MEET THE ANTHROPOLOGY FACULTY

REGULAR FACULTY
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY JOINED THE DEPARTMENT

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  1. Dr. John Rashford; RashfordJ@cofc.edu
    Cultural Anthropologist/Ethnobotanist
    Fieldwork: The Caribbean, Japan, Europe, South Carolina
    Teaches: Introduction to Anthropology, Anthropological Perspectives on Time, Theories for the Origin of Agriculture,  Anthropological Perspectives on Religion, and has taught many of the others.
    Community Links:  Board member of  The Charleston Museum and the S.C. Coastal Conservation League, Chairman of the editorial board of the S.C. Historical Society

  2. Dr. Brad Huber: HuberB AT cofc.edu
    Cultural Anthropologist/Medical Anthropologist
    Fieldwork: Mexico, Costa Rica, U.S.
    Teaches: Introduction to Anthropology, Comparative Social Organization, Peoples and Cultures of Latin America, Medical Anthropology, Culture and the Individual, Anthropological Research Methods
    Community Links: Our Lady of Mercy (free medical clinics for Hispanics); CofC's Institutional Review Board

  3. Dr. Barbara Borg; BorgB@cofc.edu
    New World Archaeologist/Ethnohistorian
    Fieldwork: Mexico, Guatemala, U.S.
    Archival Research: Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, U.S.
    Teaches: Introduction to Anthropology,  Archaeology, North American Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, Aztecs and Maya, Anthropology of Gender, Peoples and Cultures of N. America, Archaeological Field School
    Community Links: Charleston County Chapter of the Archaeological Society of S.C., violinist in regional orchestras, P.E.O. International (a women's philanthropic educational organization), Charleston Music Study Club (and judge for music camp scholarship auditions), Elderhostels

  4. Dr. Dana Cope; CopeD@cofc.edu
    Biological Anthropologist/Vertebrate Paleontologist
    Fieldwork: Paleontological and geological fieldwork in Wyoming, Utah, Texas, Northern Mexico and South Carolina
    Museum Research: U.S., England, Belgium, the Netherlands
    Teaches: Introduction to Anthropology, History of Anthropological Theory, Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Human Evolution, Vertebrate Paleontology, Human Osteology, Primate Behavior and Evolution, Human Adaptation and Variation, Field Methods in Vertebrate Paleontology
    Community Links: C of C Institutional Review Board for human subjects research, Darwin Week organizer, lecturer for public schools/general public, fossil/skeletal identification, C of C teacher
    support for scientific education and advocacy of quality science standards for S.C.

  5. Dr. Maureen Hays: HaysM@cofc.edu; Chair
    Old World Archaeologist/ Lithics Specialist
    Fieldwork: France, Southeastern US.
    Research: Microwear analyst France, Portugal, Southeastern US.
    Teaches: Introduction to Anthropology, Archaeology, History of Anthropological Theory, Paleolithic Archaeology, Prehistoric Art and Ritual, Archaeological Field School
    Community Links: Habitat for Humanity College of Charleston Chapter

  6. Dr. Eileen Moore Quinn; QuinnE@cofc.edu
    Folklorist and Linguistic Anthropologist
    Fieldwork : County Donegal, Ireland
    Teaches: Introduction to Anthropology, Language and Culture, Folklore  of the British Isles, Peoples and Cultures of Europe, Prospective new courses: Gender and Storytelling and Language and Power
    Community Links: Beginning to network with local Hibernian groups, local library groups and women's groups.  Appointed to the President's Committee on Long Range Planning

ADDITIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY INSTRUCTORS

1. Ron Anthony; ranthony@charlestonmuseum.org

Historical Archaeologist, Charleston Museum
Fieldwork: Historic Charleston, Plantation Archaeology
Teaches: Introduction to Anthropology, Archaeological Lab Methods, Archaeological Field School

2. Dr. Dee Dee Joyce; JoyceD@cofc.edu

Historical Archaeologist, Senior Instructor in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Fieldwork: Southeastern U.S.
Interests: 19th century Southern race, class, and ethnic relations; urban settlement patterns; and Irish immigrants
Teaches: Introduction to Anthropology

3. Dr. Karen Weissman; WeissmanK@cofc.edu

Cultural Anthropologist, Instructor Anthropology and Sociology
Fieldwork: Coal fields of southern West Virginia
Teaches: Introduction to Anthropology, African Studies, Women's Studies
Community Links: volunteer for Speakers' Bureau

4. Martha Zierden; mzierden@charlestonmuseum.org

Historical Archaeologist, Charleston Museum
Fieldwork: Historic Charleston, Plantation Archaeology
Teaches: Archaeological Field School

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