Faculty & Staff

Rachel Newcomb, PhD

Department Chair / Professor of Anthropology

Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 106

407.691.1703

rnewcomb@rollins.edu

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

Shan-Estelle Brown, PhD - sabbatical (academic year 2022-23)

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 101

407.646.2626

sbrown1@rollins.edu

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)

Zack Gilmore, PhD - sabbatical (Spring 2023)

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 112

407.691.1314

zgilmore@rollins.edu

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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

Ashley Kistler, PhD

Professor of Anthropology / Interim Dean of Academics

Warren Administration Bldg. 201B

407.691.1707

skistler@rollins.edu

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

Monica E. Rodriguez, PhD

Visiting Assistant Professor

Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 117

407.646.1861

merodriguez@rollins.edu

BA,California State University
MA, Northridge and California State University, Los Angeles
PhD, Wayne State University

Specializations: Cultural and applied medical anthropology. Latin America, D/deaf and hard of hearing, patient/practitioner communication.

Andrés Romero, PhD

Visiting Assistant Professor

Cornell Social Sciences Building (CSS) - Office 102

407.646.1944

aromero@rollins.edu

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.