Graduate Faculty
Brigitte M. Holt, Professor and Chair of Department, B.A. Southern Illinois at Carbondale, 1984; M.A., 1987; Ph.D., Missouri at Columbia, 1999.
Amanda Walker-Johnson, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.A., Grinnell, 1998; M.A., Texas at Austin, 2000; Ph.D., 2004.
Anna Antoniou, Assistant Professor, B.A., UCLA, 2010; M.A., University of Michigan, 2014; Ph.D., 2021
Lynnette Arnold, Assistant Professor, B.A. Mills College, 2009; M.A. California at Santa Barbara, 2011; Ph.D., 2016.
Sonya Atalay, Provost Professor, B.A., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1991; M.A. California at Berkeley, 1998; Ph.D., 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.
Julie Hemment, Professor,, B.A., Cambridge, England, 1990; M.A., Cornell, 1997; Ph.D., 2000.
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.
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., University of Chicago, 2011; Ph.D., 2019.
Jacqueline Urla, Professor, B.A., Michigan, 1978; M.A., California at Berkley, 1980; Ph.D., 1987.
Adjunct/Associate Faculty
Emiliana Cruz, Adjunct Assistant Professor, B.A. Evergreen State, 2001; M.A., Texas at Austin, 2004; Ph.D., 2011
Stephen King, Adjunct Lecturer, B.A. George Washington University, 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)
Arthur Keene, Professor Emeritus (2013)
Thomas L. Leatherman, Professor Emeritus, (2024)
Mitchell T. Mulholland, Research Professor Emeritus
Donald A. Proulx, Professor Emeritus (2002)
Alan Swedlund, Professor Emeritus (2006)
R. Brooke Thomas, Professor Emeritus (2003)
H. Martin Wobst, Professor Emeritus (2010)