Anthropology/Sociology: Faculty and Staff

Professor

Earl Wright II. Chair. 1994. B.A., University of Memphis; 1997. M.A., University of Memphis; 2000 PhD., University of Nebraska. (Historical sociology, qualitative research methods, race and ethnicity, and urban sociology.

Associate Professor

Hadi Khoshneviss. 2020. B.A., School of Journalism, Tehran, Iran; M.A. University of Tehran, Iran; M.A. University College London; London, England; Ph.D. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. (Race and ethnicity, immigration, movement and mobility, nationalism, social theory, decolonial theory.)

Jeanne Lopiparo. 2009. B.A., Harvard University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. (Mesoamerican archaeology, material culture, social identity, complex societies.)

Evelyn Perry. 2010. B.A., Colorado College; M.A. and Ph.D., Indiana University. (Urban and community sociology, culture, inequality, race, class, gender ethnography.)

Assistant Professors

Laura Leisinger. 2011. B.A. CUNY Hunter College; 2016. M.A. University of South Florida; 2025. Ph.D. University of South Florida. (Migration and the state, emotion and mental health, and Haitian and Caribbean Studies.)

Jennifer Lupu. 2012. B.A., Barnard College; 2015 M.A. University of Chicago; 2023 Ph.D. Northwestern University. (Historical archeology, medical anthropology, and collections-based research.)

Staff