Archaeology & Anthropology
Our people
Department Chair
435A Wimberly Hall
tmcandrews@uwlax.edu
608.785.6774
Specialty areas:
South American/Andean Archaeology, Rise of Complex Society, Origins of Urbanism, Sedentary Village-Based Adaptations
Academic Department Associate
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.
Teaching Professor
432B Wimberly Hall
carzigian@uwlax.edu
608.785.8452
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
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 Teaching Professor
432C 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
Operations Manager
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