Anthropology Faculty/Staff

Marie Elaine Danforth (Ph.D. Indiana, 1989) Professor. Physical Anthropology. Dr Danforth's interests include human osteology, bioarchaeology, dental anthropology, and forensic anthropology. Research areas include Mesoamerica (the Maya region) and southeastern United States. Graduate courses taught include Seminar in Physical Anthropology, Bioarchaeology, Medical Anthropology, and Human Variation. (m.danforth@usm.edu)

James G. Flanagan (Ph.D. Pennsylvania, 1983) Professor. Cultural Anthropology. Dr. Flanagan's interests include social structure, political anthropology, and ethnomusicology. Geographical interests include New Guinea, the Pacific, and Ireland. Graduate courses taught include  Political Anthropology, and Kinship. (james.flanagan@usm.edu) 

Bridget Hayden (Ph.D. Michigan 1999) Associate Professor. Cultural Anthropology. Dr. Hayden's interests include the anthropology of migration, space and place, and the socio-cultural aspects of capitalism and globalization. Geographical areas of interest ARE Central America and the southeastern United States.(bridget.hayden@usm.edu)

 H. Edwin Jackson(Ph.D. Michigan, 1986) Professor. Archaeology. Dr. Jackson's interests include archaeological method and theory, human ecology, and zooarchaeology. Research areas include southeastern United States. Graduate courses taught include Seminar in Archaeology, Prehistory of Southeastern Indians, Prehistoric Archaeology, and Archaeology and Public Policy. (ed.jackson@usm.edu)

 Jeffrey Kaufmann (Ph.D. Wisconsin, 2001) Professor. Cultural Anthropology. Dr. Kaufmann's interests include ethnohistory and ecological anthropology. Research area of interest is Africa. Graduate courses taught include Seminar in Ethnology, Advanced Studies in Peoples and Cultures of Africa, and Ecological Anthropology. (jeffrey.kaufmann@usm.edu)

Amy L. Young (Ph.D. Tennessee, 1995) Associate Professor. Archaeology. Dr. Young’s research interests focus primarily on African-American archaeology on antebellum plantations at sites like Saragossa in Adams County, MS near Natchez, Mount Locust in Jefferson County, MS.  She has also been involved in plantation archaeology in Kentucky and Tennessee.  Currently she is working at Courtland Plantation in southern Adams County.  She teaches a wide variety of courses such as Archaeology of Ancient Civilizations, Biblical Archaeology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, and Historical Archaeology. (amy.young@usm.edu)

Research and Teaching Associates

Susan L. Scott (B.A. Alabama-Birmingham, 1975) Research Associate. Archaeology. Research specialty is zooarchaeology. Research areas include southeastern and southwestern United States.

Staff

Petra T. Lamb, Administrative Assistant