Margaret Buckner, Ph.D. (University of Paris X), Professor of Anthropology, is a cultural and linguistic anthropologist and ethnographer who has worked in medical anthropology and ethnomusicology in West and Central Africa and more recently in Native American language preservation.

David Byers, Ph.D. (University of Utah), Assistant Professor of Anthropology, is a CRM archaeologist and zooarchaeologist who has studied Great Basin faunal assemblages and the impact of Holocene climate change on large game populations and thus on hunting strategies of ancient foragers.

A. Holly Jones, Ph.D. (University of Missouri, Columbia), Instructor, is a former tribal archaeologist, with expertise in historic and prehistoric fieldwork.

Neal Lopinot, Ph.D. (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale), Term Associate Research Professor and Director of the Center for Archaeological Research, is an archaeologist with expertise in cultural resource management and archaeobotany.

William Meadows, Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma), Associate Professor of Anthropology, is a cultural anthropologist, ethnographer and archaeologist who studies Plains Indians ethnohistory in Oklahoma and has also conducted CRM work in archaeology.

Jack Ray, M.A. (University of Missouri, Columbia), Term Research Instructor and Research Archaeologist, Center for Archaeological Research, specializes in lithic resources of the Ozarks.

Elizabeth Sobel, Ph.D. (University of Michigan), Assistant Professor of Anthropology, is an archaeologist and ethnohistorian who has worked for the U.S. National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Yakama Nation.

Suzanne Walker, Ph.D. (CUNY/City University of New York), Associate Professor of Anthropology, is a biological anthropologist with expertise in faunal analysis and human remains currently studying contemporary Hispanic health issues in the Missouri Ozarks.

William Wedenoja, Ph.D. (UCSD/University of California, San Diego), Professor of Anthropology, is a cultural anthropologist and ethnographer who has worked in medical anthropology, multicultural education, and Ozarks studies and is currently involved in cultural and heritage preservation and tourism and community development in Jamaica.