Anthropology Graduate Students
See below for a list of 2022 graduate students:
Emily Arnold
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Quam
Efrain S. Arroyo
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Reno
Interests: Andean Archaeology, Sican culture, Inka Empire
Kelsey Baer
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Merriwether
Interests: Forensic pathology, forensic anthropology, medicolegal death investigation
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Leah Blair
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Quam
Interests: Paleoanthropology
Isabel Bonhomme
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Advisor: Dr. Wilson
Interests: consumption and food studies; culture and identity-formation; Morocco
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Helen Brandt-Litavec
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. DiGangi
Interests: Forensic Anthropology, Virtual Anthropology, Commingling Resolution
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Cai Caccavari
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. DiGangi
Interests: Paleoanthropology
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Jiaying Chen
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Ferradás
Interests: Political Economy, China
Risana Nizam Chowdhury
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. Wander
Kristin Clyne-Lehmann
MA in Public Archaeology
Advisor: Dr. O’Donovan
Interests: Increasing the visibility of subaltern groups in public archaeology through
collaboration & CBPR; CRM; unmarked burial grounds; Indigenous middens of NYC; public
engagement
Maya Celeste Cowan
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. Holmes
Interests: Anthropology of money and finance; anthropology of welfare; cultures of
expertise
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Monica Dale
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
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Emily Dew
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. DiGangi
Dana Dougherty
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Interests: Genetic Genealogy & Genocide Identification
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Lindsay Doyle
MA in Public Archaeology
Advisor: Dr. McGuire
Interests: GIS, managing legacy sites, cultural landscapes, cultural resource management
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Maggie Duris
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Wander
Interests: women's health, human reproductive ecology, public health, medical anthropology
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Paige Ekert
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Schechter
Sam Esposito
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Schechter
Interests:
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Madeleine Felder
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Quam
Interests: Forensics, bioarchaeology, paleopathology
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Maxwell Forton
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. Van Dyke
Interests: Iconography, Landscape Archaeology, Chaco Canyon
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Emily Fowler
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Interests: Osteology, infectious diseases, stress and health
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Mikaelah Freeman
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Interests: Forensic anthropology, osteology, population genetics
Meg Gauck
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Wander
Interests: Infectious Disease, Iron Regulation
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Kyle Gowen
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Lipo
Interests: Food insecurity, cultural consonance, biocultural anthropology
Maggie Logan Hames
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Van Dyke
Interests: Metal, Queer/Crip Theory, Historical Archaeology
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Paula Hertfelder
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. McGuire
Interests: Southwest/Northwest Archaeology, GIS/Remote Sensing, Cultural Resource
Management
Amelia Hessey
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. DiGangi
Interests: Forensic anthropology, biocultural anthropology, and bioarchaeology
Lyndsey Hornagold
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Interests: Human Osteology, Forensic Anthropology, Victim Advocacy
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Faith Jacobson
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Wilson
Interests: Political Economy, Political Ecology, Ireland
Erin Jank
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Interests: Forensics, Osteology
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Laura Johnsen
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Reno
Interests: Sextech, Human Sexuality, Pornography
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James Johnson
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Interests: Forensic Anthropology, Bioarchaeology
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Kara Jonas
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Sterling
Interests: Queer histories & cultures; Spatial & landscape analysis; collaborative
community methods
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Yakup Deniz Kahraman
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Holmes
Interests: undergraduate education, experiential learning, neoliberalization in higher
education,
Brian Keeling
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Quam
Interests: N/A
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Kinsley J. Kilgore
MA in Public Archaeology
Advisor: Dr. Lacombe
Interests: Lithics, precontact, culture systems
Nathan Klembara
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Sterling
Interests: Queer Archaeology, Philosophies of Science, Upper Paleolithic Archaeology
Benjamin Kolb
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Sterling
Interests: Northeastern archaeology, lithic analysis, apprenticeship
Liam Lane
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Schechter
Interests: Applied anthropology, global health, healthcare delivery
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Lauren Loewen
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Interests: Public Health, Clinical Research
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Olivia Louie
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Merriwether
Interests: Mortuary Science, Forensic Anthropology
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Dillon Ludemann
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Perrino
Anna Lynch
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Garruto
Pamela P. Meléndez Noriega
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Wander
Interests: infectious diseases, global/public health, iron regulation
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Glory Melotte
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. DiGangi
Benjamin Miller
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Merriwether
Interests: Sedimentary ancient DNA, paleogenomics, Neanderthal genomes
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Farid Muttaqin
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. Wilson
Interests: Political Anthropology, Feminist Anthropology, and Anthropology of Islam
Nykole Nevol
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Schechter
Interests: Public health, women’s health
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Katharine Nusbaum
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Langlie
Interests: paleoethnobotany in Northeastern North America; archaeology in K-12 education;
narrative and identity in US history
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Petra Peretin
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Lipo
Interests: GIS, Mortuary Practices, Spatial Use
Mallory Peters
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Merriwether
Interests: Skeletal biology and plasticity, stress, bone mineral density
Katherine Peterson
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Van Dyke
Interests: : Landscape, Architecture, Socio-Political Theory
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Allie Pollock
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Perrino
Interests: Intergenerational Communication; Gender in Swearing Practices; Narratives
of the Self
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Julio RuizDiaz
MA in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. McGuire
Interests: Public Archaeology, South American Archaeology
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Ana Sanchez-Bachman
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Wilson
Interests: Political ecology, border studies, popular culture
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Samantha Shipley
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. DiGangi
Interests: Forensic anthropology, Osteology, & Human Rights
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Taton Smith
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Interests: Human Rights, Public Health, Infectious Disease
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Tessa Somogyi
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. DiGangi
Interests: Bioarchaeology, Ethics in Osteology, and Forensic Anthropology
Samuel Steele
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Van Dyke
Interests: Historical Archaeology, Community, Heritage
Mary St. John
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Quam
Interests: Forensic Anthropology, Sex estimation methods, 3D geometric morphometrics
Sara Stowell
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Garruto
Interests: Interdisciplinary PhD: Molecular Neuroscience & Biological Anthropology,
Neurodegenerative Disease, High Incidence Diseases in Anthropological Populations
Michele Troutman
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. Lacombe
Interests: Lithic Technology, Social Practice Theory
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Alex D. Velez
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr Quam
Interests: Paleoanthropology, Bioacoustics, Acoustic Ecology
Erin Whitson
PhD in Anthropology (Candidate)
Advisor: Dr. Lipo
Interests: Cherokee Removal; Mass Atrocity
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Kortney Williams
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. DiGangi
Interests: Bioarchaeology; Paleopathology, and Enslaved Africans.
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Liv Winnicki
PhD in Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Van Dyke
Interests: Southwestern Archaeology, Lithics, Gender
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Sierra Winter
MS in Biomedical Anthropology
Advisor: Dr. Wander
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