Department of Anthropology
Colorado College
14 E. Cache la Poudre
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: 719-389-6358

Full Time Faculty

Esteban Gómez (Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Berkeley)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology: 2009-
First year at Colorado College: 2009
Office: Barnes 314
Phone Extension: 6361
E-mail: esteban.gomez@coloradocollege.edu
Archaeology, Central America.

Sarah Hautzinger (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1997)
Associate Professor of Anthropology: 2004-
First Year at Colorado College: 1998
Office: Barnes 304
Phone Extension: 6359
E-mail: shautzinger@coloradocollege.edu
Sociocultural anthropology, gender, political economy, African diaspora; Latin America, Brazil.

Christina Leza (Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2009)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology: 2011-
First year at Colorado College: 2011
Office: Barnes 306
Phone Extension: 6131
E-mail: christina.leza@coloradocollege.edu
Linguistic anthropology, indigenous peoples of the Americas, ideology and discourse, race and ethnicity, identity construction, grassroots social movement, U.S.-Mexico border; christina.leza@coloradocollege.edu

Mario Montaño (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1991)
Chair, Associate Professor of Anthropology: 2000-
First year at Colorado College: 1992
Office: Barnes 310
Phone Extension: 6824
E-mail: mmontano@coloradocollege.edu
Cultural anthropology, foodways, sociolinguistics, ethnographic methods, folk culture, Mexican Americans; Southwest.

Christina Torres-Rouff (Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, 2003)
Associate Professor of Anthropology: 2009-
First Year at Colorado College: 2003
Office: Barnes 402
Phone Extension: 6826
E-mail: ctorresrouff at coloradocollege.edu
Website: http://personalwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~ctorresrouff
Biological anthropology, bioarcheology, paleopathology, cultural modifications of the body, ethnicity; Andean South America, Mesopotamia.

 

Part Time Faculty

Laurel J. Watkins (Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1980)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics: 1990-
First year at Colorado College: 1978
Office: Barnes 308
Phone Extension: 6823
E-mail: lwatkins@coloradocollege.edu
Linguistics, American Indian languages, Kiowa-Tanoan, anthropological linguistics, language and gender, language acquisition, historical linguistics.

Sue Ann VonFeldt (Visiting Instructor)
Sue Ann Vonfeldt teaches the American Sign Language adjunct in the Anthropology Department. She is a qualified as an ASL Interpreter, and has been teaching at Colorado College since 2003. She spent many years doing community based interpreting, and has even been a National Video Interpreter.
Blocks 1-4 - AN123: American Sign Language
Blocks 5-8 - AN124: American Sign Language

Emeritus Faculty

J. Michael Hoffman (M.D., University of Maryland, 1970; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1973)
Professor of Anthropology
Biological anthropology, osteology, paleoanthropology, forensic anthropology; southwest US.

Paul Kutsche (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1961)
Professor Emeritus
Cultural anthropology, Cherokee, SW Hispanos, Costa Rica.

Michael Nowak (Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1968)
Professor Emeritus
E-mail: mnowak@coloradocollege.edu
Physical anthropology, human ecology, nutrition, archeology, primate behavior; the Arctic.

Marianne L. Stoller (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1979)
Professor Emerita
Social anthropology, ethnography, ethnohistory, art and comparative aesthetics, Southwest Native Americans and Latinos; North America.

 

Visiting Faculty

Krista Fish (Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 2010)
Visiting Assistant Professor: 2010-
First year at the college: 2006
Office: Barnes 306
Phone extension: 6131
email: Krista.Fish@ColoradoCollege.edu
Biological anthropology, primate ecology and behavior, human and nonhuman primate community ecology, Latin America, Africa.

Staff

Suzanne Ridings
Staff Assistant
Office: Barnes 302
Phone Extension: 6358
E-mail: sridings@coloradocollege.edu

 


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