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TCU Department of Anthropology Faculty

 The TCU Anthropology faculty is pleased to serve the academic needs of TCU students.  Please do not hesitate to contact any faculty member by phone or by selecting their email address below.

Full-time Faculty:

Miguel C. Leatham (Ph.D. New Mexico 1993; Instructor) Sociocultural anthropology, folklore, religion, religious movements, ethnicity, peasants; Mesoamerica, Latin America, Mexican-American studies; m.leatham@tcu.edu, 817-257-5942

David P. Sandell (Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin 2004; Assistant Professor) Cultural anthropology, political economy, poetics, folklore, religion, transnational migration; U.S. Southwest, Mexico. d.sandell@tcu.edu, 817-257-5424

Lisa K. Vanderlinden (Ph.D. Rutgers 2003; Assistant Professor) Cultural anthropology, gender, ethnicity, medical anthropology, transnational migration, mass media; Germany, Europe, North America; l.vanderlinden@tcu.edu, 817-257-5949

Adjunct Faculty:

Portia Belo (M. A. Southern Methodist University 2004) Cultural anthropology, medical anthropology, education, disability, chronic disease, special education; Latin America, United States; P.Belo@tcu.edu, 817-257-7298

Jennifer Lockett, M.A., J.Lockett@tcu.edu, 817-257-7298

Katherine Monigal, Ph.D., K.Monigal@tcu.edu, 817-257-7298

Timothy Sullivan, (Ph.D. University of Texas at Arlington; 2003) Historical Archaeology, the early contact period in the Caribbean, the emergence of early nation states and the role of piracy and cultural interaction in promoting the growth of these states; T.Sullivan@tcu.edu, 817-257-7298

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT:  Dr. Timothy Sullivan
 

A native of California, Dr. Sullivan received his BA in Anthropology from the University of Southern California(1971) and then received his MA in Conservation Archaeology from Southern Methodist University(1976). He worked for the Archaeology Research Center at SMU, the Center for Applied Science at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas), working on various archaeological sites in Texas and New Mexico. After completing additional graduate training in Sociology at NTSU, he began teaching in the Dallas County Community College District. In 1997 he entered the new Transatlantic History Program at the University of Texas at Arlington, receiving his Ph.D. in 2003. His dissertation research involved tracing the cultural evolution of piracy in the Caribbean from late seventeenth to the early eighteenth century. His current research interests are in Historical Archaeology, the early contact period in the Caribbean, the emergence of early nation states and the role of piracy and cultural interaction in promoting the growth of these states. His hobbies include travel, scuba diving and swimming.