Ph.D. Program Faculty

Core doctoral faculty are listed below.  Only these faculty can serve as dissertation advisors for Ph.D. students; please contact them via email to see if they are accepting students for the upcoming academic year.  Other anthropology faculty may serve as dissertation committee members. General program questions should be directed to the Ph.D. program coordinator, Dr. Nicole Taylor.

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  • Augustine Agwuele
    AgwueleAugustine
    Linguistics (Cultural Anthropology)

    Research Interests:
    Linguistics\ Phonetics,- C-V Coarticulation, Socio-Cultural Studies, Peoples & Cultures of Africa

    Email | aa21@txstate.edu

  • C. Britt Bousman
    BousmanC. Britt
    Archaeology

    Research Interests
    Hunter-gatherer foraging and technology, geoarchaeology, paleoenvironmental analysis, cultural resource management

    Email | cb26@txstate.edu

  • Carolyn Boyd
    BoydCarolyn
    Archaeology

    Research Interests
    Prehistoric art and ritual, hunter-gatherer archaeology, iconographic analysis

    Email | cb55@txstate.edu

  • Emily Brunson
    BrunsonEmily
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests
    Medical anthropology, healthcare, public health

    Email | ebrunson@txstate.edu

  • Nick Carter
    CarterNick
    Archaeology

    Research Interests
    Maya epigraphy, Maya archaeology, writing systems; ceramics, polity formation and collapse, international heritage management, artifact imaging, ceramic analysis

    Email | npcarter@txstate.edu

  • Elaine Y. Chu
    ChuElaine Y.
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests: 
    Human variation, virtual and computational anthropology, data science, growth and development 

    Email | elainechu@txstate.edu

  • Christina Conlee
    ConleeChristina
    Archaeology

    Research Interests
    Dynamics of complex societies, foundations and relations of power, ceramic analysis

    Email | cconlee@txstate.edu

  • Michelle D. Hamilton
    HamiltonMichelle D.
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests
    Forensic and dental anthropology, paleopathology

    Email | mh69@txstate.edu

  • Nicholas Herrmann
    HerrmannNicholas
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests
    Forensic and dental anthropology, geospatial and geophysical applications, eastern Mediterranean bioarchaeology

    Email | nph16@txstate.edu

  • J. David Kilby
    KilbyJ. David
    Archaeology

    Research Interests
    Pleistocene foragers, Southwest prehistory, lithic technology, paleoenvironments, landscape archaeology, geoarchaeology, cultural resource management

    Email | david.kilby@txstate.edu

  • Jill Pruetz
    PruetzJill
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests
    Primatology, behavioral ecology, conservation

    Email | pruetz@txstate.edu

  • F. Kent Reilly
    ReillyF. Kent
    Archaeology

    Research Interests
    Mesoamerican civilization, U.S. southeastern ideological systems, epigraphy, iconographic analysis, museum studies

    Email | fr04@txstate.edu

  • Heather Smith
    SmithHeather
    Archaeology

    Research Interests
    Paleoindian archaeology, Paleolithic archaeology, human dispersals, lithic technology, fluted projectile points, geometric morphometrics, GIS, cultural transmission, evolutionary archaeology, cultural resource management

    Email | heather.smith@txstate.edu

  • M. Kate Spradley
    SpradleyM. Kate
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests
    Forensic anthropology, identification methods, migration

    Email | mks@txstate.edu

  • Nicole Taylor
    TaylorNicole
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests
    Youth and social media, childhood obesity and body image, adolescent and emerging adult health

    Email | ntaylor@txstate.edu

  • Angela Kristen Vandenbroek
    VandenbroekAngela Kristen
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests
    science and technology studies (STS); feminist STS; business anthropology, design anthropology, applied anthropology innovation; entrepreneurship; technologies; design; futures and foresight; expertise; ignorance and agnotology; and infrastructure

    Email | akvbroek@txstate.edu

  • Aimee Villarreal
    Villarreal Aimee
    Cultural Anthropology

    Research Interests:
    Social movements in the US-Mexico borderlands; immigration and asylum; religion and transnationalism; Chicanx spiritual politics and performance; comparative ethnic studies.

    Email | aimeevillarreal@txstate.edu

  • Daniel Wescott
    WescottDaniel
    Biological Anthropology

    Research Interests
    Forensic anthropology, bone biomechanics

    Email | dwescott@txstate.edu

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