Committee and Administrative Assignments

Department Administration

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Committee and Administrative Assignments

Head	Darryl de Ruiter
Associate Head	Kelly Graf
Director of Graduate Studies	Lori Wright
Associate Director of Graduate Studies	Jeff Winking
M.S. Program Coordinator	Kevin Crisman
Director of Undergraduate Studies	Catharina Laporte

Archaeology Program Coordinator	Tedd Goebel (Fall)/Kelly Graff (Spring)
Biological Anth Program Coordinator	Darryl de Ruiter
Cultural Anth Program Coordinator	Mike Alvard
Nautical Anth Program Coordinator	Cemal Pulak

Department Curator	Heather Thakar
Director, CMAC	Donny Hamilton
Director, SCFA	Mike Waters
Associate Director, SCFA	Ted Goebel
Director, CRL	Donny Hamilton
NAGPRA Coordinator	Heather Thakar
Assessment Coordinator (phasing out>	Alston Thoms
Distinguished Lecture Series Coordinator	Anna Linderholm
Building Proctor	Rebekah Luza

Bridging Themes Working Groups

Evolution & Ecology (Darryl de Ruiter, Chair)

Food/Nutrition/Culture (Allison Hopkins, Chair)

Migrations/Dispersals/Diaspora (Ted Goebel, Chair)

Technology & Material Culture (Filipe Castro, Chair)

Standing Committees

Executive Committee
TBD (ARCH)
TBD (BIO)
Mike Alvard (CULT)
Cemal Pulak) (NAUT)
Mike Waters (CSFA Director)
Donny Hamilton (CMAC Director)

Graduate Committee
Lori Wright (BIO, Chair)
Donny Hamilton (NAUT)
Vaughn Bryant (ARCH)
Jeff Winking – Fall (CULT)

Undergraduate Committee
Allison Hopkins (CULT)
David Carlson (ARCH)
Sheela Athreya (BIO)
Deborah Carlson (NAUT)

Association of Anthropology Graduate Students
Angela Achorn (AAGS GPSC Rep & Faculty Liaison)
Missy Gandarilla (AAGS GPSC Rep Alternate)

Promotion & Tenure Committee

Ted Goebel (Chair)

All Tenured Faculty review Assistant Professors for Promotion & Tenure
All Full Professors review Associate Professors for Promotion & Tenure

Sub-committee for Anna Linderholm
- Ted Goebel (Chair of Sub-committee; research letter)
- Sheela Athreya (teaching letter)
- Jeff Winking (service letter)
Sub-committee for Catharina Laporte
- Sheela Athreya (Chair of sub-committee; teaching letter)
- Jeff Winking (service letter)

Departmental Representation on College Committees

Liberal Arts Executive Council (Cynthia Werner)
Liberal Arts GIC (Lori Wright)
Liberal Arts UIC (Sheela Athreya)
Liberal Arts Council (Donny Hamilton, Catharina Laporte)
Liberal Arts Climate & Inclusion (Heather Thakar)
Planning & Resources (Vaughn Bryant)
TAMU Libraries Representative (David Carlson)
Glasscock Center Advisory Committee (Shelley Wachsmann)

Departmental Representatives on Faculty Senate

Catharina Laporte (Executive Committee Member)
Anna Linderholm
Heather Thakar

Departmental Representation on Staff Committees

Liberal Arts Staff Development Council (Christel Cooper)
Liberal Arts Business Council (Rebekah Luza)

Advisors to Student Organizations

Anthropological Society Staff Advisor (Marco Valadez)
Nautical Archaeology Student Association Faculty Advisor (Filipe Castro)
Anthropology Graduate Student Association (Lori Wright)

Mentors for Assistant Professors

Allison Hopkins – Jeff Winking and Cynthia Werner
Catharina Laporte – Valerie Balester (outside of dept) and Cynthia Werner
Anna Linderholm –Jeff Winking and Kelly Graf
Heather Thakar – Ted Goebel and Cynthia Werner

Mentors for Associate Professors (if desired)

Sheela Athreya – Lori Wright
Debbie Carlson – Cemal Pulak and Kevin Crisman