Archaeology & Anthropology
Our people
Department Chair
Academic Department Associate
- 435B Wimberly Hall
- svonruden@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8457
Archaeology and Anthropology Faculty
- Associate Professor
- 432D Wimberly Hall
- danderson4@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6778
Specialty areas:
Egyptian archaeology, Late Prehistoric period Native America, origins of complex society, technology in archaeology, 3D documentation of archaeological remains.
- Academic Staff/Emeritus
- carzigian@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Midwest Archaeology, Paleoethnobotany, Environmental Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Indigenous agricultural systems
- Associate Professor
- 437I Wimberly Hall
- vher@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6632
Specialty areas:
Cultural Anthropology; Anthropology of Religion; Ritual and Mortuary Studies; Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia; Hmong/Hmong American Studies
- Associate Professor
- 437E Wimberly Hall
- anicodemus@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6773
Specialty areas:
archaeology, zooarchaeology, bioarchaeology, Bronze Age, Europe, complex societies
- Teaching Assistant Professor
- 435A Wimberly Hall
- dosborne2@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Skeletal biology, forensic anthropology, human growth and development, statistics
- Associate Professor
- 437L Wimberly Hall
- epeacock@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6780
Specialty areas:
Sociolinguistics, youth identity and belonging, Eastern Europe, Ukraine, postsocialism, global communication, diasporas and homelands
- Assistant Professor
- 432B Wimberly Hall
- hwalder@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8666
Specialty areas:
Great Lakes and Wisconsin anthropological archaeology, archaeometry, community-engaged and collaborative research, colonialism, experimental archaeology and technology studies
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center Staff
- MVAC Director
- 107 Archaeology Center
- kstevenson@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8451
Specialty areas:
Wisconsin and Midwestern archaeology, Cultural Resource Management (CRM), subsistence and faunal analysis, mortuary site issues, collections management
- Outreach Program Coordinator
- 114 Archaeology Center
- bjancik@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6473
Specialty areas:
Archaeology Public Outreach & Development
Public, teacher & precollegiate education, social media & digital presence management, development budget management.
- Client-Based Researcher II
- 117 Archaeology Center
- vtwinde-javner@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6475
- Client-Based Researcher I
- 113 Archaeology Center
- wholtz-leith@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8455
- Client-Based Researcher I
- 115 Archaeology Center
- jdowiasch@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8454
- Client-Based Researcher I
- Archaeology Center
- mbednarchuk@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8464