Adjunct Professors

Rhonda Bathurst

Adjunct Research Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Executive Director, Museum of Ontario Archaeology

Jerome Cybulski

Adjunct Research Professor (July 19, 2026)

Research Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology, Paleopathology, History of research in Canada, Northwest Coast and Plateau, Ancient Egypt, Public Outreach

Regna Darnell (Emeritus)

Adjunct Research Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Ecosystem Health, Public Health, Language and Culture, Gender and Migration, Indigenous Knowledge

Shari Forbes

Adjunct Professor (February 28, 2026)

Research Interests / Specializations: Forensic Taphonomy, Decomposition Chemistry, Time Since Death Estimation, Vertebrate Scavenging, Bone Chemistry

Marivete Gesser

Adjunct Research Professor (June 30, 2027)

Research Interests / Specializations: Feminist and Decolonial Theories in Disability Studies, Queer/Crip Theory, and Disability Justice; Structural Ableism and their Relations with Neoliberal Capitalist System, Focus on Brazil; Intersection Between Ableism, Gender and Racism in Higher Education; Disability Activism and the Production of Insurgent Narratives

Alicia Hawkins

Adjunct Research Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Collaborative and Indigenous Archaeology, Ontario Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Ceramic Technology, Glass Bead Chemistry, GIS

Casey Kirkpatrick

Adjunct Research Professor (June 30, 2027)

Research Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology and Archaeology, Dental Anthropology, Age Estimation, Bioinformatics, Paleopathology, Paleo-oncology, Ancient Egypt and Nubia.

Corey Maggiano

Adjunct Assistant Professor (June 30, 2027)

Research Interests / Specializations: Physical Anthropology, Bioarchaeology, Skeletal Biology, Isotopic Anthropology; Mexico/Maya, Egypt; Histomorphometry, Bone Growth and Development

Nadia Meinerz

Adjunct Research Professor (November 30, 2026)

Research Interests / Specializations: Brazilian Anthropologist; Specialized in Gender, Sexuality and Disability Studies Interested in the Dialogue between Ethnography, Art and Activism

Charles E. Orser, Jr.

Adjunct Research Professor (August 11, 2027)

Research Interests / Specializations: Historical Archaeology, Eastern North America, Race, Slavery and Maroonage, Political Economy, Colonialism

Amedeo Sghinolfi

Adjunct Research Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Archaeology of the Central Andean Region (Peruvian North Coast, Peruvian Northern Highlands), Settlement Pattern Analyses, Prehistoric Borderlands, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Archaeology

Theresa Topic (Emeritus)

Adjunct Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Andean Civilizations, Women in Prehistory, Ancient Warfare, Gender Dynamics & Household Organization, Oracles as Political Agents, Anthropology of the Family, Craft Specialization