Faculty & Staff

James Nolan

Chair and Washington Gladden 1859 Professor of Sociology

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 344

413-597-2460

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David Edwards

James N. Lambert '39 Professor of Anthropology

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 326

413-597-2194

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Antonia Foias

Professor of Anthropology

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 309

413-597-2264

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Kim Gutschow

Lecturer in Religion and Anthropology/Sociology

Religion Department

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 338

413-597-2464

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Peter Just

Professor of Anthropology

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 325

413-597-2552

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Joel Lee

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 44

413-597-4883

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Marketa Rulikova

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 56

413-597-4653

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Olga Shevchenko

Professor of Sociology

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 315

413-597-4767

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Grant Shoffstall

Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology & Sociology

Anthropology and Sociology

Schapiro Hall

413-597-3720

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Christina E. Simko

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 304

413-597-2416

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Ben Snyder

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 144

413-597-4531

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Affiliated Faculty

Zaid Adhami

Assistant Professor of Religion and Faculty Affiliate in Anthropology & Sociology

Religion Department

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 208

413-597-6659

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Nicolas C. Howe

Director of CES and the Environmental Studies Program, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Anthropology and Sociology

Center for Environmental Studies

Anthropology and Sociology

Kellogg House

413-597-4062

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James A. Manigault-Bryant

Professor of Africana Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Anthropology and Sociology and Religion

Africana Studies

Religion Department

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 148

413-597-2107

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Gregory C. Mitchell

Chair and Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Anthropology/Sociology, Chair of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Anthropology and Sociology

Hollander Hall , Rm 107

413-597-2316

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Administrative Contact

Margaret Weyers

Departmental Administrative Assistant

Anthropology and Sociology

Religion Department

Hollander Hall , Rm 127B

413-597-2241

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Affiliated Research Associate

Lisa A. Koryushkina
Research Associate
Anthropology and Sociology
413-597-4018
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Emeritus Faculty

Michael F. Brown

Michael Brown is currently president of the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He served on the Williams College faculty for 34 years, retiring in 2014 as the Lambert Professor of Anthropology & Latin American Studies, Emeritus. During his time at Williams he chaired the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, served as director of the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and co-chaired the Stetson-Sawyer Building Committee, which planned the construction of Schapiro and Hollander Halls as well as the new Sawyer Library. His professional interests include popular and traditional spirituality, ethnomedicine, dilemmas of heritage and heritage protection, and the indigenous peoples of the New World, especially the Amazon.