Faculty Experts

Jessica Richardson is an associate professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at The University of New Mexico. Her work focuses on speech-language pathology, particularly the assessment and treatment of children with communication...

Catherine Rhodes is an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Her work focuses on linguistic and cultural anthropology, with an emphasis on language ideology, education, and Indigenous language...

Keith Prufer is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico. He is also the Director of the UNM Environmental Archeology Laboratory. His work focuses on paleoecology, early human adaptations, and the archeology of...

Elizabeth Hutchinson is a Regents' Professor in the Department of History. Since 2014, Hutchison has worked with Kimberly Gauderman on "Practicing Asylum," a project to build a comprehensive network of expert witnesses available to testify on behalf...

Kathryn McKnight is a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico. She has also served as the department chair. McKnight's work focuses on colonial Latin American literature, particularly Afro-Latin American...

Christopher Lippitt is an associate professor in the Geography and Environmental Studies Department.  His teaching and research focus on remote sensing and geographic information science (GIScience). Lippitt is the founding Faculty Coordinator of...

Tiffany Lee is a distinguished professor and chair of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico. Her research examines Native youth perspectives about language reclamation and identity.  She also investigates socio-culturally centered...

Hogeveen is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology. His primary research includes cognition, brain and behavior, and quantitative psychology. He serves as a principal investigator for the CANoPy Lab that uses approaches from...

Xi Gong is an associate professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Health and the Institute of Computing and Data Sciences. Research interests for Gong include developing and implementing novel spatial-temporal data mining algorithms,...

Heather Edgar is a professor in the Department of Anthropology, a forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Medical Investigator, and the director of Bridge Lab.  She has received several recognitions and honors to include an Ovation Award for...