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Faculty

Regular Faculty
	Rani Alexander Department Head, Professor Office: Breland 316 Phone: 575-646-5809 E-mail: raalexan@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 1993 Interests: Mesoamerican archaeology, historical archaeology of Yucatán, ethnohistory and colonialism, agrarian ecology, fauna analysis
	Fumi Arakawa University Museum Director, Associate Professor Office: Kent 207 (University Museum) Phone: 575-646-4536 E-mail: farakawa@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, Washington State University, 2006 Interests: Prehistoric American Southwest, lithic technological organization, pottery in Mesa Verde region, sociopolitical organization in tribal-level societies
	Georgina Badoni Assistant Professor Office: Breland 301 Phone: 575-646-2109 E-mail: gbadoni@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. American Indian Studies, University of Arizona, 2017 Interests: Native American Visual Culture Studies, Native Women Studies, American Indian Studies
	Kelly L. Jenks Associate Professor Office: Breland 305 / Lab: Breland 307 E-mail: kljenks@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Arizona, 2011 Interests: Historical archaeology, Hispanic colonization and settlement, political and social identities, regional economic systems, analysis of historical-period artifacts, ethnohistory
	Kathryn (Katie) Olszowy Assistant Professor Office: Breland 304 Phone: 575-646-5935 E-mail: kolszowy@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, Binghamton University, 2014 Interests: economic development and chronic disease risk, sex/gender-based disparities in obesity risk, mental and physical health outcomes associated with natural disasters, child growth and development, and the biology of poverty
	Donald D. Pepion College Professor Office: Breland 303 E-mail: dpepion@nmsu.edu Education: Ed.D. Adult, Community, and Higher Education, Montana State University, 1999 Interests: Indigenous ways of knowing, participatory research methodology, decolonizing and indigenizing theory and methods, theories and practices of oppression and colonization, critical theory and tribal critical race theory, Native American spirituality and philosophy, Indigenous cultural strengths and resiliency, Native American traditional learning processes, Indigenous leadership concepts, and ethnohistory of the Blackfeet.
	Mary Alice Scott Associate Professor Office: Breland 312 Phone: 575-646-5935 E-mail: mscott2@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Kentucky, 2010 Interests: Medical Anthropology, public health, transnational migration, Latin America
	M. Lois Stanford Professor Office: Breland 306 Phone: 575-646-6092 E-mail: lstanfor@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, 1989 Interests: Applied anthropology, Latin American studies, agricultural economics
	William Walker Professor Office: Breland 314 E-mail: wiwalker@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1995 Interests: Southwestern archaeology, ritual in prehistory
Staff
	Kristin Otto Curator, University Museum Phone: 575-646-4056 E-mail: krotto@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Candidate, Indiana University Interests: Museum anthropology, material culture studies, anthropology of art, curatorship, collections-based research, repair
	Polly Smith Administrative Assistant Office: Breland 331 (Department Main Office) Regular Office Hours: M-F 8 am-12 pm and 1 pm-5 pm Phone: 575-646-2725 E-mail: pollyana@nmsu.edu
Adjunct Faculty
	Margaret Vega Brown E-mail: mybvega@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University at Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
	Allison Cantor E-mail: arcantor@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida, 2016 Interests: Biocutural medical anthropology
	Nathan Craig E-mail: nmc@nmsu.edu Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005

Resources for faculty: Anthropology Functions and Criteria (updated in 2019)

Affiliated Faculty

Giovanni Batz

E-mail: batzgio@nmsu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, 2017
Interests: Extractivist industries and megaprojects in Latin America; Central American and Maya migration, displacement and diaspora; Guatemalan history; indigenous social movements; and human rights

Judy Berryman

E-mail: jberry12@nmsu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, 1995
Interests: Cultural resource management, historical archaeology

Stanley R. Berryman

E-mail: archyman@sbcglobal.net
Education: Ph.D. Archaeology, University of Leicester, 2014
Interests: Cultural resource management, federal archaeology

Alejandro Lugo

E-mail: alugo85@nmsu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, Stanford University, 1995
Interests: Border theory, Latino studies, colonialism, capitalism, and cultural production and transformation in the context of transnationalism and globalization

Jennifer Robles

E-mail: jrobles@las-cruces.org
Education: Ph.D. Museum Studies, University of Syndey, 2008
Interests: Museum studies

David J. Steele

E-mail: david.steele@ttuhsc.edu or djsteele@nmsu.edu
Phone: 575-449-4180
Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1982
Interests: Medical anthropology, educational anthropology

Sara Stinson

Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1978
Interests: Human growth and development, human adaptation, and nutritional anthropology in South America

Affiliated Scholars

Toni Laumbach

Education: B.A. Anthropology, University of New Mexico
Interests: Museum Studies, cultural resource management, Southwest prehistory, ceramic analysis

Brad Vierra

Education: Ph.D. Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 1992
Interests: Southwest prehistory, Archaic period, lithic technology, cultural resource management

Faculty

Regular Faculty

Staff

Polly Smith

Adjunct Faculty

Margaret Vega Brown

Nathan Craig