Graduate Faculty

Julie Hemment, Professor and Chair of Department, B.A., Cambridge, England, 1990; M.A., Cornell, 1997; Ph.D., 2000.

Brigitte M. Holt, Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.A. Southern Illinois at Carbondale, 1984; M.A., 1987; Ph.D., Missouri at Columbia, 1999.

Lynnette Arnold, Assistant Professor, B.A. Mills College, 2009; M.A. California at Santa Barbara, 2011; Ph.D., California at Santa Barbara, 2016.

Sonya Atalay, Provost Professor, B.A., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1991; M.A. California at Berkeley, 1998; Ph.D., Berkeley 2003.

Felicity Aulino, Associate Professor, B.A. Harvard, 2000, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004, Ph.D., Harvard, 2012.

Whitney Battle-Baptiste, Professor, B.A., Virginia State, 1994; M.A., William and Mary, 2001; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 2004.

Nicholas Caverly, Assistant Professor, A.B. Michigan, 2011, M.A., The New School for Social Research, 2011; Ph.D., Michigan, 2020.

Todd Disotell, Professor, B.A., Cornell, 1985; M.A., Harvard, 1987; Ph.D., 1992.

Achsah Dorsey, Assistant Professor, B.A. PennState, 2011; M.A., Alabama at Tuscaloosa, 2014; Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill, 2020.

Krista M. Harper, Professor, B.A., California at Berkeley, 1992; M.A., California at Santa Cruz, 1994; Ph.D., 1999.

Jason Kamilar, Professor, B.A./B.S., Arizona State, 1999; Ph.D., Stony Brook, 2006.

Elizabeth L. Krause, Professor, B.J., Missouri at Columbia, 1984; M.A., Oregon State, 1992; Ph.D., Arizona, 1999.

Thomas L. Leatherman, Professor, B.A., Tulane, 1975; M.A., Arkansas, 1978; Ph.D., Massachusetts, 1987.

Johanna Pacyga, Lecturer, B.A., Boston University, 2006; M.A., New School University, 2010; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2021.

Ventura R. Pérez, Associate Professor, B.A., Iowa, 1997; M.A., Massachusetts, 2000; Ph.D., 2005.

Jennifer Sandler, Senior Lecturer and Director of the UMass Alliance for Community Transformation, B.A. Grinnell College, 1998; M.A., Wisconsin, 2008.

Boone Shear, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Western Michigan, 2003; M.A. 2006; Ph.D., UMass Amherst, 2015.

Lynnette Leidy Sievert, Professor, B.S.N., Bloomsburg, 1983; M.A., New York at Albany, 1987; Ph.D., 1991.

Haeden Stewart, Assistant Professor, B.A., University of Toronto, 2009; M.A., Univ. Chicago, 2011; Ph.D., 2019.

Jacqueline Urla, Professor, B.A., Michigan, 1978; M.A., California at Berkley, 1980; Ph.D., 1987.

Amanda Walker Johnson, Associate Professor, B.A., Grinnell, 1998; M.A., Texas at Austin, 2000; Ph.D., 2004.

Adjunct/Associate Faculty

Emiliana Cruz, Adjunct Assistant Professor, B.A. Evergreen State, 2001; M.A., Univ. Texas Austin, 2004; Ph.D., 2011

Stephen King, Adjunct Lecturer, B.A. George Washington Univ, 1969; M.A., UMass Amherst 1995; Ph.D., 2003

Neil Silberman, Adjunct Lecturer of Anthropology, B.A./B.S., Wesleyan, 1972. Center for Heritage and Society, Amherst, Mass.

Faculty Emeriti

John W. Cole, Professor Emeritus (2000)

Ralph Faulkingham, Professor Emeritus (2009)

Laurie R. Godfrey, Professor Emerita( 2012)

Alfred Hudson, Associate Professor Emeritus (1998)

Arthur Keene, Professor Emeritus (2013)

Mitchell T. Mulholland, Research Professor Emeritus

Robert W. Paynter, Professor Emeritus (2015)

Oriol Pi-Sunyer, Professor Emeritus (2009)

Donald A. Proulx, Professor Emeritus (2002)

Alan Swedlund, Professor Emeritus (2006)

R. Brooke Thomas, Professor Emeritus (2003)

H. Martin Wobst, Professor Emeritus (2010)