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	Rebecca Mountain rmount@email.arizona.edu I am a Ph.D. candidate in the archaeology program, with a specific focus on bioarchaeology. My dissertation research focuses on the evolution of osteoporosis and skeletal fragility in modern humans, as well as possible selective pressures driving the gracilization of the human skeleton. I am also... [more information]
	Jessica L Munson Ph.D. Program jlmunson@email.arizona.edu [more information]
	Beth Alpert Nakhai Associate Professor of Anthropology (Judaic Studies) bnakhai@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520-626-5762 FAX: 520-626-5767 Office: Louise Foucar Marshall Bldg, Room 420 Office Location: Marshall Bldg., Suite 420 Beth Alpert Nakhai is an Associate Professor in the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, and an affiliated member of the School of Anthropology. In addition, she is affiliated with the School of Middle East... [more information]
	Jessica Fae Nelson PhD Candidate jfnelson@email.arizona.edu [more information]
	Mark Nichter Regents' Professor and Professor of Anthropology, Public Health, Family Medicine mnichter@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520.621.2665 FAX: 520.621.2088 Office: Emil W. Haury Building, Room 214 I am a sociocultural anthropologist who specializes in medical anthropology and has considerable field experience in Global Health, health disparities, and ethnomedicine broadly defined. I have conducted research on a wide range of topics from child survival and reproductive health to emerging... [more information]
	Mimi Nichter Professor of Anthropology, Joint Appointments in Public Health and Family and Consumer Resources mimin@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520.626.9067 FAX: 520.621.2088 Office: Geronimo Building, Room 318 I am a sociocultural anthropologist whose research focuses in the area of medical anthropology. I have long standing interests in health and development both in the United States as well as in South and Southeast Asia. I have an extensive background working in maternal and child health and women's... [more information]
	Caitria O'Shaughnessy Caitria O'Shaughnessy is a second year MA student in the Applied Archaeology program. She spent her undergrad at Skidmore College where she graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology and a minor in History. Caitria has participated in field projects in Ireland, Senegal, and coastal Georgia, in addition... [more information]
	Nancy N. Odegaard Professor of Anthropology, Retired, Conservator (ASM), Professor (MSE) odegaard@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520.621.6314 FAX: 520.621.2976 Office: Arizona State Museum South, Room 125A [more information]
	John W. Olsen Regents' Professor Emeritus jwo@arizona.edu Capping a 36-year career on the faculty of the University of Arizona, John Olsen retired from UA in 2016 to focus his energies on fieldwork and research. He is a former Head of the UA Department of Anthropology (1998-2008) and is now Executive Director of the Je Tsongkhapa Endowment for Central... [more information]
	Dana Osborne Postdoctoral Researcher at the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology dosborne@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520-621-6295 FAX: 520-621-2088 Office: Haury 310A Postdoctoral Researcher at the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology PhD, May 2015. http://www.wennergren.org/grantees/osborne-dana-marie [more information]
	Lisa Palacios BA (2010) Anthropology, University of Arizona MA (2014) American Indian Studies, University of Arizona PhD (in progress) Anthropology, University of Arizona [more information]
	Saffo Papantonopoulou Anthropology and Middle East Studies Dual PhD saffo@email.arizona.edu My research traces the transformation of various sexual epistemes in the Balkans and Middle East, with a focus on both male (homo)eroticism and the transgender woman's body. While my research is ethnographic, it is grounded in historical research on sexual pre/modernity in the Islamicate world. [more information]
	Nancy J. Parezo Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Professor (AIS), Curator, Ethnology (ASM) parezo@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520.626.4057 FAX: 520.621.7952 Office: Richard P. Harvill Building, Room 235C [more information]
	Thomas K. Park Professor of Anthropology, Professor (MENAS), Research Anthropologist (BARA) tpark@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520.621.2632 FAX: 520.621.2088 Office: Geronimo Building, Room 316 Education: University of Wisconsin - Madison: Ph.D. Anthropology and History 1983. M.A. Agricultural Economics 1982. M.A. Anthropology 1977. McGill University, Montreal, Canada: B.A. 1st Class Honors in Anthropology and Philosophy 1974. University of Bergen, Norway: Studied Anthropology 1971-2.... [more information]
	Maya Lynn Patterson [more information]
	Charlotte Pearson Associate Professor, Anthropology, Associate Research Professor (Dendrochronology) clpearson@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520-621-1608 Office: Bryant Bannister Tree Ring (#45B), Room 404 [more information]
	Rayshma Pereira Manager of Administration rpereira@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-6303 Office: 210E [more information]
	Susan U. Philips Professor Emerita sphilips@email.arizona.edu [more information]
	Ivy L. Pike Professor of Anthropology ilpike@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520.626.2099 FAX: 520.621.2088 Office: Emil W. Haury Building, Room 302 My research blends the impacts of inequality on health with the acknowledgement that human biology is shaped by our evolutionary heritage. I am interested in blending evolution and embodiment - what evolutionary mechanisms allow us to track our social and physical environments to improve fitness... [more information]
	Todd Alan Pitezel PhD Dissertator pitezel@email.arizona.edu [more information]
	Eric Plemons Associate Professor of Anthropology eplemons@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520-621-3102 Office: Haury 315 I am a medical anthropologist focused on surgical practice and the production, circulation and application of expert knowledge on gendered bodies. My first book, The Look of a Woman (2017, Duke University Press), examines facial feminization surgery, a series of bone and soft tissue reconstructive... [more information]
	Noah Pleshet Assistant Research Professor noahpleshet@arizona.edu [more information]
	Katherine Portman kportman@email.arizona.edu Katie Portman is a first year Ph.D. student focusing on the archaeology of the U.S. Southwest. She grew up in the Chicago suburbs and attended the University of Notre Dame, where she graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Anthropology and Applied Mathematics. Katie has academic fieldwork... [more information]
	Denis Provencher Department Head, French and Italian; Professor, French and Italian denisprovencher@email.arizona.edu [more information]
	Veronica Przybyl przybyl@email.arizona.edu I am a (mostly) native Tucsonan who found her way back to this town after being away for several years. In my absence, I received a BA in sociocultural anthropology from the University of Southern California, took some time off from school only to realize that it's no fun working for minimum wage,... [more information]
	Sydney Pullen spullen@email.arizona.edu I am a PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology, with a focus on applied anthropology. I received my BA in anthropology from the University of South Carolina in 2011 and my MA in anthropology from the University of Arizona in 2018. I am interested in the relationship among vocational education... [more information]
	Jay Quade Professor of Anthropology, Professor (Geosciences) quadej@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520.792.0454 FAX: 520.621.2672 Office: Gould-Simpson Desert Laboratory, Room 208 [more information]
	Charles Raison craison@email.arizona.edu [more information]
	Clara Randimbiarimanana Graduate Teaching Assistant clarandimbi@email.arizona.edu Office: Geronimo Building Room 316 Clara is a second year PhD student in Sociocultural Anthropology. Before joining the University of Arizona, she pursued my undergraduate studies at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania where she earned a bachelor’s degrees in International Affairs and Anthropology-Sociology. Her overall interests... [more information]
	Michelle Rascón-Canales PhD Student mrascon@email.arizona.edu Michelle Rascón-Canales (she/her pronouns) is an interdisciplinary researcher, educator, and practitioner with a background in Social Work and Family Studies. Rascon-Canales received a BA in Sociocultural Anthropology from the UA School of Anthropology (2011). Her research agenda centers on... [more information]

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