Welcome!

Darlene Applegate
Anthropology Program
Associate Professor and Director of the Anthropology Program (B.A., Anthropology and Geology, Miami University; M.A., Ph.D., Anthropology, The Ohio State University)

Dr. Applegate teaches courses in archaeology and biological anthropology. Her interests include Eastern Woodlands archaeology, cave and rockshelter archaeology, mortuary archaeology, lithic analysis, bioarchaeology, and site formation processes. She advises the Anthropology Club and oversees the WKU Anthropology Lab. 

darlene.applegate@wku.edu
Dr. Applegate's Homepage

Kate Hudepohl
Anthropology Program
Assistant Professor (B.A., University of Virginia, Anthropology and Art History; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University, Anthropology)

Dr. Hudepohl is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the Caribbean. She teaches courses in cultural anthropology and biological anthropology. Her interests include gender, indigenous culture, tourism, and medical anthropology. She advises the local chapter of the national anthropological honorary society, Lambda Alpha.

kate.hudepohl@wku.edu
Dr. Hudepohl's Homepage

Dr. Kristen Dowell
Anthropology Program
Assistant Professor of Anthropology (B.A. with honors, Anthropology, University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., Anthropology, New York University; New York State Certificate in Culture and Media, New York University)

Dr. Dowell teaches courses in cultural anthropology, Native North American cultures, visual anthropology and video production. Her research examines indigenous identity, urban Indian cultural life, and the politics of representation in indigenous media and activism in Native North America. In addition to her academic research she works as a film curator and has worked on several Native film festivals in New York City, Washington D.C. and Vancouver, B.C. She is also the director of Reel Steps: Irish Dance in America (2002), a twenty-minute ethnographic video about Irish dancing and cultural identity in New York. She oversees the video production lab and visual resources in the Dept. of Folk Studies and Anthropology.

Kristin.Dowell@wku.edu   
Dr. Kistin Dowell's Homepage (Coming Soon!)

Faculty in Other Programs Who Teach Courses in the Anthropology Program

Chris Antonsen, Ph.D.
Folk Studies Program
Assistant Professor (B.A., Rhetoric, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A., Folk Studies, Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., English, concentration in Folklore Studies, The Ohio State University)
chris.antonsen@wku.edu
Dr. Antonsen's Homepage

Erika Brady, Ph.D.
Folk Studies Program
Professor (B.A.mcl, Folklore and Mythology, Harvard/Radcliffe; M.A., Comparative Folklore and Mythology, UCLA; Ph.D., Folklore, Indiana University)
erika.brady@wku.edu
Dr. Brady's Homepage

Lesa Dill, Ph.D.
English Department
Associate Professor (B.A. University of North Alabama, English; M.A. University of Arkansas; M.S. Western Kentucky University, Molecular Genetics; Ph.D. University of Georgia, English)
lesa.dill@wku.edu
Dr. Dill's Homepage

Timothy Evans, Ph.D.
Folk Studies Program
Associate Professor (Ph.D., Folklore, Indiana University at Bloomington)
tim.evans@wku.edu
Dr. Evan's Homepage

J.A.K. Njoku, Ph.D.
Folk Studies Program
Associate Professor (B.A., Music, University of Nigeria; M.A., Musicology, Michigan State University; Ph.D. Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University)
johnston.njoku@wku.edu
Dr. Njoku's Homepage

Michael Ann Williams, Ph.D.
Folk Studies Program
Professor (B.A. Anthropology, Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Folklore and Folklife)
michael.williams @wku.edu
Dr. Williams' Homepage