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About the AGSA
The Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA) provides anthropology graduate students with a unified voice within the Department and University. It is an opportunity for us to organize and engage in activities beyond those of studying, attending class and fulfilling other academic and professional responsibilities. Activities and events include Town Hall meetings, destress events, donation markets, off-campus social events, professional development workshops and assistance with the Anthropology Department Speakers Series.
Incoming students often find themselves a bit confused as to what is expected of them when they begin graduate work in Anthropology at UAlbany. Incoming students may contact any of the following officers in the AGSA to be added to the listserv, in order to receive necessary graduate and departmental information.
Also, we have a space in Discord where students share news and graduate opportunities with each other. You can reach us through the AGSA Instagram or you can email [email protected].
List of Officers for 2025 to 2026
President: Augustus Lovett
Vice President: Joy Przybyla
Treasurer: Eleanor McDonald
Secretary: Emma Rowland
Faculty Liaison/GSA Representative: Brianna Fonda
Webmaster: Brenna Rosenbaum
Social Media Manager: Ava Cristiano
Contact us: [email protected]
Anthropology Graduate Students
Archaeology
Stephen Butz
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: Northeastern America
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology, XRF scanning
Ava Cristiano
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: [email protected]
Holly Cruger
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: [email protected]
Barry Dale
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: [email protected]
John Dennehey
Danielle Duguid
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: [email protected]
Emma Falk
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: [email protected]
John Michael Garbellano
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: [email protected]
Lucinda Herrick
Advisor: Rosenswig, Robert M
Email: [email protected]
Elizabeth Hoag
Dana Keil
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: [email protected]
Matthew Kirk
Advisor: Rosenswig, Robert M
Email: [email protected]
Madelyn Knopfke
Dylan Lewis
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: [email protected]
Augustus Lovett
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: Northeast North America; Newfoundland, Canada
Research Interests: Maritime Archaic, Lithics, Use-wear Analysis, Subsistence Patterns
Antonio Martinez Tunon
Advisor: Rosenswig, Robert M
Email: [email protected]
Holly Maxwell
Advisor: Masson, Marilyn A
Email: [email protected]
Xavier McClean
Advisor: Rosenswig, Robert M
Email: [email protected]
Alba Tellez-Nieto
Holly Noblewolf
Joy Przybyla
Sara Regensburger
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: [email protected]
Emma Rowland
Alfredo Saucedo
Eiryn Sheades
Advisor: Masson, Marilyn A
Email: [email protected]
Alba Tellez-Nieto
Advisor: Perez Rodriguez,Veronica
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: Posclassic, Displacement, Resettlement, Lithics, Metztitlan
Daniel Wilcox
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: [email protected]
Biological Anthropology
Catherine Clayton
Brianna Fonda
John Garbellan
Eleanor McDonald
Everlyne Omondi
Advisor: Rowan, John
Email: [email protected]
Christianne Ormsby
Advisor: Rowan, John
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: East Africa
Research Interests: Functional postcranial morphology, mammal locomotion, paleontology
Antonio Otero
Advisor: Gordon, Adam D
Email: [email protected]
Brenna Rosenbaum
Erica Tyler
Advisor: Schell, Lawrence M
Email: [email protected]
Casey West
Advisor: Schell, Lawrence M
Email: [email protected]
Ajay J. Yesupriya
Advisor: Gage, Timothy B
Email: [email protected]
Cultural Anthropology
Alondra Aca Garcia
Advisor: Burrell, Jennifer L
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: Mexico
Research Interests: Migrations, Integration, Repatriation, Transnationalism, Belonging
Rebecca Akers
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Anthony Balaguera
Arthur Bravo
Abigail Cahill
Advisor: Andaya, Elise L
Email: [email protected]
Aindrila Chakraborty
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: Puducherry, India
Research Interests: Diaspora, Post/Colonialism, Cultural Politics, Heritage, Tourism
Kaori Chen
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: Weaving; Creativity; Aging; Ethnography; Ethnographic Writing
Jennifer Crowley
Alondra Garcia
Manoela Goncalves Ribeiro
Jazmin High
Advisor: Andaya, Elise L
Email: [email protected]
Chelsea Jones
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Aisha Kearney
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Ryan Levy
Advisor: Burrell, Jennifer L
Email: [email protected]
Florencia McDowell
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Jonathan Muller
Advisor: Burrell, Jennifer L
Email: [email protected]
Morgan Mulroe
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: United States, Wisconsin
Research Interests: Colonialism, Gender, Power Dynamics, Social Movements
Hannah Noblewolf
Advisor: Andaya, Elise L
Email: [email protected]
Ana Ortiz
Subhajit Pal
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests: Tourism and Travel Narratives
Marie Peterson
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Rafia Rahman
Advisor: Andaya, Elise L
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: Bangladesh, South-East Asia
Research Interests: Garment industry, Female Factory Labor, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Health of Female Labor Force, Global Economy and Assembly Line Workers
Kate Reddy
Advisor: Burrell, Jennifer L
Email: [email protected]
Kristen Rowley
Massoud Salari
Sarena Salmeri
Sara Sobhani
Maddison Smith
Drew Somoray
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: Community Archaeology, museums, tourism
Rebecca Stoner LaFountain
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: [email protected]
Allison Varian
Miguel Vassallo Rodriguez
Heungtae Yang
Advisor: Burkhart, Louise M
Email: [email protected]
Linguistics
Anick Biswas
Lisabeth Dashman
Advisor: Clemens,Lauren
Email: [email protected]
Jessica Holtz
Advisor: Bickmore, Lee S
Email: [email protected]