Anthropology Program

Department of Anthropology and Sociology Chair: Karen Koster, Ph.D.

Anthropology Program
East Hall, Room 301
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: 605-658-6750
anthropology@usd.edu
www.usd.edu/anthropology

FACULTY

Associate Professor:

Tony Krus, Ph.D., Indiana University. Specialization: Archaeology; Archaeology of Human-Environment Interaction; Stable Isotope Analysis; GIS; Bayesian statistics.

Assistant Professors:

Saige Kelmelis, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Specialization: Bioarchaeology; Forensic Anthropology; Demography; Epidemiology; Tattoos and Health.
Crystal Sheedy, Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York.Specialization: Cultural Anthropology, Linguistic Anthropology, Ethnography, and Yucatec Maya.

Senior Lecturer:

Stephanie Spars, Ph.D., University of Glasgow. Specialization:

Emeritus Faculty:

Larry Bradley, Ph.D., University of Kansas-Lawrence. Specialization: Archaeology of North America, Upper Paleolithic Europe, Computer Applications.
Dona Davis, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Specialization: Cross-Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Medical Anthropology, North Atlantic Maritime Cultures.
Richard Fox, Ph.D., University of Calgary. Specialization: Historical Archaeology, US Plains, North American Archaeology.

DEGREE

Although there is no graduate program in Anthropology at USD, graduate students in other disciplines are welcome in the program’s 500-level courses. These courses complement several graduate programs and can be used to fulfill elective course requirements.