Faculty and Staff

Eleanor Harrison-Buck

Assistant Professor of Archaeology

311 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-4742
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: e.harrison-buck@unh.edu

Education:
B.S., Skidmore College, 1994
M.A., Boston University, 2001
Ph.D., Boston University, 2007

Courses Taught:
ANTH 412: Adventures in Archaeology
ANTH 501B: World Prehistory: Mesoamerica
ANTH 697: Special Topic: Maya Civilization
ANTH 797: Advanced Topic: The Archaeology of Identity
ANTH 797: Advanced Topic: Ancient Mesoamerican Religion

Fields of Research: 
Mesoamerican archaeology, Maya culture, complex societies, social organization and identity, religious ideology, and technical and stylistic studies of material culture

Meghan Howey

Assistant Professor of Archaeology

313 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2518
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: meghan.howey@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., University of Delaware, 2000
M.A., University of Michigan, 2002
Ph.D., ibid., 2006

Courses Taught:
ANTH 413: Introduction to Physical Anthropology
ANTH 415: The Human Story: Evolution, Fossils, and DNA
ANTH 500A: Peoples and Cultures: North America
ANTH 514: Method and Theory in Archaeology
ANTH 697: Special Topic: Landscape Archaeology
ANTH 699H: Honors Senior Thesis
ANTH 796: Independent Study

Fields of Research: 
archaeology of North America, ritual practice, non-hierarchical societies, ethnohistory, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Courtney Kurlanska

Lecturer

307 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2548
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: c.kurlanska@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Brandeis University, 1999
M.S., University of New Orleans, 2005

Courses Taught:
ANTH 411: Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 511: Core Concepts in Anthropology
ANTH 620: The Anthropology of Migration
ANTH 697: Special Topics: Applied Anthropology

Joe L.P. Lugalla

Professor of Anthropology &
Chair of the Anthropology Department

316 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1847
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: jlpl@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Website

Education:
B.A., University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1982
M.A., ibid., 1983
Ph.D., Bremen University, Germany, 1990

Courses Taught:
ANTH 500D: Peoples and Cultures: Sub-Saharan Africa
ANTH 627: Urbanization in Africa
ANTH 680: Globalization, Development, and Poverty
ANTH 685: Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
ANTH 699: Senior Thesis/Honors
ANTH 795: Reading and Research

Fields of Research: 
social & cultural anthropology
medical anthropology/sociology
development anthropology/sociology
urban anthropology/sociology
development & politics of Sub-Saharan Africa
HIV/AIDS

Justus Ogembo

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Education

306 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2401
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: justus.ogembo@unh.edu

Website

Education:
B.A., Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, 1986
M.A., University of Nairobi, 1990
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1997

Courses Taught:
ANTH 450: Intro to Race, Culture and Power
ANTH 616: Religion, Culture and Society
ANTH 699: Senior Thesis/Honors
ANTH 796: Reading and Research
ANTH/EDUC 797: Advanced Topic: Teaching Race
ANTH/EDUC 797: Advanced Topic: Anthropology of Education

Fields of Research: 
anthropology of education
anthropology of religion
ethnomusicology

Svetlana Peshkova

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

315 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1848
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: s.peshkova@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
M.A., State University of Linguistics, Pyatigorsk, Russia, 1996
M.T.S., Emory University, 1999
M.A., Syracuse University, 2002
Ph.D., ibid., 2006

Courses Taught:
ANTH 411: Global Perspectives: Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 500C: Peoples and Cultures of the World: Middle East/N. Africa
ANTH 616: Religion, Culture and Society
ANTH 697: Special Topic: Gender and Islam

Fields of Research: 
Islam, gender dynamics, Islamic movements, globalization, transnationalism

Teresa Raczek

Lecturer

311 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1842
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: teresa.raczek@unh.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
B.A., Barnard College, 1991
M.A., University of Chicago, 2001
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2007

Courses Taught:
ANTH 411: Global Perspectives on the Human Condition: An Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 412: Adventures in Archaeology
ANTH 500E: Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
ANTH 501F: World Prehistory: Asia
ANTH 601B: Topics in Popular Culture: Archaeology
ANTH 701: History of Anthropological Theory
ANTH 702: Issues in Contemporary Anthropological Theory

Fields of Research:
South Asian archaeology, early complex societies, ethnographic archaeology, lithic analysis, anthropology of technology

Robin Sheriff

Associate Professor of Anthropology

308 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2162
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: rsheriff@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Bard College, 1984
Ph.D., Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 1997

Courses Taught:
ANTH 500B: Peoples and Cultures: South America
ANTH 616: Religion, Culture and Society
ANTH 625: Female, Male and Society
ANTH 697: Special Topic: Anthropology of Dreaming
ANTH 699: Senior Thesis/Honors
ANTH 770: Anthropology of the Sinister
ANTH 785: Anthropology of Dreams and Dreaming
ANTH 796: Reading and Research

Fields of Research: 
The politics of discourse and narrative, stratification and inequality, race/ethnicity, culture and globalization, United States; Brazil

Carolyn Stolzenburg

Administrative Assistant

310 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1864
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: cas24@unh.edu