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Sociology & Anthropology Department

Faculty

The following is a list of Faculty within the Sociology & Anthropology Department. Click on a web page to learn more about each member's educational background and research interests.

Anthropology Faculty

  • Claudia Campeanu

    Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology
    (512) 863-1947
    Mood-Bridwell 312
    email
    Specialty: Globalization and development, urban anthropology, space and spatial politics, post-socialist transformations, ethnicity, tourism and critical studies of historical preservation, feminist anthropology. Romania, Central/Eastern/Southeastern Europe, Europe.

  • Steven Howard

    Part-Time Instructor of Anthropology
    (512) 863-1272
    Mundy Hall 122
    email
    Specialty: I don't consider myself a specialist in any particular subfield of archaeology, I like to refer to myself as a generalist. However, there are areas that I have become quite familiar with. These include Northeastern and Midwest (USA) prehistoric archaeology (mostly Middle and Late Woodland Periods), paleoethnobotany, geophysics, lithic analysis, and Cultural Resource Management.

  • Melissa Johnson

    Associate Professor of Anthropology
    (512) 863-1406
    Mood-Bridwell 310
    email
    Specialty: Topical:Environment; Conservation; Development; Race and Racism; Social Theory;Environmental History; Tourism; Gender.Area: Belize; Caribbean;U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Central Texas

Emeritus Faculty

Sociology Faculty

  • Reginald Byron

    Assistant Professor of Sociology
    (512) 863-1419
    Mood-Bridwell 316
    email
    Specialty: Employment Stratification, Race and Gender Inequality, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

  • Edward Kain

    Professor of Sociology and University Scholar
    (512) 863-1967
    Mood-Bridwell 315
    email

  • Maria Lowe

    Professor of Sociology
    (512) 863-1936
    Mood-Bridwell 317
    email
    Specialty: The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, Social Movement Theory, Activism, Race Relations, Gender Construction

  • Sandi Nenga

    Assistant Professor of Sociology
    (512) 863-1412
    Mood-Bridwell 308
    email

  • Chauntelle Tibbals

    Visiting Instructor of Sociology
    (512) 863-1473
    Mood-Bridwell 304
    email

Emeritus Faculty