Faculty of Resident Instruction

Jacqueline L. Urla, Professor and Chair of the Department, B.A., Michigan, 1978; M.A., California-Berkeley, 1980; Ph.D., 1987.

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

Felicity Aulino, Five College Assistant Professor, B.A. Harvard, 2000; M.A., 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., University Massachusetts Amherst, 1971; M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1986.

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

Julie Hemment, Professor, B.A., Downing College, 1990; M.A., Cornell, 1997; Ph.D., Cornell, 2000.

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

Eric S. Johnson, Lecturer and Director of Archaeological Services, B.A., Duke University, 1978; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1981; Ph.D., 1993

Jason M. Kamilar, Assistant Professor, B.S., Arizona State, 1999; B.A., Arizona State, 1999; Ph.D., Stony Brook, 2006.

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

Thomas Leatherman, Professor, B.A., Tulane, 1975; M.A., Arkansas, 1978; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1987.

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

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

Boone W. Shear, Lecturer, and Chief Undergraduate Advisor, B.A. Western Michigan, 2003; M.A. Western Michigan, 2006; Ph D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015.

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

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