Anthropology Department Committee Appointments
Academic Year 2024-2025
Below are the department committee assignments and other faculty service appointments for academic year 2023-2024. This year will again be a very active one requiring service on the self-study for the external review and several promotion committees in addition to those listed below. Thank you for participating in these important departmental responsibilities and for your commitment to effective shared governance and university service.
- Department Head: Brenda Farnell
- Interim Associate Head: Kate Clancy
- Director of Graduate Studies (DGS): Krystal Smalls
- Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS): Petra Jelinek
- Liebman Undergraduate Research Coordinator: Petra Jelinek
- LEAD Scholars Program Organizers: Petra Jelinek, Kate Bishop
- Director of Laboratory Research: Stan Ambrose
- Faculty Liaison for Anthro Club/Lambda Alpha Honors Society: Brandon Ritchison
- Faculty Senate Representatives: Ellen Moodie, Jessica Greenberg
Advisory Committee:
Elected annually by the faculty to advise the Head on matters of substance, policy, and procedure and to carry out such additional duties and responsibilities as specified in the Bylaws and University Statutes. Election to the 24-25 committee will be held early in the Fall.
Members: Stan Ambrose, LaKisha David, Jennifer Delfino, Jane Desmond, Krystal Smalls (ex officio), Kate Clancy (ex officio), Petra Jelinek (ex officio)
Tenured Faculty Committee:
All active faculty members appointed on indefinite tenure. The committee’s responsibilities are normally to advise the Head in matters concerning the evaluation and promotion and/or tenure of persons holding the rank of Assistant Professor.
Professorial Committee:
All active faculty members holding the rank of Full Professor and the Department Head as Chair. The committee’s responsibilities are normally to advise the Head in matters concerning the evaluation and promotion of members of the faculty holding the rank of Associate Professor.
Members: Brenda Farnell (Chair), Stanley Ambrose, Kate Clancy, Jane Desmond, Virginia Dominguez, Christopher Fennell, Faye Harrison, Lyle Konigsberg, Lisa Lucero, Ripan Malhi, Andrew Orta, Gilberto Rosas, Laura Shackelford, Helaine Silverman, Rebecca Stumpf
Graduate Admissions Committee:
Responsible for the selection and recruitment of new graduate students for admission, and for the identification of fellowship candidates from the pool of newly admitted applicants.
Members: Lyle Konigsberg (Chair), Stan Ambrose, Kendra Calhoun, Krystal Smalls (ex officio)
Awards Committee:
Responsible for preparing nominations of anthropology faculty, staff, and students for campus and external (national and international awards), and the administration of Departmental Awards for faculty, staff, and students.
Members: Chris Fennell (Chair), Jeff Martin, Laura Shackelford, Kate Clancy (ex officio)
Graduate Financial Aid and Summer Research Funding Committee:
Responsible for making recommendationsregardingfinancialaidforcontinuinggraduatestudents, andforreviewingand rankingstudentfundingproposalstotheGraduateCollegeandotherunits. Responsibleforassigning grants to graduate students from departmental funds for summer pre-dissertation research.
Members: Jessica Brinkworth (chair); Lisa Lucero, Jennifer Delfino, Jeff Martin, Krystal Smalls (ex officio)
Colloquia and Intellectual Community Committee:
Responsible for planning and promoting talks, colloquia, workshops, and other departmental events and for coordinating departmental support for events initiated by other campus units. (Planning ahead for Spring 2025 and Fall 2025)
Members: Jane Desmond (Chair), Suzie Telep, Rebecca Stumpf, and 2 graduate students
Courses and Curricula Committee:
Responsible for reviewing curricula, making recommendations to the department for changes in curricula and assisting faculty in the course development process.
Rebecca Stumpf (chair) Elise Kramer, Erin Riggs, Krystal Smalls (Ex officio), and 1 graduate student
Diversity and Departmental Community Committee:
Responsible for developing and promoting department efforts to build a diverse scholarly community and for guiding department efforts to enact and update commitments detailed in the Departmental Action Plan of 2011 and 2021 Statements relating to Decolonizing Anthropology
Members: Jennifer Delfino (Chair), LaKisha David, Lisa Lucero, and 1 graduate student
Osteology Collections Committee & Ethics Committee:
A combination of the Osteology Collections Committee and Human Remains & Ethics Committee during 2024 - 2025 AY, this committee is sesponsible for reviewing the osteological collections and developing strategies for replacement of teaching materials. Responsible for documentation and repatriation of all unaffiliated Native American and other human remains held by the department or former Lab of Anthropology. Advisory to the Head with respect to NAGPRA compliance issues (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act).
Members: Jenny Davis (Chair), Kate Bishop, Lyle Konigsberg, and graduate student
Development /Marketing and Communications Team:
Responsible for periodic text and image updates to department website, working with staff and faculty as appropriate. Responsible for text of the alumni newsletter and other alumni relations efforts.
Members: Team Members: Jane Desmond (Chair), Breanna Escamilla, Abby Long, Petra Jelinek, Kate Clancy (ex officio)
Ad Hoc Committees
Mund Fund (Archaeology) Committee:
Responsible for oversight and awards from Mund Archaeology gift fund
Members: Chris Fennell (chair), Susan Frankenberg, Lisa Lucero
Liebman Awards Committee::
Responsible for administration of application process and awards for undergraduate summer research
Members: Petra Jelinek, Andrew Orta, Brenda Farnell
LEAD Scholars Program:
Responsible for directing this student support program.
Members: Program Co-organizers Kate Bishop, Petra Jelinek, Maritza Quinones (ex officio)
Cultural Resource Management (CRM) – MA feasibility assessment
Responsible for directing this assessment.
Members: PBrandon Ritchson, George Calfas, + PSAAP, ISAS reps.
Green Team:
Responsible for identifying (and implementing) ways in which the department can be more environmentally conscious and move towards more sustainable practices.
Members: Jessica Brinkworth (Chair) and any and all volunteers.
Capricious Grading Committee:
A Capricious Grading Committee shall be appointed or elected annually by each unit’s executive officer as needed. Student Code 3-107(b).
Grievance Committee:
A Grievance Committee will be appointed by the Head of the Department as needed. See Anthropology Graduate Handbook page 11.