Larry Naylor was an applied anthropologist who specialized in sociocultural and applied anthropology. His work included cultural change, modernization, impact development, as well as the study of the American culture. He provided Pipeline Impact studies as Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, then started and grew the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Texas, Denton from 1978 until he retired in May of 2004. He served as chair of the Department of Anthropology for 14 years. Larry has published six books and a study guide and developed many online courses over his career.

His regional areas of interest included Oceania, circumpolar regions, American Southwest, Latin America, and contemporary North America.

Education

1974 Ph.D. Anthropology Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Dissertation: Culture Change and Development in Balim Valley, Iran, Jaya, Indonesia (1973)

1968 M.S. Education (History) State University of New York, Geneseo, New York

1962 B.S. Education State University of New York, Geneseo, New York

Selected Publications

Larry L. Naylor. (1999) Issues and Problems of Culture Diversity in the United States. (Edited) Westport: Bergin & Garvey.

Larry L. Naylor. (1998) American Culture: Myth and Reality of a Culture of Diversity. Westport: Bergin & Garvey.

Larry L. Naylor. (1996) Anthropology. In the Yearbook of Science and the Future (1997), Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc., Pages 266-269.

Larry L. Naylor. (1994) Anthropology. In the Yearbook of Science and the Future (1995), Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc., Pages 310-312

Larry L. Naylor. (2003) Seminar in Sociocultural Anthropology, WebCT Distance Learning Course, University of North Texas.

Larry L. Naylor. (1988) "Culture Change in the Context of World History." Presented at American Historical Association and University of North Texas Conference on the Teaching of History. (Invited)