Central Washington University - Anthropology Department: Faculty

	Kathleen Barlow, Associate Professor and Chair barlowk@cwu.edu Areas of Specialization: Learning and Culture, Childhood, Psychological Anthropology, Museum Anthropology, Symbolism, Gender, Art and Aesthetics, Material Culture, Regional Ethnography. Areas: Melanesia, Oceania, United States
	John Alsoszatai-Petheo, Professor JApetheo@cwu.edu Areas of Specialization: Biological Anthropology and Archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Human Osteology, early lithic technology, and the initial peopling of the Americas. He has travelled widely abroad and in the United States, and has done field research in California, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Germany.
	Tracy J. Andrews, Professor andrewst@cwu.edu Areas of Specialization: Sociocultural Anthropology; Native Americans; Ecological and Natural Resource Anthropology; Medical Anthropology; Political Ecology; Gender; Minority and International Health Issues; Ethnicity, Identity, and Cultural Dynamics.
	Loran E. Cutsinger, Associate Professor cutsinge@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Economic/ecological anthropology, gender studies, cultural anthropology, Caribbean/Latin America, US, Russia, Middle East, Native Americans of the Northern Rockies.
	Anne S. Denman, Professor Emeritus denmanne@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Dr. Anne Denman is a cultural anthropologist with particular interest in American Culture, intercultural issues and gender roles. She has done field work in Brittany, France.
	Steve Hackenberger, Professor and Co-Chair of Resource Management hackenbe@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Cultural ecology, archaeology, cultural resource management, computer simulation, North American and Caribbean cultures, museology.
	Patrick M. Lubinski, Associate Professor lubinski@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Archaeology, zooarchaeology, methods, cultural resource management, western North America.
	Patrick T. McCutcheon, Associate Professor mccutchp@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Archaeology, Evolutionary Theoretical Perspectives, Fieldwork and Laboratory Methods, Archaeometry, Lithic Analysis, Cultural Resource Management, North American Prehistory.
	Lene Pedersen, Assistant Professor pedersenl@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Cultural Anthropology, Visual Anthropology, Symbolic Anthropology, Ecological Anthropology, Ritual, Social Organization, Post-Colonialism, Southeast Asia (Indonesia), Circumpolar North, Sub-Saharan Africa. Natural Resource Management.
	Lori K. Sheeran, Associate Professor sherranl@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Primate behavior and conservation (particularly gibbons), biological anthropology.
	William C. Smith, Professor Emeritus smithw@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Archaeology, World Prehistory, Museum Studies, Collections Management, and Computer Applications.
	Penglin Wang, Associate Professor wangp@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Linguistic anthropology, linguistics, cognitive anthropology, cultural anthropology, Asian studies, Central Eurasia, China.
	W. Warner “Bill” Wood, Assistant Professor woodw@cwu.edu Interests and Expertise: Greater Mexico and Latin America, Political Ecology and Environmentalism, Museum Studies, Expressive Material Culture, Globalization, Tourism, Ethnicity and Identity, Practice Theories and Qualitative Methodologies.

Anthropology: Faculty