Anthropology

Anthropology

Head: Hadley Kruczek-Aaron

Administrative Assistant: Helen D. Bush

TEL: (315) 267-2053 FAX: (315) 267-3176 124 MacVicar Hall

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Kathryn G Allen Assistant Professor Anthropology Kathryn G Allen Assistant Professor Anthropology MacVicar Hall 249 allenkg@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2963 More Info	allenkg@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2963
Luis E Andrade Silva Visiting Scholar Anthropology Luis E Andrade Silva Visiting Scholar Anthropology MacVicar Hall 125 andradle@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3372 More Info	andradle@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3372
Helen D. Bush Administrative Assistant 1 Mathematics, Anthropology Helen D. Bush Administrative Assistant 1 Mathematics Anthropology MacVicar Hall 222 bushhd@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2064 More Info	bushhd@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2064
Hadley Kruczek-Aaron Department Chair and Professor, Anthropology Anthropology Hadley Kruczek-Aaron Department Chair and Professor, Anthropology Anthropology MacVicar Hall 118B kruczehf@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2072 PhD 2007, Syracuse University Courses taught: ANTH 106 Ancient People and Places ANTH 195 Archaeology of New York State ANTH 204 Archaeology ANTH 359 African American Archaeology ANTH 362 Historical Archaeology ANTH 410 Advanced Archaeological Research ANTH 417 Archaeological Procedures Research interests: Northeast historical archaeology; African American archaeology; cultural identity; religion, social reform; public education More Info	kruczehf@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2072
Sergio D Lopez Assistant Professor and Director, Exploratory Program Anthropology Sergio D Lopez Assistant Professor and Director, Exploratory Program Anthropology Morey Hall 218 lopezsd@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2029 Sergio D. Lòpez (PhD. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2008) is a cultural anthropologist who specializes in indigenous communities in Mexico and business anthropology. He has conducted long-term fieldwork among the Chol Maya in Chiapas, Mexico. He has been a professor and visiting researcher in UCLA (California 2005-2006), the University of Virginia (2009-2013), and Southern Methodist University (Texas, 2013-2014). Sergio is the President and founder of AIBR (Network of Iberoamerican Anthropologists), a professional association that connects more than 10,000 anthropologists in Spain, Portugal and all the Latin American countries. He coordinates every year the AIBR International Conference of Anthropology and has designed an internship program for SUNY Potsdam students who want to participate in the organization of this annual conference. To learn more about internship opportunities, please contact Dr. Sergio Lòpez at lopezsd@potsdam.edu Courses at SUNY Potsdam Anthropology, Film, and Modern Literature in Spain In the Mind of the Other Professionalism in Anthropology Cultures of Latin America Exploring Arts and Sciences Spanish Modern Culture, Literature and Film Spanish Culture Contemporary Spanish 101, 102, 103 Selected publications Lòpez, Sergio D. 2023. "Bancos de Silicon Valley, holografía y antropología cuántica." (Silicon Valley Banks, Holography and Quantum Anthropology). ARIES, Anuario de Antropología Iberoamericana. Mayo 2023. Lòpez, Sergio D. 2021. "Los valores culturales de los mercados de valores" (Cultural values of the stock market values). In Creatividad y Futuro: horizontes antropológicos. Homenaje a Ricardo Sanmartín Arce, edited by Beatriz Moncó and Eloy Gómez Pellón. Bellaterra Eds. Lòpez, Sergio D. and Lydia Rodríguez. 2019. "Performing Healing: Repetition, Frequency, and Meaning Response in a Chol Maya Healing Ritual." Anthropology of Conciousness, Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp. 42-63. Lòpez, Sergio D. and Lydia Rodríguez. 2019. "The crossroads of time." In The Culture of Invention in the Americas, edited by P. Pitarch. and J.A. Kelly, 158-184. Lòpez, Sergio D. 2018. "Antropología aplicada a la inteligencia competitiva. Narrativas sobre el uso de los grandes y pequeños datos" (Anthropology applied to competitive intelligence. Narratives on the use of big and small data) Revista de Economía Industrial, 406: 59-69. Lòpez, Sergio D. 2017. Antropología de la Empresa (Business Anthropology). Book. Bellaterra Eds. Lòpez, Sergio D. 2014. "Santos Familiares y Brujos. Análisis de Creencias y Disputas Sociales en dos Relatos Choles." (Family Saints and Witches. An Analysis of Religious Beliefs and Social Conflict in two Chol Stories). In Entre Diversidades. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades. Vol. I (1): 149-170. More Info	lopezsd@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2029
Nasser R. Malit Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology Anthropology Nasser R. Malit Associate Professor, Biological Anthropology Anthropology MacVicar Hall 118A malitnr@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3252 Education: B.A. 1995, The University of Nairobi, Kenya M.A. 2002, State University of New York at Binghamton Ph.D. 2009, State University of New York at Binghamton Research Inclination: Evolution of Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Biology of Modern Skeletal Populations, Miocene Primates, Paleoenvironments, Vertebrate Paleontology, Human Diseases Areas of Teaching Interest: Paleoanthropology, Evolutionary Theory, Human Skeletal Biology, Forensic Anthropology, Archaeology of Death, Research Methods in Anthropology, Introduction to Anthropology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Human Violence Current Teaching Load: ANTH 201 Human Origins ANTH 380 Human Osteology ANTH 365 Archaeology of Death My current research interests focus on the study and evolution of Homo erectus. These studies employ morphometric methods in understanding the biology and variability among these defunct hominins. I am also presently reevaluating the mandibular and dental morphology on Middle Pleistocene hominins from Kapthurin, Baringo, in the Rift Valley of Kenya. My study on teeth focuses on the evaluation and comparison of dental cusp areas of these Middle Pleistocene hominins with other contemporaneous groups from Africa and elsewhere. Besides these commitments, I am also involved in a collaborative effort that seeks to comprehensively describe and evaluate the status of the Olorgesailie Homo erectus. I expand my research interests to include terminal Pleistocene hominins with an entry point to this important time period offered by a specimen that my team excavated in 2004 from a new locality in Buffalo Springs in Samburu, Kenya .The Sumburu site is composed of both palaeontological and archaeological artifacts, and will contribute in answering questions regarding the origins of modern human as well as their dispersal and behavioral ecology. The Sumburu hominin maybe of Later Pleistocene age and is coming at a location that is many miles south of Lake Turkana. I am in the process of collecting morphometric data on contemporaneous modern human specimens available for study and comparison with the Samburu hominin. Further fieldwork in Samburu is also underway. Current students in the department are involved in some aspects of these research projects. More Info	malitnr@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3252
Timothy C Messner Associate Professor, Archaeology Anthropology Timothy C Messner Associate Professor, Archaeology Anthropology MacVicar Hall 119A messnetc@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2039 http://www.archaeoverse.com/ More Info	messnetc@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2039
Randy L Mitchell Volunteer, Adjunct Associate Chemistry, Anthropology Randy L Mitchell Volunteer, Adjunct Associate Chemistry Anthropology MacVicar Hall 124 mitcherl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2053 More Info	mitcherl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2053
Morgan B Perkins Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology and Museum Studies Art, Anthropology Morgan B Perkins Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology and Museum Studies Art Anthropology MacVicar Hall 130A perkinmb@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2593 Ph.D. 2000, Oxford University Courses taught: ANTH 202 Cultural Anthropology ANTH 270 Museum Studies ANTH 470 Museum Internship/Tutorial ANTH 358 Cross-Cultural Approach to Art ANTH 320 Museum Archives & Exhibit ANTH 140 World Art & Culture ANTH 371 Anthropology of China ARTH 395 Art & Culture in China Research interests: Asian art, museums, Native Americans More Info	perkinmb@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2593
Lydia Rodriguez Associate Professor, Linguistic Anthropology Anthropology Lydia Rodriguez Associate Professor, Linguistic Anthropology Anthropology MacVicar Hall 243 rodrigl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3014 View CV http://www.lydiarodriguez.aibr.org/ Education Ph.D. 2014, University of Virginia Profile I am a linguistic anthropologist with an interest in linguistic relativity, the anthropology of time, spontaneous gesture, and discourse analysis. My work explores the relationship between grammatical categories and cognition, and how the language that we speak may influence thought patterns and worldview. My research focuses on the multi-modal analysis of conversation and discourse in a variety of cultural and linguistic contexts; I have conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Quito (Ecuador), Madrid (Spain), Chiapas (Mexico), and Dallas (United States). Lately, I have become interested in politicians' gestures and their relationship to political discourse. Some of my latest research examines gesture-speech mismatches in political discourse and the effects of deception in speech-accompanying gestures. I welcome inquiries from students and colleagues interested in linguistic anthropology. Select Publications Rodríguez, Lydia. 2023. "The Languages of the Mind." In Déjà Lu (World Council of Anthropological Associations). Issue 11, March 2023. Rodríguez, Lydia. 2022. "Dickens in Chol." Language and Cognition. Issue: Time in language and Cognition: Understudied Venues. Heng Li and Julio Santiago, eds. 14: 2, 303-331. doi:10.1017/langcog.2022.1 Rodríguez, Lydia. 2021. "Los lenguajes del pensamiento." Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana (Journal of Iberoamerican Anthropology) 2021, 16, 1: 61-87. AIBR AWARD TO THE BEST ARTICLE IN IBEROAMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY. Rodríguez, Lydia. 2019a. "Time is not a line. Temporal co-speech gestures in Chol Mayan". Journal of Pragmatics. 151 (2019): 1-17 Rodríguez, Lydia and Sergio López. 2019b. "Performing Healing: Repetition, Frequency, and Meaning Response in a Chol Maya Healing Ritual." In Anthropology of Consciousness, Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp. 42-63. TOP DOWNLOADED ARTICLE IN ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS DURING ITS FIRST 12 MONTHS OF PUBLICATION Rodríguez, Lydia and Sergio López. 2019c. "The crossroads of time". In The Culture of Invention in the Americas. P. Pitarch. and J.A. Kelly, eds. 158-184. Sean Kingston. Rodríguez, Lydia. 2016. "From Discourse to Thought: An Ethnopoetic Analysis of a Chol Mayan Folktale" Signs and Society 4 (2): 278-231. University of Chicago Press. Rodríguez, Lydia. 2013. "Repetición y paralelismo en una ceremonia de pedida matrimonial Chol" In Entre Diversidades, 1: 121-147. Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas. Courses at SUNY Potsdam: ANTH 480 Anthropology Senior Seminar, ANTH 420 Linguistic Diversity, ANTH 360 Cultures of Mexico and Central America, ANTH 203 Language and Culture, LNGS 301 Language and Structure, ANTH 165 Language and Magic, WAYS 102 Mysteries of the Maya, ANTH 108 Worlds of English, INTD 491 Research Assistant Internship, ANTH 499 TA Internship in Linguistic Anthropology. More Info	rodrigl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3014
Jaimin D Weets Associate Professor Anthropology Jaimin D Weets Associate Professor Anthropology MacVicar Hall 245 weetsjd@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2714 Ph.D. 2004, Pennsylvania State University Courses taught: ANTA 106 Ancient People and Places ANTP 495 Dental Anthropology ANTA 417 Archaeological Procedures ANTH 111 Introduction to Anthropology ANTC 202 Cultural Anthropology GEOG 350 World & US Geography GEOG 360 Introduction to Social Geography Research interests: European prehistory, bioarchaeology, dental anthropology More Info	weetsjd@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2714