Anthropology

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Office: Swart 317
Phone: (920) 424-4406
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Gina Schiavone, Academic Dept. Associate
schiavog@uwosh.edu

Anthropology Faculty and Staff

Dr. Stephanie May de Montigny, Chair

Associate Professor

Office: Swart 317A
Phone: (920) 424-7495
Email: may@uwosh.edu

Education: Ph.D., University of Texas Austin

Stephanie May de Montigny is a cultural anthropologist. Her courses and research interests include Native American studies, kinship, gender and sexuality, ethnohistory, vernacular architecture, and visual art and dance. She also teaches classes on ethnographic methods, American ethnography, and expressive culture.

Dr. Jordan Karsten

Assistant Professor

Office: Swart 320
Email: karstenj@uwosh.edu

Education: Ph.D. & M.A., The State University of New York at Albany

Jordan Karsten is a biological anthropologist with research interests in human osteology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and paleoanthropology. One major focus of Dr. Karsten’s research has been investigating the biological and behavioral consequences of the transition to agriculture in prehistory. This research has been carried out through the analysis of human skeletons that he’s excavated from Verteba Cave, Ukraine, that date to the late Neolithic period. Dr. Karsten also works with local law enforcement to analyze and identify human bone recovered from potential crime scenes and other death investigations.

Dr. Stephanie Spehar

Associate Professor

Office: Swart 313
Phone: (920) 424-7073
Email: spehars@uwosh.edu

Education:

Ph.D., New York University 2006

M.A., New York University 2002

B.A., California State University Los Angeles 1998

Stephanie Spehar is a physical anthropologist whose area of specialization is primate socioecology, or how ecology and the environment have shaped primate social systems and behavior. Within this framework, her research focuses on primate mating systems, group dynamics and social behavior, and communication. A second major research interest is primate conservation, especially the effect of habitat alteration, fragmentation, and hunting on primate communities.

Dr. Heidi Nicholls

Lecturer

Office: Swart 322
Phone: (920) 424-7183
Email: nichollsh@uwosh.edu

Education:
Ph.D. Anthropology. University at Albany, SUNY, 2014

M.A., Applied Communication Research Methodology, Cleveland State University, 2006

B.A., Cleveland State University

Dr. Heidi J Nicholls is a cultural anthropologist with research interests that include indigenous heritage tourism, intercultural relations and dynamics, US diversity, cultural expressions through dance and economic development. Dr. Nicholls has conducted ethnographic research on the Navajo (Dine) Reservation, in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Anguilla in addition to working as a cultural consultant focused on interactional competency, bias, and etymology.

Dr. Adrienne Frie

Lecturer

Office: Swart 314

Email: friea@uwosh.edu

Education:

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

M.A., University of Chicago

B.A., University of California San Diego

Adrienne Frie is an anthropological archaeologist whose research specialties include prehistoric Europe, human-animal relations, and prehistoric art. Dr. Frie’s ongoing research is focused on Iron Age Slovenia, where she investigates how animal depictions and faunal remains provide insight into prehistoric interactions with and ideas about animals. Her work has demonstrated that prehistoric conceptions of animals were expressed and negotiated via imagery, but also that animal symbolism was a potent form of social expression, and one that was restricted by status and social role. This research is multidisciplinary, and in addition to archaeological evidence takes into account animal behavior, local environments, and the socioeconomic structures surrounding animal husbandry and other human-animal interactions.

Gina M. Schiavone

Academic Department Associate

Office: Swart 317
Phone: 920-424-4406
Email: schiavog@uwosh.edu