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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

  1. Institution Name:
    University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Anthropology
  3. Faculty in Historical/Underwater Archaeology:
    1. Christopher Fennell. Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2003; J.D. Georgetown University, 1989; MA, University of Pennsylvania, 1986. Professor. Historical, contact, and prehistoric periods in North America, diaspora studies, regional systems and commodity chains, social group identities, ethnic group dynamics and racialization, stylistic and symbolic elements of material culture, consumption patterns, and analysis of craft and industrial enterprises. cfennell@illinois.edu.
    2. Helaine Silverman. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1986; Professor. Historical, contact and prehistoric periods in the Central Andes, social construction of space and landscape archaeology, complex societies, urbanism, death studies, ethnoarchaeology, museums and representations, cultural heritage management, public archaeology, and the politics of the past. helaine@illinois.edu.
    3. Susan Frankenberg. Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1990; Program Coordinator for Museum Studies. Cultural heritage and museums studies, teaching courses in museum theory and practice, history and development of museums in light of world events and intellectual trends, issues of inclusion and exclusion in museums, museums as memory. sfranken@illinois.edu
  4. Other Related Faculty/Staff:
    1. Stanley H. Ambrose. Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1984; Professor. African archeology, lithic technology, stable isotope analysis of diet, hominid evolution, evolutionary ecology, East Africa.
    2. Thomas Emerson. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1995; Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Director Emeritus, Illinois State Archaeological Survey. Prehistoric and historic archaeology, French colonial sites, Mississippian societies, eastern North America, cultural heritage management, hierarchical societies, ethnicity, symbolism.
    3. Rebecca Ginsburg. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2001; J.D. University of Michigan, 1987; Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture. Director, Education Justice Project. African archaeology, plantation archaeology, architectural history, material culture, cultural landscape studies.
    4. Lisa Lucero. Ph.D., U.C.L.A., 1994; Professor. Historical, prehistoric and contact periods, complex societies, political systems, ritual and politics, water management, Maya and Mesoamerican cultures and descendants.
    5. Andrew Orta. Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1996; Professor. Sociocultural anthropology, memory and history, history and anthropology, colonial/postcolonial studies, missionization, ethnicity and nationalism, personhood, Latin America, Andes.
    6. Timothy Pauketat. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1991; Professor. Historical, prehistoric and contact periods in North America, regional systems, practice theory, cultural heritage management, social inequality, political ideology, ceramics, and household archaeology.
  5. General Statement:
    The archaeology program at the University of Illinois emphasizes strong graduate training in archaeological methodologies, comparative approaches, theory and fieldwork. The 2010 National Research Council assessments recognized our Department’s success by ranking us as No. 1 out of 82 comparable graduate programs in “Percent of Students Receiving Full Support” and in overall “Program Outcomes.” Our program provides a strong, interdisciplinary specialization in historical archaeology, historical perspectives in archaeology and anthropology, and heritage studies. We offer Ph.D. and M.A. degrees, including a graduate minor in Museum Studies and a concentration in Cultural Heritage Studies. The M.A. degree is usually a first stage toward the doctorate. Graduate students are currently undertaking doctoral research throughout the world, and typically receive five and half years of full funding. The Departments of Anthropology and Landscape Architecture also host the Collaborative for Cultural Heritage Management and Policy, an interdisciplinary initiative for the critical study of cultural heritage and museums in a global context. We also host the African Diaspora Archaeology Network and Newsletter and direct and edit the peer-reviewed Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage. Archaeology faculty regularly offer an array of methods courses (e.g., surveying techniques, GIS, quantitative analysis, archaeometry, lithic analysis, ceramic analysis), regional survey courses (e.g., Africa, Central Andes, Europe, North, Central and South America), topical courses (e.g., historic archaeology, landscape archaeology, cultural heritage management, museum studies) and theory courses (e.g., history of archaeology, archaeological theory, social complexities, social construction of space). Department archaeologists and affiliated faculty in Landscape Architecture maintain active research programs in sites located in the United States, India, Peru, east-central Africa, and Europe.
  6. For More Information Contact:
    Christopher Fennell, Department of Anthropology, 109 Davenport Hall, MC-148, 607 S. Mathews St., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801. Office phone (217) 333-3616. Email: cfennell@illinois.edu. Department web page at: http://www.anthro.illinois.edu/