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Professor , Anthropology Adjunct Professor , Medical College of Wisconsin Lecturer , Anthropology Principal Investigator , Archaeological Research Laboratory Center Associate Professor , Anthropology Director , Electa Quinney Institute Director , American Indian Studies Professor Emeritus , Anthropology Director , Archaeological Research Laboratory Center Assistant Professor , Anthropology Associate Professor , Anthropology Undergraduate Advisor , Anthropology Professor Emeritus , Anthropology Associate Professor , Anthropology Associate Professor , History Associate Professor , Anthropology Associate Professor , Anthropology Assistant Professor , Anthropology Research Program Manager , Archaeological Research Laboratory Center Senior Scientist Emeritus , Anthropology Senior Scientist Emeritus , Anthropology Curator of Anthropology Collections , Milwaukee Public Museum Associate Professor , Anthropology Chair , Anthropology Director , Digital Arts and Culture Program Senior Teaching Faculty , Anthropology Senior Teaching Faculty , Center for Jewish Studies Professor Emeritus , Anthropology Associate Professor , Anthropology Coordinator , Museum Studies Faculty Affiliates
Distinguished Professor, Classical Art and Archaeology , Art History Director of Graduate Studies , Art History Associate Professor , Classics Coordinator , Classics Chair , Ancient & Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultures Associate Professor , Geography Associate Professor , Women's and Gender Studies Associate Professor, Latin American Art , Art History Assistant Professor , African & African Diaspora Studies Undergraduate Advisor , African & African Diaspora Studies Professor , Comparative Literature & Global Studies Programs Administrative Staff
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Honorary Research Fellow , Anthropology Museum Studies Program
Program Coordinators
Advisory Board Members
Name Title / Affiliation E-mail Bettina Arnold Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology (voting, designated AY 2025-26) barnold@uwm.edu Aaron Atencio Research Coordinator, MPM (non-voting, designated AY 2025-26) atencioa@mpm.edu Lin Haggerty Student Representative, Student, (non-voting, designated AY 2025-26) mshgerty@uwm.edu Vacant Student Representative, UWM Student Museum Association for Undergraduates & Graduates (non-voting, designated AY 2024-25) Jennifer Haas Director of ARLC, Department of Anthropology (voting, non-designated, December 2022-25) haasjr@uwm.edu Calleigh Wondra Teaching Assistant – UWM Department of Anthropology (non-voting, designated AY 2024-25) crwondra@uwm.edu Nan Kim Associate Professor, UWM Department of History (voting, non-designated December 2024-27) ynkp@uwm.edu Arijit Sen Associate Professor and Director of Public History, UWM (voting, designated AY 2025-26) sena@uwm.edu David Pacifico Assistant Professor, UWM Department of Art History (voting, non-designated, December 2022-2025) pacifico@uwm.edu Dawn Scher Thomae Curator of Anthropology Collections, MPM (voting, non-designated, May 2025-28) thomae@mpm.edu Jackie Schweitzer History Collections Manager, MPM (non-voting, designated, AY 2025-26) schweitzer@mpm.edu R. Jason Sherman Professor, Chair of the Department of Anthropology (voting, designated AY 2025-26) shermanr@uwm.edu Hilary K. Snow Honors College Lecturer in Art History and Asian Studies, UWM, (voting, non-designated May 2024-27) snowh@uwm.edu W. Warner Wood Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, UWM Department of Anthropolgy (non-voting, designated, Chair AY 2025-26) woodw@uwm.edu Jennifer Zaspel VP and Academic Dean, MPM, (Voting, designated, 2024-25) zaspelj@mpm.edu
The responsibilities of the Program’s Advisory Board are described in section VII. B. 1-b of the Charter and Bylaws (see below). They are primarily advisory in nature and focused on program planning and assessment as well as on the governance of the board itself, including: 1) charter and bylaws amendment; 2) appointment/termination of non-designated board members and recommendation to appoint/terminate designated members; and 3) appointment of program affiliates.
The Advisory Board meets twice a year, generally in December and May. In compliance with UW system “Open Meetings Law,” the date, time, location, and agenda of Board meetings is filed with UWM News Services.
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Core Course Instructors
Program Teaching Assistant
Name Affiliation E-mail Calleigh Wondra UWM Department of Anthropology crwondra@umw.edu
Program Affiliates
Name Title / Affiliation E-mail Kal Applbaum Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology applbaum@uwm.edu Bettina Arnold Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology barnold@uwm.edu Aaron Atencio Research Coordinator, MPM atencioa@mpm.edu Ben Barbera Executive Director and Pres., Milwaukee County Historical Society BBarbera@milwaukeehistory.net Marcy Bidney Assistant Director of Libraries, UWM Golda Meir Library bidney@uwm.edu Simon Bronner Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Social Sciences, UWM bronners@uwm.edu Barry Cameron Associate Professor, UWM Department of Geosciences bcameron@uwm.edu Elisabetta Cova Associate Professor, Foreign Languages & Literature-General covae@uwm.edu Jennifer Haas Director of ARLC, UWM Department of Anthropology haasjr@uwm.edu Jean L. Hudson Associate Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology jhudson@uwm.edu Jennifer N. Johung Associate Professor, UWM Department of Art History johung@uwm.edu Ashley Lemke Associate Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology ashlemke@uwm.edu Nan Kim Associate Professor, UWM Department of History ynkp@uwm.edu Nicolette Meister James E. Lockwood Jr. Director, Logan Musuem of Anthropology, Beloit College meistern@beloit.edu Jessica Nelson Visiting Assistant Professor, UWM Department of History nelso878@uwm.edu David Pacifico Assistant Professor, UWM Department of Art History pacifico@uwm.edu Jackie Schweitzer History Collections Manager, MPM schweitzer@mpm.edu Dawn Scher Thomae Curator of Anthropology Collections, MPM thomae@uwm.edu Hillary K. Snow Honors College Faculty, UWM Honors College snowh@uwm.edu Kantara Souffrant Curator of Community Dialogue, Milwaukee Art Museum kantara.souffrant@mam.org W. Warner Wood Associate Professor, UWM Department of Anthropology woodw@uwm.edu Heather Winter Director of Knowledge Management & Digital Assets, Milwaukee Art Museum heather.winter@mam.org Max Yela Senior Academic Librarian, Golda Meir Library maxyela@uwm.edu
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