Affiliated Faculty

Katharine Rainey Kolb, MA, GISP Kitty has degrees in Anthropology and Archaeology from Arizona State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include archaeobotany, GIS, human-environment interactions, political economy, feminist environmentalism, resilience theory, and fan studies. Her geographical areas of interest are the North American Eastern Woodlands and the American […]

PROFILE: Dr. Donna Lanclos is an affiliated faculty member with the Anthropology Department at UNC Charlotte. She currently works as a Consultant and Researcher in Higher and Further Education and Libraries. Lanclos Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION: RESEARCH TOPICS/AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Read More

Received: Ph.D. From: Washington University – St. Louis Specialty: Archaeology, Ethics in Anthropology, Gender in Prehistory, Southeastern U.S., Europe.

PROFILE: Dr. Lydia Light is a former Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UNC Charlotte and taught courses in general anthropology and biological anthropology with specific interests in primatology, conservation, and human evolution. Her research interests focus on the behavioral ecology of living primates, examining the ecological and biological factors that may have influenced life in […]

Dr. Reichs earned her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University. She specializes in the subfields of bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology, and is one of only 119 forensic anthropologists ever certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. Dr. Reichs served on the Board of Directors and as Vice President of both the American Academy […]

Received: Ph.D. From: University of Massachusetts Specialty: Aging in cultural and environmental context; women and aging; systems of care; current issues in gerontology; international perspectives; ethical issues. Dr. Shenk is the recipient of the 2011 Hiram J. Friedsam Mentorship Award from the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. For more information about the Gerontology Program […]

Name: Jasmine Strickland Advisor: Dr. Andrea Freidus Education: BA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University, 2017 Research Interests: College transition and student success for first-generation and minoritized students in the U.S.; Decolonizing pedagogies; Intersectionality; Maternal-child health disparities in the U.S. Current Research: My current work uses an anti-deficit framework to examine how […]