• Keith Hunley is a professor and associate dean for the Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Departments. 

  • His academic research in genetic anthropology examines the persistence of genetic and linguistic structure.

  • He has received several recognitions and awards for his research to include a letter of recognition from the Associate Dean of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of New Mexico, a 2016 Gabriel W. Lasker Award for Hunley and Cabana, and an Editor's Choice for Biological Anthropology.

  • Hunley's current focus in New Mexico is about the evolutionary history of the genus Homo in the Pleistocene to the formation of ethnic groups over the past 400 years.

  • He has published and co-written several important research pieces since his tenure at The University of New Mexico. 

  • Hunley received his doctorate from the University of Michigan, his M.A. from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. from Purdue University. 

Areas of Interest
Human evolution, gene-language-coevolution, population genetics, and human genetics.

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