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Dr. Thomas J. Riley

Professor/Dean
Anthropology

E-Mail: Thomas.Riley@ndsu.edu
Office: 221 Minard Hall
Phone: (701) 231-9588
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Degrees:

  • Ph.D., University of Hawaii
  • A.M., University of Hawaii
  • A.B., Boston College
Dr. Thomas Riley has been the Dean of the College of AHSS at NDSU since 1996. He is also a Professor of Anthropology.  Before joining NDSU, Dr. Riley taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 22 years, moving up the ranks from assistant to full professor. He held posts of Associate Dean of the Graduate College (1983-86) and Head of the Anthropology Department (1986-94) at that university.

His research has been focused on prehistoric agricultural systems, their inception and change. He has worked on this theme in Oceania - specifically in the Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa and Micronesia, as well as in eastern North America.  He is currently working on an archaeological field school at Fort Seward, Jamestown, ND.  

Dr. Riley is the author of nearly a hundred articles and three monographs. He is past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University, and he serves on a number of professional and community boards. He is cited in Who's Who in the Midwest and in Who's Who in America as well as in several biographical dictionaries.

Courses:

Fall Semester:

  • Anthropology 491/790 Seminar/Issues in North America Prehistory

 

 

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