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Andrew Lack
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interest: Southwest Ceramics
Committee: David Abbott (Chair), Michelle Hegmon, Katherine Spielmann, Ben Nelson
University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign

Sarah Lansing
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Taphonomy, Zooarchaeology, Carnivore Behavior & Conservation in Africa, Hyenas
Committee: Curtis Marean (Chair), Kaye Reed, Ingrid Wiesel (Namibian Brown Hyena Project)
Undergraduate Institution: Michigan State University
Hometown: Portland, Maine

Kristi Lewton
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Hindlimb Biomechanics in Primate Locomotion, Pelvic Functional Morphology, Locomotor Reconstruction in Fossil 
     Hominins and Non-Human Primates, Origins of Bipedality 
Committee: Mark Spencer (Chair), Kaye Reed, Gary Schwartz
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington
Hometown: Bellevue, Washington
Dean's Advanced Scholarship  

 

Douglas London
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Mental Health, Indigenous Cultures, Human Rights, International Development
     and Immigration, Nutrition and Agriculture, Latin America
Committee: Takeyuki Tsuda (Chair), James Eder, Philip Levenduski (Harvard Medical School)
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: Johns Hopkins University; Columbia University
Web Site

 

 

 

Raquel López
Approach: Applied Math
Research Interests: Schrödinger Quantum Relations: Hamiltonian Mechanics, Analytical solutions via
    Methods of Special Functions, Applications to Bose-Einstein Condensates and Soliton Waves;
    Dynamical Systems Applications: Mathematical Modeling of Metabolism and Body Weight Regulation
                                          Committee: Sergei K. Suslov (Chair), Carlos Castillo-Chavez
                                          Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: University of the Pacific
                                          Web Site

 

 

Lynn Lucas
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Functional Morphology, Mastication, Hominin Evolution
Committee: Mark Spencer (Chair), William Kimbel, Gary Schwartz
Undergraduate Institution: Texas Tech University
Institute of Human Origins Student Profile

 

 

 

 

Dori Luli
Approach: Applied Math
Research Interest: Computational Neuroscience
Committee: Sharon Crook, Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Undergraduate Institution: North Central College
Hometown: Shkoder, Albania
Personal Web Page

 

 

Shelby Manney 
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Archaeological Semiotics and the Creation of Meaning in Material Culture,
     Archaeological Informatics, Cultural Resource Law, Post-Processual Archaeology (or perhaps Post-
     Post Processual), Applied Anthropological Theory 
Committee: Michelle Hegmon (Chair), Keith Kintigh, David Abbott
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: University of Texas (English [Post-Colonial Studies], Music
     [Ethnomusicology], Anthropology [SW Archaeology & CRM], Writing & Rhetoric); Claremont College
     (Cultural Studies/Archaeology [Archaeological Semiotics & Cultural Law])
Hometown: El Paso, Texas

 

 

Sara Marsteller
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Research Interests: Andes (Central Coast), Migration, Community Interaction, Diet and Identity
     Construction, Pre-Inka Gender Ideology, Paleopathology, Pre-Columbian Sickness Ideology,
     Isotope Biogeochemistry
Committee: Kelly Knudson (Chair), Jane Buikstra, Rachel Scott
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell College
Hometown: Alliance, Nebraska

 

Kristin Martin
Approach: Museum Studies
Committee: Kelly Knudson (Chair)

Stephanie Meredith
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interest: Infant and Juvenile Social Development in Non-Human Primates
Committee: Leanne Nash (Chair), Kaye Reed, Gary Schwartz
Undergraduate Institution: Duke University
2010-11 Graduate and Professional Student Association Teaching Excellence Award

 

Michael Merrill
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: California and Southwest Archaeology, Applied Mathematics, Archaeological
     Classification, Intrasite Spatial Analysis, Morphometrics
Committee: Michelle Hegmon (Co-Chair), Marco Janssen (Co-Chair), J. Marty Anderies
Undergraduate Institution: University of California – Los Angeles
Hometown: Los Angeles, California

 

 

 

Chalachew Mesfin Seyoum
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Hominin Evolution and their Environment
Committee: William Kimbel (Chair)
Undergraduate Institution: Addis Ababa University

 

 

 

Alexandra Miller
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Middle and Upper Paleolithic Europe, Lithic Analysis, Paleoclimatology, Spatial Technologies
Committee: C. Michael Barton (Co-Chair), Geoffrey Clark (Co-Chair), Kaye Reed, Harold Dibble (University of Pennsylvania)
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Hometown: Columbia, Maryland  

 
Katherine A. Miller
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology (Maya), Kinship, Identity, Household Configuration,
    Sociopolitical Interaction, Odontometry, Biodistance Analysis, Residential Mobility, Biogeochemical
    Analysis, Cultural Body Modifications
Committee: Jane Buikstra (Chair), Kelly Knudson, Christopher Stojanowski, Ellen E. Bell (California State
    University – Stanislaus)
Undergraduate Institution: Indiana University
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
Dean's Advanced Scholarship  

Romarie Morales 
AAGS Applied Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences Representative
Approach: Applied Math

 

Emmanuel J. Morales-Butler
Approach: Applied Math

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael W. Moramarco
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Research Interests: European Archaeology (Especially Medieval Britain and Ireland), Colonial Archaeology,
    Identity Formation, Paleopathology (Especially Nonspecific Indicators of Health)
Committee: Rachel Scott (Chair), Brenda Baker, Gary Schwartz
Undergraduate Institution: University of Missouri – Columbia
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

 

 

Linda Morgan
Approach: Museum Studies
Research Interest: Representation of Indigenous Cultures in Museums
Committee: Arleyn Simon (Chair), Richard Toon, Judy Newland
Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University
Hometown: Blackwater, Arizona 

Benjamin "Batman" Morin
Approach: Applied Math
Research Interests: Spatial Ecology, Cultural Consensus, Disease Spread
Committee: Carlos Castillo-Chavez (Chair)
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: University of Maine; Oregon State University
Hometown: Lewiston, Maine

 

 

Tabitha Morris
Approach: Global Health
Research Interests: Water Issues, Social Justice Issues, Infectious Disease
Committee: Amber Wutich
Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University
Hometown: Sharon, Pennsylvania

 
 

 

Anarina Murillo
Approach: Applied Math
Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University

 

 

 

 

 

David Murillo  
Approach: Applied Math
Research Interests: Urban Growth, Epidemiology
Committee: Carlos Castillo-Chavez (Co-Chair), J. Marty Anderies (Co-Chair), Christopher Boone
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
 

 
 

 

Kristin Nado
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Committee: Jane Buikstra (Chair), Kelly Knudson, Michael Smith
Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University 

 

 

 

 

 

Thierra Nalley
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Fossil Hominids, Functional Morphology of Basicranium and Cervical Spine, Origins of
    Bipedalism
Committee: William Kimbel (Chair), Mark Spencer, Kaye Reed
Undergraduate Institution: University of Missouri – Columbia 

 

 

 

Hans Nesse
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Ecological Processes in Archaeology, Quantitative Modeling, Statistics, Public
    Understanding of Science
Committee: Curtis Marean (Chair), Kim Hill, J. Marty Anderies
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington
Hometown: Seattle, Washington
2010-11 Graduate and Professional Student Association Teaching Excellence Award

 

 

Catherine Nichols
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Material Culture, Museum Collecting, Native Americans – Southwest, Nationalism,
     History of Anthropology
Committee: Richard Toon (Chair), Nancy Parezo, Gwyneira Isaac, Hjorleifur Jonsson
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas – Austin
Hometown: Lafayette, Louisiana

 

 

 

Maria Nieves Colón
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Molecular Anthropology, Ancient DNA, the Caribbean Region
Committee: Anne Stone (Chair)
Undergraduate Institution: University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras
Hometown: Bayamon, Puerto Rico

 

 
 

 

William Nitzky
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: China, Ethnic Minority Groups, Development, Identity, Governance, Cultural
     Heritage, Ecomuseums
Committee: Hjorleifur Jonsson (Co-Chair), Gwyneira Isaac (Co-Chair), Takeyuki Tsuda
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institutions: George Washington University; University of Hawaii—
     Manoa
Hometown: Woodstock, New York

 

Julie Novic
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Archaeology (Aztec and Maya), Toluca Valley and Coastal Tabasco, 
    Residential/Housing Archaeology, Economics (Consumption), GIS, Trade Routes, Identity, Space and
    Spatial Relations, Anthropological Theory, Epigraphy
Committee: Michael Smith (Chair), Barbara Stark, Michelle Hegmon
Undergraduate/Other Graduate Institution: Kenyon College; State University of New York – Albany
Hometown: McAdoo, Pennsylvania

 

 

Anna Novotny
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Research Interests: Bioarchaeology, Mesoamerica, Maya, Mortuary Ritual, Identity, Social Memory, Body
    Modification
Committee: Jane Buikstra (Chair), Christopher Carr, Miguel Astor-Aguilera, Cynthia Robin, Vera Tiesler
Undergraduate Institution: Kenyon College
Hometown: Boulder, Colorado

 

Michael Frederick O'Hara
Approach: Archaeology
Committee: Michelle Hegmon (Chair), Barbara Stark, Keith Kintigh
Undergraduate Institution: Pomona College

 

Teague O'Mara
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Primate Growth and Development, Sex Differences in Feeding Ecology, Ecophysiology, Life History
Committee: Leanne Nash (Chair), Kaye Reed, Gary Schwartz, Michelle Sauther (University of Colorado)
Undergraduate Institution: Grand Valley State University
Hometown: Hastings, Michigan
Personal Web Page
Dean's Advanced Scholarship, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Fulbright Foundation Fellowship 

 

 

Simen Oestmo
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Origins of Modern Humans, Origins & Progress of Modern Human Behavior in Marine
    Isotope Stages (MIS) 6 to 3, the Middle Stone Age in Africa, Hunter-Gatherer Ecology, Ancient
    Landscape Use, Ancient Use of Fire, Stone Tool Function, Geoarchaeology, Experimental Archaeology
Committee: Curtis Marean (Chair)
Undergraduate Institution: University of Tromso
Hometown: Fenstad, Norway
Personal Web Page 
Institute of Human Origins: Notes from the Field blog

 

 

Dustin Padilla
Approach: Applied Math
Committee: Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Undergraduate Institution: Western New Mexico University
Hometown: Hanover, New Mexico

 

 

 

 

Kathleen Paul
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Research Interests: Mesoamerican Bioarchaeology, Dental Morphology, Dental Modification
Committee: Christopher Stojanowski (Chair)
Undergraduate Institution: New York University
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

 

 

 

 

Katelyn Parady
AAGS Environmental Social Science Representative
Approach: Environmental Social Science
Research Interests: Human-Environment Interfaces, Environmental Justice, Environmental
     Citizenship, Urban Ecology
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wyoming
Hometown: Rock Springs, Wyoming
IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellowship

 
 

 

Matt Peeples
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology in the U.S. Southwest, Zuni/Cibola Region,
     Ethnohistory, Ceramic Analysis, Quantitative Methods, Demography, Social Identity, Material Culture
Committee: Keith Kintigh (Co-Chair), Michelle Hegmon (Co-Chair), Katherine Spielmann 
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas – Austin
Hometown: Katy, Texas
Personal Web Page
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 

 

Alberto Perez Pereiro
Approach: Sociocultural Anthropology
Committee: James Eder (Co-Chair), Hjorleifur Jonsson (Co-Chair), Thomas Hudak, Mark Woodward
Undergraduate Institution: Georgetown University

Luz-Andrea (Lucha) Pfister
Approach: Physical Anthropology
Research Interests: Origins and Evolution of Human Disease, Host-Pathogen Co-Evolution, Anthropological Genetics, Human and
     Non-Human Primate Evolution, Genetic Contributions to the Evolution of Primate Social Behavior
Committee: Anne Stone (Chair), Michael Rosenberg, Josephine Clark-Curtiss, Jane Buikstra
Undergraduate/Graduate Institutions: Universidad de Chile (Undergraduate); University of Nevada – Las Vegas (Master's); University of
    Bern (Doctorate)
Personal Web Page

Gabriel Popescu
Approach: Archaeology
Research Interests: Lithic Technology and Typology, Paleolithic Old World, Modern Human Origins, Site Formation Processes, Forager
    Mobility Patterns and Land-Use Strategies, Human Evolutionary Theory, Human Environment Interactions
Committee: C. Michael Barton (Co-Chair), Geoffrey Clark (Co-Chair), Curtis Marean
Undergraduate Institution: University of Bucharest – Romania

 

Eleanna Prevedorou
Approach: Bioarchaeology
Committee: Jane Buikstra (Chair), Kelly Knudson, Christopher Stojanowski, Steven Falconer, Sherry Fox
Undergraduate Institution: University of Ioannina
Hometown: Athens, Greece 

 

 

 

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