Graduate Faculty

Jacqueline Urla, Professor and Chair of Department, B.A., Michigan, 1978; M.A., California at Berkley, 1980; Ph.D, 1987.

Thomas L. Leatherman, Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.A., Tulane, 1975; M.A., Arkansas, 1978; Ph.D., Massachusetts, 1987.

Lynnette Arnold, Assistant Professor, B.A. Mills College, 2009; M.A. California at Santa Barbara, 2011; Ph.D, California at Santa Barbara, 2016.

Sonya Atalay, Assistant Professor, B.A., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1991; M.A. California at Berkeley, 1998; Ph.D., Berkeley 2003.

Felicity Aulino, Assistant Professor, B.A. Harvard, 2000, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004, Ph.D., Harvard, 2012.

Whitney Battle-Baptiste, Associate Professor, B.A., Virginia State, 1994; M.A., William and Mary, 2001; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 2004.

Jean S. Forward, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Massachusetts, 1971; M.A.T., 1974; Ph.D., Massachusetts, 1986.

Krista M. Harper, Associate Professor, B.A., California at Berkeley, 1992; M.A., California at Santa Cruz, 1994; Ph.D., 1999.

Julie Hemment, Associate Professor, B.A., Cambridge, England, 1990; M.A., Cornell, 1997; Ph.D., 2000.

Brigitte M. Holt, Associate Professor, B.A. Southern Illinois at Carbondale, 1984; M.A., 1987; Ph.D., Missouri at Columbia, 1999.

Eric Johnson, Lecturer, Ph.D., Massachusetts, 1993.

Jason Kamilar, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Stony Brook, 2006.

Elizabeth L. Krause, Professor, B.J., Missouri at Columbia, 1984; M.A., Oregon State, 1992; Ph.D., Arizona, 1999.

Ventura R. Pérez, Associate Professor, B.A., Iowa, 1997; M.A., Massachusetts, 2000; Ph.D., 2005.

Jennifer Sandler, Lecturer and Director of the UMass Alliance for Community Transformation, B.A. Grinnell College, 1998; M.A., Wisconsin, 2008.

Lynnette Leidy Sievert, Professor, B.S.N., Bloomsburg, 1983; M.A., New York at Albany, 1987; Ph.D., 1991.

Amanda Walker Johnson, Associate Professor, B.A., Grinnell, 1998; M.A., Texas at Austin, 2000; Ph.D., 2004.

Adjunct/Associate Faculty

Emiliana Cruz, Adjunct Assistant Professor, B.A. Evergree State, 2001; M.A., Univ. Texas Austin, 2004; Ph.D, 2011

Susan DiGiacomo, Post Doctoral Research Associate, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1973; M.A., 1976; Ph.D., 1985.

Stephen King, Adjunct Lecturer, B.A. George Washington Univ, 1969; M.A., UMass Amherst 1995; Ph.D, 2003

Neil Silberman, Adjunct Lecturer of Anthropology, B.A./B.S., Wesleyan, 1972. Center for Heritage and Society, Amherst, Mass.

Faculty Emeriti

John W. Cole, Professor Emeritus (2000)

Ralph Faulkingham, Professor Emeritus (2009)

Laurie R. Godfrey, Professor Emerita( 2012)

Joel M. Halpern, Professor Emeritus (1992)

Alfred Hudson, Associate Professor Emeritus (1998)

Arthur Keene, Professor Emeritus (2013)

Mitchell T. Mulholland, Research Professor Emeritus

Robert W. Paynter, Professor Emeritus (2015)

Oriol Pi-Sunyer, Professor Emeritus (2009)

Donald A. Proulx, Professor Emeritus (2002)

Zdenek Salzmann, Professor Emeritus (1989)

Alan Swedlund, Professor Emeritus (2006)

R. Brooke Thomas, Professor Emeritus (2003)

H. Martin Wobst, Professor Emeritus (2010)