Faculty and Staff
Dr. James Bielo
Associate Professor
Ph. D. (2007) Michigan State University
Linguistic Anthropology, Ethnographic Methods, Anthropological Theory and the Anthropology of Global Christianity.
Upham Hall, 124 A
513-529-8777
bielojs@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. Jeb Card
Assistant Teaching Professor & Assistant for Special ProjectsPh. D. (2007) Tulane University
Historical Archaeology, Material Culture Hybridity, Ethnogenesis, Early Colonialism and Pre-Hispanic-Maya Political History
Upham Hall, 116 C
513-529-5994
cardjj@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. John Cinnamon
Associate ProfessorPh. D. Yale University
Historical Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology and Intersections of Religion, Politics, Ethnicity and Nationalism in Africa
Upham Hall 134 (Oxford)
Mosler Hall, 570 (Hamilton)
513-785-3270
cinnamjm@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. Kelsey Ellis
Assistant Teaching ProfessorPh. D. University of Texas at Austin
Biological Anthropology & Behavioral Primatology
Upham Hall, 116 B
513-529-8370
elliskm3@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. M. Cameron Hay-Rollins
Professor and ChairPh. D. (1998) Emory University
Cultural, Medical & Psychological Anthropology
Upham Hall, 120 C
513-529-9242
hayrolmc@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. Neringa Klumbyte
Associate ProfessorPh. D. University of Pittsburgh
Political & Economic Anthropology
Upham Hall, 124 C
513-529-3287
klumbyn@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. Leighton Peterson
Director of the Office of Liberal Education
Associate Professor
Ph. D. University of Texas at Austin
Representational Practices, Anthropology of Media and Indigenous Vitality
Upham Hall, 116D
513-529-1422
lpeterson@MiamiOH.edu
Representational Practices, Anthropology of Media and Indigenous Vitality
Upham Hall, 116D
513-529-1422
lpeterson@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. Mark Peterson
ProfessorPh. D. (1996) Brown University
Global flows of culture, News & Entertainment Media, Marketing & Consumption
Upham Hall, 124 D
513-529-5018
petersm2@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. John P.R. Schaefer
Associate ProfessorPh. D. University of Texas-Austin
Folklore & Public Culture in the Middle East
(Oxford) Upham Hall, 130
(Middletown) Levey MUM, 219
513-727-3282
schaefjp@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. Homayun Sidky
ProfessorPh. D. The Ohio State University
Ecological Anthropology, History & Theory, and Anthropology of Religion
Upham Hall, 124 B
513-529-1591
sidkyh@MiamiOH.edu
Dr. Maura Stephens-Chu
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph. D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Medical Anthropology, Women's Sexual & Reproductive Health, Japan, Menstruation
Upham Hall, 132
stephmh@miamioh.edu
Alison Sullivan, MPH
Karl & Helen Wiepking Distinguished Professor
Senior Manager, Strategy, Operations, and Analytics at Deloitte Consulting, LLC
Global Health
Upham Hall, 134
kernohar@miamioh.edu
Dr. Laura Thompson
Visiting Assistant ProfessorPh. D. Harvard University
Anthropology of Religion, Islamic Studies, Modern North Africa, and Blasphemy & Apostasy
Upham Hall, 232
thomp543@miamioh.edu
Mrs. Erica Keener
Administrative Assistant
Upham Hall 120
513-529-2249
keenere@MiamiOH.edu