Department of Anthropology


Gregory G. Reck, Chairperson and Professor
Ph.D., Catholic University of America
Ethnological Theory, Social Change, Magic and Religion, Narrative Ethnography,
Mexico, Mesoamerica, Latin America, Appalachia


Harvard G. Ayers, Professor
Ph.D., Catholic University of America
Archeology, Physical Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, North American
Indians, Southwestern United States, Human Ecology of the Southern
Appalachians


Patricia D. Beaver, Director of Appalachian Studies and Professor 
Ph.D., Duke University
Cultural Anthropology, Social Organization, Gender, Appalachia, China


Jefferson C. Boyer, Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Social Anthropology, Peasant and Regional Studies, Rural Development, Honduras
and Central America, Appalachia


Susan E. Keefe, Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara
Ethnicity, Social Organization, Medical and Applied Anthropology, Mexican
Americans, Appalachians, United States


Diane P. Mines, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Cultural Anthropology, Phenomenology of Place and Time, Social Theory, Ritual
and Politics, Caste; India, South Asia


Thomas R. Whyte, Professor
Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Archeology, Zooarcheology, Experimental Archeology, Eastern United States,
Southern Appalachia




The Department of Anthropology participates in a graduate program leading to
the Master of Arts degree in Social Science, Education (Major Code: 282*) with
a concentration in Secondary School (Advanced Licensure)/Anthropology (Code:
282R), and the Master of Arts degree in Appalachian Studies (Major Code: 204*).




(For a description of the course abbreviations used in the following list of
courses, see page 46.)