Faculty and Staff

Fall 2026 Faculty at a Glance

Faculty office hours and areas of interest

FULL TIME FACULTY

Dr. Elizabeth Arnold

Associate Professor and Department Chair; she/her/hers

Office Address: 225 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8936
Email: [email protected]

B.A., M.A, University of Manitoba
Ph.D., University of Calgary

I am an anthropologist and an environmental archaeologist, studying both plants and animals in the archaeological record. I have worked with materials from the Balkans, Ukraine, Africa and North and South America. My fieldwork has taken me to South Africa and Sudan, Israel and I worked in the Cultural Resource Management industry in Canada for six years.

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Dr. Steven Dorland

Assistant Professor

Office Address: 228 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8211
Email: [email protected]

Ph.D., University of Toronto

Archaeology - Eastern North America
Collaborative Archaeology, Pottery Production, and Childhood Learning

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Action shot of Dr. Guilbault at a cave entrance

Kari Guilbault

Visiting Professor

Office Address: 226 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8210
Email: [email protected]

Ph.D., Purdue University

Bioarchaeology – Stress-based evidence expressed on the skeletal elements
Nubia

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Dr. Kristin Hedges

Associate Professor, Internship Coordinator

Office Address: 234 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8212
Email: [email protected]

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Medical Anthropology - Kenya, urban United States

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Dr. Tara Hefferan

Senior Affiliate Professor

Office Address: 224 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8924
Email: [email protected]

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Applied cultural anthropology - Haiti and the United States (focus on Grand Rapids, Michigan), anthropology of sport (particularly soccer/football studies), economic development, midwifery

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Dr. Gwyn Madden

Professor, Assistant Chair

Office Address: 223 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-2721
Email: [email protected]

Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Physical Anthropology - Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, mummy studies

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Dr. Mark Schwartz

Professor

Office Address: 220 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8518
Email: [email protected]

Ph.D., Northwestern University

Archaeology - Near East, Great Lakes, underwater archaeology

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Dr. Heather Van Wormer

Professor

Office Address: 226a Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8673
Email: [email protected]

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Historical archaeology/ Cultural anthropology- Intentional communities, social memory, historical anthropology, social movements, North America and New Zealand

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Dr. Deana Weibel

Professor

Office Address: 227 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-3346
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @ethnoethereal

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Cultural anthropology - U.S. and France, Religion, pilgrimage, travel and tourism, space exploration, space tourism

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Dr. Michael Wroblewski

Associate Professor

Office Address: 230 Lake Michigan Hall
Phone: (616) 331-8931
Email: [email protected]

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Linguistic Anthropology – language variation, identity, and politics; language revitalization; language and environment; Amazonian Ecuador, Norway, U.S.

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