Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology Coordinator
Native American Studies Director
Anthropology Alumni Club Sponsor
 Research Interests
Cultural anthropology; applied anthropology; ethnohistory; North American Indians (especially Cherokees, Shawnee, & Navajo); Native Australia & Oceania (especially Native Hawaiians); the environment; social organization; kinship; gender roles; ethnicity; politics.
Current Research
My core interest is understanding the strategies small ethnic groups use to survive. My research interests focus on Native North America, Australia, and Oceania. Most of my research has been on the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina, especially the previously unstudied Snowbird Community. I have also done some research on the Shawnee, Navajo, Native Hawaiians, and urban Appalachians. Presently I am researching Black Cherokees, people of African and Cherokee descent, who were forced off Cherokee rolls despite having more than the minimal Cherokee blood degree. I have done historical research and continued that research through interviews.
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- M.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- B.A. Georgia State University
Courses
- ANT 100 Cultural Anthropology
- ANT 230 North American Indians
- ANT 231 Modern American Indians
- ANT 270 Native Australia and Oceania
- ANT 312 Social Organization
Accolades
- 1998 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Award, Northern Kentucky University Student Government
- 1996 Strongest Influence Award, Northern Kentucky University Alumni Association
- 1994 Outstanding Professor Award, Northern Kentucky University
- 1980 President, Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky
Selected Publications
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