Anthropology Faculty & Staff

Department Chair

Todd Koetje

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Associate Professor
(360) 650-4791
AH 322

Faculty

Judith Pine, PhD

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Professor
(360) 650-4783
AH 340

Susan Larsen

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Instructor

Natalie Baloy

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Assistant Professor
360-650-4871
AH 324

Marianne Brasil, PhD

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Assistant Professor
AH 338

Sean Bruna

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Associate Professor
(360) 650-2290

Marianne Cooper

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Postdoctoral Researcher

Dominique Coulet du Gard

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Senior Instructor
(360) 650-2309
AH 305

Jerald Ek Romero, PhD

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Assistant Professor
AH 356

Fiona Felker

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Instructor
360-650-2036
AH 309

Ella Jae Fisher

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Professor
(360) 650-4785
AH 334

Sarfraz Khan

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Instructor
AH 316

Mariangela Mihai, PhD

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Assistant Professor
AH 358

Tesla Monson

Associate Professor
(360) 650-4787
AH 320

Myron Shekelle

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Instructor
360-650-3309 , please use email
AH 305

Michael Shepard

Instructor
360-650-4028
AH 311

Lisa Spicer

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Instructor
AH 318

Andrew Weitz

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Assistant Professor
AH 342

Kathleen Young

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Associate Professor
(360) 650-4790
AH 336

Yeon Jung Yu

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Associate Professor
(360) 650-2182
AH 318

Affiliated Faculty

Lourdes Gutierrez Nájera

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Chair Associate Professor Affiliated Faculty in Anthropology Affiliated Faculty in Latin American Studies Fairhaven Faculty Member
(360) 650-2553
CH 101

Christine Johnston

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Associate Professor
360-650-2062
Bond Hall 336

Nicole Torres

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Assistant Professor, Woodring College of Education
(360) 650-4527
MH 316D

Emeritus

Daniel Boxberger

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Professor Emeritus

Sarah Campbell

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Professor Emerita

Joyce Hammond

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Professor Emerita
(360) 650-4796

James Loucky

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Professor Emeritus
(360) 650-3615

Robert Marshall

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Professor Emeritus

M. J. Mosher

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Associate Professor
(360) 650-3614
AH 324

Staff

Mariah Perez

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Program Coordinator
(360) 650-2229
AH 315

Alyson Rollins

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NAGPRA Program and Collections Manager
(360) 650-2184
AH 313

Research Associate

Kristen Barnett

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Research Associate

Laure Spake

Laure Spake, Research Associate and an Instructor in the Department of Anthropology at Western Washington University, looks over her shoulder as she stands near a body of water.
Research Associate Instructor