Faculty of Resident Instruction

Julie Hemment, Professor and Chair of the Department, B.A., Downing College, 1990; M.A., Cornell, 1997; Ph.D., 2000.

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

Felicity Aulino, Five College Assistant Professor, B.A. Harvard, 2000; M.A., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004; Ph.D., Harvard, 2012.

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

Nicholas Caverly, Assistant Professor, B.A., Michigan 2011, M.A. New School for Social Research, 2013, Ph.D. Michigan 2020.

Achsah Dorsey, Assistant Professor, B.S. Pennsylvania State University 2011, M.A. University of Alabama Tuscaloosa 2014, Ph.D. UNC Chapel Hill 2020.

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

Jean S. Forward, Senior Lecturer, B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1971; M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1986.

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

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

Eric S. Johnson, Lecturer and Director of Archaeological Services, B.A., Duke, 1978; M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1981; Ph.D., 1993

Jason M. Kamilar, Assistant Professor, B.S., Arizona State, 1999; B.A., 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 Leatherman, Professor, B.A., Tulane, 1975; M.A., Arkansas, 1978; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1987.

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

Jennifer Sandler, Lecturer and Director of the Umass Alliance for Community Transformation, B.A., Grinnell, 1998; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 2008.

Boone W. Shear, Lecturer, and Director of Undergraduate Advising, B.A. Western Michigan, 2003; M.A., 2006; Ph D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015.

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

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

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

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