Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.S., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University
Emily Sharp is an anthropological bioarchaeologist whose research addresses issues pertaining to health, identity, and social change within Indigenous communities in the past and present. She earned her BA from Vanderbilt University and her MA and PhD from Arizona State University. Sharp has conducted extensive archaeological fieldwork in Peru, examining how ancient communities in the highland Andes experienced conflict during a period of state collapse and significant climate change. Some of this research has been published in the Journal of Field Archaeology and American Anthropologist. Recently, Sharp has focused on the ethical stewardship of cultural resources and engagement with descendant communities in the US. She has worked to return Native American ancestors and cultural items to Native Nations in the Southwest. Having grown up in Nashville, she looks forward to living in Tennessee again and getting to know the Sewanee community.
