCOM, School of Biomedical Sciences) Ph.D., Northwestern University. Evolution and functional morphology of the primate skull, biomechanics. Email: cvinyard@neoucom.edu
	Steven C. Ward (NEOUCOM, School of Biomedical Sciences) Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis.  Physical anthropology; functional anatomy; dental anthropology; Miocene hominids. E-mail: scw@neoucom.edu		Neil A. Wells (Geology) Ph.D., University of Michigan.  Clastic sedimentology, sedimentary environments, vertebrate paleontology. E-mail: nwells@kent.edu

teaching and research fellows

	Cyndie Thompson (Anthropology) M.A., Kent State University.  Primate socioecology and sociobiology. E-mail: cthomps9@kent.edu		Kenneth Sayers (Anthropology) M.A., Kent State University. Primate ecology and behavior; foraging theory; Nepal. E-mail: kasayers@kent.edu
	Maria Serrat (Anthropology) M.A. Kent State University. Primate morphology, endocrinology of skeletal growth. Email: mserrat@kent.edu		Tremie Gregory (Anthropology) M.A., Kent State University.  Social behavior, ecology, and evolution of free-ranging New World monkeys, conservation and ecotourism. E-mail: ltgregor@kent.edu