Albert Gonzalez Faculty Profile

Albert Gonzalez
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, Geography & Environmental Studies
- E-mail: albert.gonzalez@csueastbay.edu
- Office Hours: W 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Albert D. Gonzalez is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology, Geography, and Environmental Studies (AGES) at CSUEB. Dr. Gonzalez earned his BA and first MA, both in history, at the University of Texas at Dallas, followed by completion of his second MA and the PhD in anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He specializes in historical, experimental, and community archaeology, material culture studies, anarchist anthropology, Native American studies, and Latinx studies, focusing on borderlands topics in California, New Mexico, and Florida. Dr. Gonzalez directs the C.E. Smith Museum of Anthropology and the Pacific Earthen Architecture Research Laboratory (PEARL) at CSUEB, where he trains students in decolonizing museum and laboratory methods as they relate to the interpretation of indigenous and Latinx documents and material culture. He has taught upper-division and graduate courses on topics as diverse anthropological theory, archaeological science, Mexican history, and colonial Latin America and regularly teaches introductory courses in general anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology.
Course # | Sec | Course Title | Days | From | To | Location | Campus |
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ANTH 120 | 01 | Intro to Archaeology | TTH | 11:00AM | 12:15PM | AE-0183 | Hayward Campus |
ANTH 431 | 01 | Adv Anthropological Theory | TU | 1:15PM | 4:15PM | MI-2100 | Hayward Campus |