Faculty and Staff

Curt Grimm

Research Associate Professor of Anthropology

Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3788
E-mail: curt.grimm@unh.edu
 

Education:
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1979
M.A., State University of New York, Binghamton, 1985
Ph.D., ibid., 1991

Fields of Research: 
sustainable development

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 Archaeological Cultures: Mesoamerica
ANTH 620: Ritual and Religion of Ancient Mesoamerica
ANTH 674: Archaeological Survey and Mapping in Belize
ANTH 675: Archaeological Field School in Belize
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

Curriculum Vitae

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)

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 695: Globalization and Global Population Health
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

Edgar Martin del Campo

Lecturer

307 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2548
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: efx9@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Rice University, 1996
M.A., Claremont School of Theology, 2000
Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany, 2006

Courses Taught:
ANTH 411: Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 500: People and Cultures of the World: Latin America
ANTH 511: Core Concepts in Anthropology
ANTH 616: Religion, Culture and Society
ANTH 670: Language and Culture

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 411: Global Perspectives: Introduction to Anthropology
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 730: Anthropological Thinking on Education
ANTH 740: Teaching Race

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 513: Ethnographic Methods
ANTH 616: Religion, Culture and Society
ANTH 640: Anthropology of Islam-Muslim's Everyday Lives in Contemporary Communities
ANTH 697: Special Topic: Gender and Islam
ANTH 750: Islam and Gender-Gendered Lives of Women & Men in Muslim Communities

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

Jolan Rivera

Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-2821
E-mail: jolan.rivera@unh.edu

 

Education:
B.A., University of the Philippines College Baguio, 1987
M.S., Southern New Hampshire University, 2000
M.A., ibid., 2005
Ph.D., ibid., 2006

Fields of Research: 
community economic development

Robin Sheriff

Associate Professor of Anthropology

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

Media Content in Dreams Project

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: Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
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

Sara Withers

Lecturer

317 Huddleston Hall
Phone: (603) 862-1842
Fax: (603) 862-1131
E-mail: sara.withers@unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Bowdoin College, 1999
M.A., Brandeis University, 2002
Ph.D., ibid., 2009

Courses Taught:
ANTH 411: Global Perspectives: Introduction to Anthropology
ANTH 500B: Peoples & Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 611: History of Anthropological Theory

Carolyn Stolzenburg

Administrative Assistant

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