Department Faculty

Full Time Faculty

Hetty Jo Brumbach (PhD, SUNY-Albany, 1978)
Associate Curator of Anthropology
Chair, Graduate Affairs Committee
Museum Associate, New York State Museum, State of New York, 2003-present
Interests: Archaeology, ecology, ethnoarchaeology, museum studies, and gender.
Areas: North America
E-mail:  brumbach@albany.edu

Marilyn A. Masson (PhD, University of Texas, 1993)
Associate Professor
Director, Institute for Mesoamerican Studies
Interests: Archaeology, cultural evolution, political organization, human ecology, ancient religion, zooarchaeology, lithic analysis
Areas: Mesoamerica, North America
E-mail:   massonma@albany.edu

Sean M. Rafferty (PhD, Binghamton University, 2001)
Assistant Professor
Interests: Archaeology, Archaeometry, Ritual Practices
Areas: Eastern North America
Email:  rafferty@albany.edu

Robert M. Rosenswig (PhD, Yale University, 2005)
Assistant Professor
Interests: Archaeology, Origins of Social Complexity
Areas: Mesoamerica
Email: rrosenswig@albany.edu

Stuart Swiny (PhD, University of London, 1979)
Associate Professor
Director, Institute for Cypriot Studies
Interests: Archaeology of Bronze Age Cyprus
Areas: Cyprus
E-mail:  swiny@albany.edu