MUSEUMS - Key Persons


Amanda Smith

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant

Angi Jones

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Secretary

Bill Allen

Job Titles:
  • Collection Manager Archaeology, Department of Museum Research & Collections

Brad Green

Job Titles:
  • Curator / Photo Archivist Paul W. Bryant Museum, Department of Museum Research & Collections

Brandon Cobb

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Museum Manager

Brandon Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Director and Curator, Gorgas House Museum

Brian Mast

Job Titles:
  • Education Outreach Coordinator

Brody Houston

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Assistant

Brooke Bogan

Job Titles:
  • Collections Manager Natural History, Department of Museum Research & Collections

C. Howard Grisham

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate Entomology

Caitlín R. Kiernan

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Vertebrate Paleontology

Carlton Bates

Job Titles:
  • Maintenance Worker

Danielle Schaffeld

Job Titles:
  • GIS and Graphics Technician

Darrell Smith

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Assistant

David L. Dejarnette

Job Titles:
  • Research Center

David Mize

Job Titles:
  • Audio / Visual & Film Specialist

Donald Brown

Job Titles:
  • Senior Cultural Resources Assistant

Dr. Adiel A. Klompmaker

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  • Curator of Paleontology, Department of Museum Research & Collections

Dr. Alberto Pérez-Huerta

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  • Faculty Curator, Invertebrate Paleontology

Dr. Amelia Ward

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  • Research Associate of Entomology

Dr. Clay Nelson

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  • Director, Moundville Archaeological Park

Dr. Cornelio Bota Sierra

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Cristina Robins

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Invertebrate Paleontology

Dr. Doug Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Executive Producer, Discovering Alabama

Dr. Elliot Blair

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  • Faculty Curator, Southeastern Archaeology

Dr. Fred Andrus

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology / Professor of Geological Sciences

Dr. Harry (Bing) Blewitt

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology & Volunteer

Dr. Ian Brown

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Curator Emeritus, Gulf Coast Archaeology

Dr. Jim Knight

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Curator Emeritus, American Archaeology

Dr. John Abbott

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  • Chief Curator & Director, Department of Museum Research & Collections

Dr. John Blitz

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  • Faculty Curator Emeritus, Southeastern Archaeology

Dr. John P. Friel

Job Titles:
  • Director, Alabama Museum of Natural History / Interim Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
  • Museum Studies Program Advisor & Internship Coordinator / Director, Alabama Museum of Natural History

Dr. Juan López-Bautista

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  • Faculty Curator, Marine Invertebrates and Algae

Dr. Kevin Kocot

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Curator, Invertebrate Zoology

Dr. Marcy Koontz

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  • Faculty Curator, Clothing and Textiles

Dr. Melissa Sanchez-Herrera

Job Titles:
  • Post - Doctoral Researcher

Dr. Michael McKain

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Curator, Herbarium

Dr. Milton Ward

Job Titles:
  • Curator Emeritus, Entomology

Dr. Phillip Harris

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  • Faculty Curator, Ichthyology

Dr. Prescott Atkinson

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology

Dr. Rebecca L. Totten

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology / Associate Professor of Geological Sciences

Dr. Ron Buta

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology

Dr. Sandy Ebersole

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology

Dr. Steve Ginzbarg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Curator Herbarium

Dr. T. Lynn Harrell Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology

Dr. Takehito Ikejiri

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Vertebrate Paleontology

Dr. Tom Tobin

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology / Associate Professor of Geological Sciences

Dr. Trevor Duke

Job Titles:
  • Curator and Director, NAGPRA Program
Dr. Duke's work at UA Museums focuses primarily on the repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural items protected under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). As Curator and Director of the NAGPRA Program, Dr. Duke is developing a collaborative approach to repatriation based on consultation with Native American tribal organizations, museum specialists, and researchers. Dr. Duke actively formulates institutional policy and procedure on NAGPRA work, research, and collections management, with an emphasis on integrating tribal knowledge with museum practice. Dr. Duke's research interests also include collaborative archaeology, decolonization, Native American anthropology, southeastern archaeology, kinship and social organization, pottery analysis, and archaeometry. Education Ph.D. 2022, Anthropology, University of Florida M.A. 2015, Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida B.A. 2011, Anthropology, University of West Florida

Dr. Virginia Wimberley

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Curator, History and Ethnology

Dr. William Bomar

Job Titles:
  • Walter and Hazel Jones Executive Director, University of Alabama

Emily Bibb

Job Titles:
  • Curator, Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art

Gabe Ward

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology

Genevieve Mielke

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Specialist

George Martin

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate of Paleontology

Heather Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant

Jaimie Tangman

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Specialist

James Brumett

Job Titles:
  • Park Maintenance Worker

James Scott

Job Titles:
  • Education Outreach Coordinator

Jamey Grimes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Art, Sculpture and Museum Studies

Jan Jamison

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Assistant

Janet Wyatt

Job Titles:
  • Museum Manager

Jeremiah Stager

Job Titles:
  • Senior Cultural Resources Assistant

Joel Watkins

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Analyst

John Newman

Job Titles:
  • Maintenance Shop Supervisor

Joyia Davis

Job Titles:
  • Education Outreach Coordinator, Alabama Museum of Natural History

Judith Lavender


Katherine Edge

Job Titles:
  • Director, Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum

Kendall Holland

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Assistant

Kristen Koors

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Investigator

Madeline Burkhardt

Job Titles:
  • Research Outreach Coordinator, Alabama Museum of Natural History / Program Advisor

Madison Bryant

Job Titles:
  • Education Assistant

Marsha Holley

Job Titles:
  • Education Outreach Coordinator

Matt Houston

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Assistant

Matthew Gage

Job Titles:
  • Director, Office of Archaeological Research

Michaela Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Mike McCracken

Job Titles:
  • Technical Assistant

Myra Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Assistant

Nicole Poncela

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Technician

Olivia Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Director, Paul W. Bryant Museum

Owen Stoker

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Assistant

Pam Sloan

Job Titles:
  • Education Outreach Coordinator

Rebecca Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Communications Specialist

Ronald Stallworth

Job Titles:
  • Senior Cultural Resources Assistant

Sam Mizelle

Job Titles:
  • Cultural Resources Investigator

Shawn Winters

Job Titles:
  • Financial Officer

Tasha Reedy

Job Titles:
  • Business Operations Manager

Valerie Duncan

Job Titles:
  • Rental Coordinator, Alabama Museum of Natural History

Worth Pugh

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Zoological Collections