Anthropology Faculty

 

   

Full Time

 
   

Lisa M. Malley, Department Chair

Voicemail: 661.362.3641

Email: lisa.malley@canyons.edu

Areas of Interest: Forensic Anthropology, Osteology,  BioArchaeology, Primate Behavior and Communication, Religious Practices, Ethnomusicology and the Cultural Dynamics of Gender, Language and Art.

 

 

Part Time (Adjunct)

J.S. Eisenlauer

Voicemail: 818.710.2875

Email: archaeophile@sbcglobal.net

Areas of Interest: TBA

 

Mike Mauer

Voicemail: refer to email

Email: michael.mauer@canyons.edu

Areas of Interest: Native American ethnology and archaeology, History of Native American/White relations, Processes of colonialism, and Spanish influences on ceramics and other historic Southwestern material culture.

 

Matthew Curtis

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Email: matthew.curtis@canyons.edu

Website: http://sites.google.com/site/matthewccurtis/

Areas of Interest: Archaeology of complex societies in Africa, Ethnoarchaeology, Rock Art Studies, Holocence Archaeology of the Horn of Africa, and Archaeology of California

 

Laurie Solis

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Email: laurie.solis@canyons.edu

Areas of Interest: CRM: Cultural Resource Management Archaeology, Great Basin Archaeology, Native American Rights, Beliefs, Ritual, and Practice. Archaeological and Historic Resource Protection and Law, Anthropology of Religion and Behavioral Ecology.

 

 

 

Alexis Altounian

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Email: alexis.altounian@canyons.edu

Areas of Interest: Genetic primatology, Hominid evolution in the Middle East, Globalization, Paleoindian Studies, Language transition and loss.

 

Laurie Rodriguez

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Email: laurie.rodriguez@canyons.edu

Areas of Interest: Evolution of human reproductive behavior, Evolutionary Psychology, Structural-functional comparative anatomy, Bio-cultural Anthropology.

 

 

Sarah Etheridge

Voicemail: refer to email

Email: sarah.etheridge@canyons.edu

Areas of Interest: Primatology, Primate Conservation, Primate Cognition, Use of animals in entertainment, and Bushmeat Hunting

 

 

Nora Vlaszof

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Email: nora.vlaszof@canyons.edu

Areas of Interest: Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Pathology, Paleopathology, Bio-Archaeology, South American Archaeology:  i.e. ritual and human sacrifice, Biological Anthropology and Osteology in medical and legal situations.

 

 

Eric Paison

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Email: eric.paison@canyons.edu

Areas of Interest: Cultural Identity, Diasporas, Transnationalism, Globalization and Tourism. Religious Practices: Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.                                                                                            Primary Geographic Focus: Southeast Asia/East Asia/United States/Global Diasporic Communities.

 

Julie Vazquez

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Email: julie.vazquez@canyons.edu

Areas of Interest: Medical Anthropology, Evolutionary Psychology. Primates & Hormones, and Bio-Cultural Evolution. 

 

 

 

 
   

Emeritus Faculty

 
Roger Basham, Department Founder

Email: roger.basham@canyons.edu

Photo of Roger Basham

Richard Martinez

 

 

 

 
   

 

 

 

 
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