Adjunct Faculty


Adjunct faculty are those “whose primary professional responsibility is outside the University” or who “are professional staff of the University who may teach on an occasional, limited, course-by-course basis.” They are expected to contribute to the mission of the Department in at least one of the following ways: teaching, student advisement, and/or collaboration with students and/or faculty. Former faculty members remain adjuncts while serving on student committees. Recent graduates may request adjunct status for three years while job hunting. Department adjunct faculty are listed below in alphabetical order together with their primary professional affiliation and doctoral degree.

Karl Benedict

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Director, UNM Earth Data Analysis Center

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2004

Jenifer Boyd-Dyer

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Archaeologist, Santa Fe National Forest

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2010

Wendy Bustard

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Museum Curator, Chaco Culture NHP Museum Collection

University of New Mexico, PhD, 1996

David Groenfeldt

Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology (Ethnology)

Executive Director, Santa Fe Watershed Association

University of Arizona, PhD, 1984

Michael Gurven

Adjunct Professor of Anthropology

Professor, Anthropology University of California-Santa Barbara

Julia Hess

Adjunct Research Assistant Professor (Ethnology)

African Refugee Wellness Project, University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2003

Robert Hitchcock

Adjunct Professor of Anthropology

Professor, Department of  Anthropology, Michigan State University

University of New Mexico, PhD, 1982

Kathryn Klein

Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology (Ethnology)

Curator of Ethnology, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

Associate Director, Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies

University of New Mexico, PhD, 1997

Joan Mathien

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Chaco Culture National Historical Park Museum Collection Facility

University of New Mexico, PhD, 1981

Tryphenia Peele-Eady

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Ethnology)

Assistant Professor, Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, UNM

Claremont Graduate University, PhD, 2005

Timothy Petersen

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Evolutionary Anthropology)

Research Coordinator, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care University, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2010

Jim Railey

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Archaeology)

Principal Investigator, SWCA Environmental Consultants

Washington University, PhD, 1999

Adrianna Ramirez de Arellano

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Ethnology)

Post Doctoral Fellow, Mellon Foundation, University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2008

Heather Richards-Rissetto

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

University of New Mexico, PhD 2010

John Rissetto

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2009

Kari Schleher

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Laboratory Manager, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2010

Lynne Sebastian

Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Director, Historic Preservation Programs, SRI Foundation

University of New Mexico, PhD, 1988

Steven Shackley

Adjunct Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of California- Berkeley Arizona State University, PhD, 1989

Anastasia Steffen

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Archaeologist, Valles Caldera Trust

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2005

Jonathan Stieglitz

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Evolutionary Anthropology)

NIH Post Doctoral Fellow, University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2009

Ann Stodder

Adjunct Associate Professor (Archaeology)

Associate Editor, International Journal of Paleopathology

University of Colorado, Boulder, PhD, 1990

Elizabeth Stone

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Archaeology)

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2011

Ian Andrew Thompson

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2008

Jonathan Van Hoose

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Archaeologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

University of New Mexico, PhD, 2008

Carla Van West

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Director Preservation Research, SRI Foundation,

Washington State University, PhD, 1990

Jennifer Freifrau von Schwerin

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Columbia University, PhD, 2004

Cathleen Willging

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Ethnology)

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Behavioral Health Research Center

Rutgers University, PhD, 1999

Thomas C. Windes

Adjunct Research Lecturer in Anthropology (Archaeology)

Chaco Culture National Historical Park Museum Collection Facility

University of New Mexico, MA, 1967

Norm Yoffee

Adjunct Professor of Anthropology (Archaeology)

Professor Emeritus, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

Yale University, PhD, 1973

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