Archaeology
Douglas V. Armstrong
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology Department
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1983
Areas of Expertise
Global historical archaeology, archaeology of the African diaspora, the Atlantic world, ethnohistory, colonialism, ethnogenesis, culture contact and culture change, GIS, public policy and world heritage archaeology, collections management (Caribbean, American Northeast, California, Africa)
Christopher DeCorse
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1989
Areas of Expertise
General anthropology, African archaeology and history, African diaspora studies, culture contact, colonialism and change, archaeology and popular culture
Shannon A. Novak
Professor, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Utah, 1999
Areas of Expertise
Body and society, new materialism, anthropology of knowledge, historical bioarchaeology, gender, ritual, necropolitics, North America, Indo-Caribbean diaspora
Guido Pezzarossi
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director, Anthropology Department
Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2014
Areas of Expertise
Archaeology of colonialism, historical anthropology, postcolonial theory, new materialism, archaeology of food
Heather Law Pezzarossi
Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, 2014
Areas of Expertise
Archaeology of North America, collaborative Indigenous archaeology, critical heritage studies, historical anthropology, photography
Areas of Expertise
Historical archaeology, African American history and culture, slavery in plantation America, archaeology of the African diaspora