Department of Anthropology

Faculty Members

Regular Faculty

Name/Position Research Interests Contact

Ann B. Stahl ( Professor & Chair ; PhD U of California, Berkeley)

Archaeology, comparative colonialism, material cultural studies, Africa; Ghana Cornett B246B, 250-721-7057 stahlann@uvic.ca
Lisa Gould (Professor & Graduate Advisor; PhD Washington University, St. Louis) Primate ecology, lemurs, conservation, Madagascar, Cornett B213, 250-721-7058 lgould@uvic.ca
Helen Kurki (Assistant Professor; PhD Toronto) Biological anthropology, skeletal biology, hominin functional anatomy Cornett B211A, 250-721-7045 hkurki@uvic.ca
Yin Lam (Associate Professor; PhD Stony Brook) ( website ) Archaeology, zooarchaeology, palaeoanthropology Cornett B209, 250-721-7051 ymlam@uvic.ca
Quentin Mackie (Associate Professor; PhD Southampton) Archaeology, Haida Gwaii, stone tools, Northwest Coast Cornett B342, 250-721-7055 qxm@uvic.ca
Margo L. Matwychuk (Assistant Professor; PhD City University of New York) Sociocultural anthropology, political economy, feminism, Latin America Cornett B210, 250-721-6283 mmatwych@uvic.ca
Lisa M. Mitchell (Associate Professor; PhD Case Western Reserve University) Bodies and embodiment, reproduction, technology and visual culture, childrean and youth Cornett B242, 250-721-6282 lmm@uvic.ca
April Nowell (Associate Professor; PhD U. of Pennsylvania) Neanderthal, Paleolithic art and archaeology, Hominin life histories Cornett B340, 250-721-7054 anowell@uvic.ca
Eric A. Roth (Professor; PhD Toronto) HIV/AIDS, East Africa, Canada CARBC 250-721-6268 ericroth@uvic.ca
Peter H. Stephenson (Professor; PhD Toronto) Applied and medical anthropology, aging & society, ethics, refugees SSM B243b, 250-721-7351 pstephen@uvic.ca
Brian Thom , (Assistant Professor; PhD McGill), website Indigenous peoples, place, aboriginal governance, Coast Salish Cornett B244, 250-853-3895 bthom@uvic.ca
Andrea N. Walsh (Associate Professor; PhD York) On leave until June 2012. Visual anthropology, visual culture & theory, contemporary First Nations visual culture Enquiries to Anthropology office, 250-721-7047 anthtwo@uvic.ca
Margot Wilson (Associate Professor; PhD Southern Methodist University) Culture change, international development, Bangladesh, women's narratives Enquiries to Anthropology office, 250-721-7047 or gsadean1@uvic.ca

Senior Instructors

Name/Position Research Interests Contact
Heather Botting (Senior Instructor; PhD Alberta) Folklore, religion, social justice Cornett B240, 250-721-7044 hbotting@uvic.ca
Erin Halstad McGuire (Senior Instructor; PhD Glasgow) Viking & Medieval archaeology, material culture, funerary practices Cornett B246A, 250-853-3894 ehalstad@uvic.ca

Limited Term Faculty

Name/Position Research Interests Contact
Peter Stahl (Professor, 2011-14; PhD Illinois) Archaeology, South America, historical ecology, zooarchaeology Cornett B211, 250-721-7056 pstahl@uvic.ca
Chad Uran (Assistant Professor, 2011-12; PhD ABD; Iowa) Sociocultural anthropology, Ojibwe language revitalization, visual anthropology Cornett B208, 250-721-7052 curan@uvic.ca

Sessional Instructors

Name/Position Research Interests Contact
Judith Berman (Research Fellow, Penn Center for Native American Studies; Fall 2011 ANTH 352 A01, Spring 2012 ANTH 395 A02 Cornett B221, 250-721-6254 jberman@uvic.ca
Stephanie Calce, PhD Candidate UVIC (Summer 2012: ANTH 250 - July 4-26) Summer 2012 ANTH 250 Cornett B228 Stephanie Calce
Melanie Chang (PhD U. of Pennsylvania) Physical anthropology, evolutionary biology, Middle Pleistocene Homo off campus, Melanie Chang
Ran Donaldson (MD UBC) Osteology, forensics, bone disease Cornett B212 Ran Donaldson
Sarah Fletcher, PhD Candidate UVIC (Summer 2012: ANTH 393 - July 4-26) Summer 2012 ANTH 393 Cornett B228 Sarah Fletcher
Margaret Mathewson (Summer 2012: ANTH 392 - August 1-17) ANTH 392: Perishable ethnographic and archaeological artifacts Cornett B228 Margaret Mathewson
Colin Mentor (PhD ) Summer 2012: June 23-July 14 Summer 2012 Drimolen Field School: ANTH 343 Cornett B228, Colin Menter
Nicole Smith (PhD UVic) Summer 2012: July 23-August 31 Summer 2012 Coastal Archaeology Field School: ANTH 343 & ANTH 344 Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
Dan Stueber (Summer 2012: ANTH 315 June 11-26) ANTH 315: Prehistoric material culture, tool making, archaeology Cornett B228 Dan Stueber

Senior Lab Instructor

Name/Position Research Interests Contact
Rebecca (Becky) Wigen, (Senior Lab Instructor and co-undergraduate advisor; MA UVic) Zooarchaeology, North West Coast, taphonomy Cornett B219, 250-721-7053 rjwigen@uvic.ca

Tutorial Instructor

Name/Position Research Interests Contact
Angelique Lalonde, MA (Victoria) ANTH 200 tutorial instructor Cultural anthropology Cornett B214 alalonde@uvic.ca
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