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![Doug Bamforth Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dougbamforth01-anth-d-030.png?itok=Ozzjj-GG)
Doug Bamforth
Professor • Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Department Chair
(Ph.D. • U. of California • Santa Barbara • 1986)
![Robin Bernstein Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/robinbernstein01-anth-d-030.png?itok=W8O07H25)
Robin Bernstein
Associate Professor
(Ph.D. • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • 2004)
![Alison Cool Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/alisoncool01-anth-d-030-2.png?itok=89PGYVIW)
Alison Cool
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. • New York University • 2013)
![Sharon DeWitte Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/dewitte_s.jpeg?itok=BW3W8LFE)
Sharon DeWitte
Professor
(PhD • Pennsylvania State University • 2006)
![Kate Goldfarb headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/kgold_head_shot_10.2020.jpg?itok=FNreng_G)
Kathryn Goldfarb
Associate Professor
(Ph.D. • U. of Chicago • 2012)
![Donna M. Goldstein in front of a pond](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/donnagoldstein01.jpg?itok=qsrPRhW7)
Donna M. Goldstein
Professor
(Ph.D. • U. of California-Berkeley • 1994)
![Gerardi Gutierrez Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/gerardogutierrez01.png?itok=9t1YZB9F)
Gerardo Gutiérrez
Professor
(Ph.D. • Pennsylvania State University • 2002)
![Christian Hammons](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/hammons_photo.jpg?itok=scSIJsoB)
Christian Hammons
Associate Teaching Professor
(PhD • University of Southern California • 2010)
![Lauren Hosek in front of a pond](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/laurenhosek05.jpg?itok=WtYseA7A)
Lauren Hosek
Assistant Professor
(PhD Syracuse University 2020)
![Jerry Jacka Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jerryjacka01.png?itok=_z5pvv_1)
Jerry Jacka
Professor
(Ph.D. • U. of Oregon • 2003)
![Sarah Jackson Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/0340jacksonsarah9530.jpg?itok=asRhY_8B)
Sarah Jackson
Professor, Divisional Dean for Social Sciences
(PHD • HARVARD UNIVERSITY • 2005)
![Carla Jones Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/carla_jones_2019_0_old_2021.jpeg?itok=_UQk7gqo)
Carla Jones
Professor • On Leave AY 2024-25
(Ph.D. • UNC Chapel Hill • 2001)
![Eric Jones Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/eric_jones.jpeg?itok=s3XLassG)
Eric Jones
Associate Professor • Undergraduate Director and Associate Department Chair
(PhD • Pennsylvania State University • 2008)
![Art Joyce Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/artjoyce01.png?itok=UR7xwye-)
Arthur Joyce
Professor
(Ph.D. • Rutgers University • 1991)
![Sarah Kurnick Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/sarahkurnick01.png?itok=tNHynu8R)
Sarah Kurnick
Associate Professor
(Ph.D. • U of Pennsylvania • 2013)
![Steven Leigh](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/steven_leigh.jpg?itok=pQgmg3_w)
Steven Leigh
Professor
(Ph.D. • Northwestern University • 1992)
![Carole McGranahan headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/carole_profile_pic_20239.png?itok=H-LnwBU5)
Carole McGranahan
Professor, Department Chair
(Ph.D. • Michigan • 2001)
![Jonathan O'Brien Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jonathanobrien01-anth-d-030.png?itok=jn8J9hOJ)
Jonathan O'Brien
Instructor
(PhD • University of Colorado Boulder • 2014)
![Scott Ortman Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/scottortman01.png?itok=bRwACABk)
Scott Ortman
Associate Professor • (Director, Center for Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology, Institute of Behavioral Science)
(Ph.D. • Arizona State University • 2010)
![Michelle Sauther Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/michelle_sauther.jpeg?itok=3nIgAJWM)
Michelle Sauther
Professor
Ph.D. • Washington University • 1992)
![Jen Shannon Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jen_shanno_crop.jpg?itok=XGqv2-Am)
Jen Shannon
Associate Professor, Curator
(Ph.D. • Cornell University • 2008)
![Matt Sponheimer Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/mattsponheimer01.png?itok=E7TCGbVg)
Matt Sponheimer
Professor
(Ph.D. • Rutgers University • 1999)
![Nancy Stevens Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/nancystevens_no_name.png?itok=KryrPrh6)
Nancy Stevens
Professor, Director of the Museum of Natural History
(PHD • STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY • 2003)
![Will Taylor Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/will_taylor_headshot_2023.png?itok=1r-9STYQ)
William Taylor
Assistant Professor, Curator of Archaeology
(PhD • University of New Mexico • 2017)
![Blake Vernon in front of a pond](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/blakevernon02.jpg?itok=3pLpjwt3)
Blake Vernon
Postdoctoral Associate
![Fernando Villanea Headshot](https://www.colorado.edu/anthropology/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/fernandovillanea01.png?itok=LRpYAQBs)
Fernando Villanea
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D. • Washington State University • 2016)