Department of Anthropology
Faculty & Staff
Faculty

Zack Gilmore, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology / Department Chair
Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 105
407.691.1314
BA, Texas A&M University
MA, Southern Illinois University
PhD, University of Florida
Specializations: Anthropological archaeology, archaeology of pre-Columbian Florida and the Southeastern U.S., Late Archaic period (3700-1500 B.C.) social history, materiality & memory, microhistory & events, long-distance exchange, and early pottery technology & provenance

Shan-Estelle Brown, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 101
407.646.2626
BA, Yale University
MA, Old Dominion University
PhD, University of Connecticut
Specializations: Medical anthropology, patient-provider relationship, health disparities, chronic illness, self-treatment, acceptability of treatments, global health, HIV, addiction, sickle cell disease, healthcare innovation technology, healthcare user experience (UX)
Cady Gonzalez, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor
Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 117
407.646.1861

Ashley Kistler, PhD
Professor of Anthropology / Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
Warren Administration Bldg. 201B
407.691.1707
BA, Muhlenberg College
MA, Florida State University
PhD, Florida State University
Specializations: Cultural and linguistic anthropology, Mesoamerica, the Maya, economic anthropology, kinship, gender, collaborative ethnography, Latin American and Caribbean courses

Rachel Newcomb, PhD
Professor of Anthropology
Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 106
407.691.1703
BA, Davidson College
MA, Johns Hopkins University
MA, PhD, Princeton University
Specializations: Cultural and applied/public anthropology, Middle East and North Africa, gender, Islam, modernity, globalization, and identity
Andrés Romero, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 102
407.646.1944
BA, West Virginia University
PhD, Wayne State University
Specializations: Place and memory; violence; drug rehabilitation; the anthropology of life and death; visual culture; literary ethnography; Colombia.
Faculty Emeriti
Dr. Gay Biery-Hamilton
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Dr. Carol Lauer
Professor of Anthropology
Dr. Robert Moore
Professor of Anthropology
Staff

Flora van Breemen
Administrative Assistant
Cornell Social Sciences Building Office 110
T 407.646.2670