Melissa Emery Thompson

Assistant Vice President for Research, University of New Mexico

Melissa Emery Thompson, Ph.D., is a professor of anthropology and has served as assistant vice president for research at the University of New Mexico since 2021. She focuses her efforts on reducing barriers to research participation and developing programming that celebrates and enhances research success and professionalization of students, postdocs, and faculty. As a faculty researcher, she has published over 160 original research articles and received over $10 million in grant funding. Emery Thompson received her B.S. in anthropology and human biology from Emory University and an A.M. and Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University.