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Department Chair
Professor
435A Wimberly Hall
tmcandrews@uwlax.edu
608.785.6774
Specialty areas:
South American/Andean Archaeology, Rise of Complex Society, Sedentary Village-Based Adaptations
Timothy McAndrews's office hours
Academic Department Associate
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.
Senior Lecturer
336C Wimberly Hall
carzigian@uwlax.edu
608.785.8452
Specialty areas:
Midwest Archaeology, Paleoethnobotany, Environmental Archaeology, Physical Anthropology
Constance Arzigian's office hours
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
Professor
437L Wimberly Hall
chippert@uwlax.edu
608.785.6775
Specialty areas:
anthropology of food, medical anthropology, community development, the social construction and politics of gender/ethnic/racial/national identities, migration, Latin American and the Caribbean Studies, public health
Christine Hippert's office hours
Assistant Professor
437E Wimberly Hall
anicodemus@uwlax.edu
608.785.6773
Specialty areas:
archaeology, zooarchaeology, bioarchaeology, Bronze Age, Europe, complex societies
Amy Nicodemus's office hours
Associate Professor
432B Wimberly Hall
epeacock@uwlax.edu
608.785.6780
Specialty areas:
Sociolinguistics, youth identity and belonging, Eastern Europe, postsocialist societies, global communication, diasporas and homelands
Elizabeth Peacock's office hours
Associate Lecturer
432C Wimberly Hall
hwalder@uwlax.edu
608.785.8666
Specialty areas:
Great Lakes and Wisconsin archaeology, archaeometry, collaborative research, colonialism, experimental archaeology and technology studies
Heather Walder's office hours
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center Staff
Researcher
107 Archaeology Center
kstevenson@uwlax.edu
608.785.8451
Instructional Program Manager I
114 Archaeology Center
bjancik@uwlax.edu
608.785.6473
Specialty areas:
Archaeology Public Outreach
Senior Research Specialist
108 Archaeology Center
vtwinde-javner@uwlax.edu
608.785.6475
Senior Research Specialist
113 Archaeology Center
wholtz-leith@uwlax.edu
608.785.8455
Senior Research Specialist
115 Archaeology Center
jdowiasch@uwlax.edu
608.785.8454
Research Specialist
Archaeology Center
mbednarchuk@uwlax.edu
608.785.8464