University of San Diego
Anthropology
Serra Hall 207
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 260-4698
monicaw@SanDiego.edu
Department Chair
Angelo Orona, Ph.D.
aorona@sandiego.edu
Media Contact
Denise Ward
wardd@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4600 x6994
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Faculty
Department Chair
Associate Professor, Anthropology
aorona@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4008
Office: Serra Hall 208
Office Hours: M-W: 2:00-4:00pm: T-R: 4:00-5:00pm; or by appointment
Angelo Orona, Ph.D., focuses his field research on Creole island fisherman of Venezuela. His main area of interest is the ethnology of South American cultures.
Professor, Anthropology
Director of David W. May American Indian Collection
alanacc@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4725
Office: Serra Hall 221
Office Hours: T-R: 12:30-2:30pm; T: 4:00-5:00pm; or by appointment
Alana Cordy-Collins, Ph.D., joined the USD faculty in 1980. She is a professor of Anthropology and director of the David W. May American Indian Collection and Gallery. In the Department of Anthropology, Cordy-Collins offers undergraduate courses in archaeology, shamanism, research, and writing. Her research focus is the prehistoric cultures of Peru, especially the Lambayeque, Moche, and Chavín-Cupisnique. She is currently most involved in comparative studies of shamanism, especially among Circum-Polar peoples, prehistoric and contemporary. Dr. Cordy-Collins has been awarded two USD University Professorships, one research-based and the other recognition-based. She designed and organized the university’s American Indian Celebration (2002-2004).
Associate Professor of Anthropology
jeromeh@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-7865
Office: Serra Hall 218
Office Hours: Sabbatical Leave Fall 2009
Before coming to USD, Jerome Hall, Ph.D., was the underwater archaeologist for Puerto Rico and president of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. His current research projects include the excavation of a 17th-century northern European merchant shipwreck off the north coast of the Dominican Republic, as well as the documentation and publication of a 1st-century boat recovered from the Sea of Galilee.
