Alice Beck Kehoe

Who is Alice Beck Kehoe?

Alice Beck Kehoe is an anthropologist. She attended Barnard College and Harvard University, from which she received her PhD in Anthropology. While a student at Barnard, she was influenced by James Ford, Gordon Ekholm, and Junius Bird; she worked summers at the American Museum of Natural History Anthropology Department. While at Harvard, she worked with Gordon Willey and Evon Vogt. Many of her influences have been colleagues such as David H. Kelley, Jane Kelley, Jennifer Brown, Robert L. Hall, George Carter and his students Stephen C. Jett and Carl Johannesen.

Kehoe taught at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln before teaching at Marquette University, from which she retired in 2000 as Professor Emeritus. She currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Kehoe has held offices with the American Anthropological Association, and was president of the Central States Anthropological Society. She has done research in the field and has authored several books on Native America and Native American history.