Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Faculty are individuals who “are professional staff of the University who may teach on an occasional, limited, course-by-course basis.” They are expected to contribute to the mission of the Department in at least one of the following ways: teaching, student advisement, serving on graduate committees, serving on faculty search committees, and/or collaboration with students and/or faculty.

Angelyn Bass

Photo: Angelyn Bass

Research Assistant Professor
Principal Investigator, Archaeological Sites Conservation Grants
MS, University of Pennsylvania (1998)

Email: 
angelynbass@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae

Ronda Brulotte

Photo: Ronda Brulotte

UNM Geography and Environmental Studies and Latin American Studies
Secondary Appointment Anthropology
PhD, University of Texas at Austin (2006)

Email: 
brulotte@unm.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Thomas De Pree

Photo: Thomas De Pree


ASERT Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2019)

Julie Griffin Salvador

Photo:  Julie  Griffin Salvador

UNM Department of Psychiatry, Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health
Secondary Appointment Anthropology
PhD, University of New Mexico (2001)

Email: 
jgsalvador@salud.unm.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Lisa Huckell

Adjunct Research Associate Professor (appointed via Letter of Academic Title)
Research Associate, Herbarium, UNM Department of Biology
MA, University of Arizona (1994)

Kristina M Jacobsen

Photo: Kristina M Jacobsen

UNM Department of Music
Secondary Appointment Anthropology; Affiliation with American Studies
PhD, Duke University (2012)

Email: 
kmj23@unm.edu
Phone: 
(505) 277-1829
Curriculum Vitae

Aaron Lenihan

Photo: Aaron Lenihan

Adjunct Research Assistant Professor (appointed via Letter of Academic Title)
Research Scientist, Center for Applied Research and Analysis
PhD, University of Georgia (2021)

Email: 
alenihan@unm.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Lea McChesney

Photo: Lea McChesney

Adjunct Research Assistant Professor (appointed via Letter of Academic Title)
PhD, New York University (2003)

Email: 
lsmcches@unm.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Seth Newsome

Photo: Seth Newsome

UNM Department of Biology
Secondary Appointment Anthropology

Email: 
newsome@unm.edu

Alexis O'Donnell

Photo: Alexis O'Donnell

Adjunct Assistant Professor (appointed via Letter of Academic Title)
Assistant Professor, UNM HSC College of Population Health
PhD, University of New Mexico (2019)

Tryphenia B Peele-Eady

Photo: Tryphenia B Peele-Eady

UNM College of Education, Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
Secondary Appointment Anthropology; Director, College of Education Multicultural Education Center
PhD, Claremont Graduate University (2005)

Email: 
tbpeele@unm.edu

Shawn Penman

Photo: Shawn  Penman

Adjunct Assistant Professor (appointed via Letter of Academic Title)
GIS Specialist/Programmer, UNM Earth Data Analysis Center
PhD, University of New Mexico (2002)

Adam Reynolds

Post Doctoral Fellow, UNM Department of Internal Medicine and UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center

Email: 
adamzreynolds@unm.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Matthew Schmader

Photo: Matthew Schmader

Adjunct Research Assistant Professor (appointed via Letter of Academic Title)
Research Scientist 3, UNM Department of Anthropology
PhD, University of New Mexico (1994)

Micayla Spiros

Photo: Micayla   Spiros


Post Doctoral Fellow, Cold Case Resolutions for the State of New Mexico
PhD, Michigan State University (2024)

Email: 
mispiros@salud.unm.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Michael Trujillo

Photo: Michael Trujillo

UNM American Studies Department
Secondary Appointment Anthropology

Email: 
mltruj@unm.edu

Cathleen Willging

Adjunct Associate Professor (appointed via Letter of Academic Title)
PhD, Rutgers University (1999)