Alumni
This page includes selected Anthropology Alumni. Please email Matthew Montalto if you would like to be added to this webpage.
Doctoral Alumni
Diana Sherman Simpson, 2024
Dissertation: Cultural Crisis, Performance and Ritual: A Bioarchaeology of Violence in Early Precontact North Alabama (8,000-3,000 BP)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: Cultural Crisis, Performance and Ritual: A Bioarchaeology of Violence in Early Precontact North Alabama (8,000-3,000 BP)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Julia Christina Freiberger, 2024
Dissertation: Contextualizing Highly Fragmented Remains as Complex Mortuary Practices in the American Southwest (AD 700 - 1700)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: Contextualizing Highly Fragmented Remains as Complex Mortuary Practices in the American Southwest (AD 700 - 1700)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Danielle M. Romero, 2024
Dissertation: Sourcing Clays and Styles: Interaction Networks at the Elk Ridge Site, Southwestern New Mexico
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Dissertation: Sourcing Clays and Styles: Interaction Networks at the Elk Ridge Site, Southwestern New Mexico
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Jacob White, 2024
Dissertation: Mixed Methods Approach to Assess ‘Placental Opioid-Enhancing Factor'Tor’ Activity Within ‘Alternative' Health Contexts of Human Maternal Placentophagy
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Dissertation: Mixed Methods Approach to Assess ‘Placental Opioid-Enhancing Factor'Tor’ Activity Within ‘Alternative' Health Contexts of Human Maternal Placentophagy
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
John Crandall, 2023
Dissertation: Resilience on the Iron Road: A Collaborative Bioarchaeology of Overseas Chinese Laborer Exploitation and Exclusion (1850-1920).
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Dissertation: Resilience on the Iron Road: A Collaborative Bioarchaeology of Overseas Chinese Laborer Exploitation and Exclusion (1850-1920).
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Joseph Curran, 2023
Dissertation: Negotiating a World in Upheaval: Resiliency of Indigenous Systems of Warfare Among Yuman Groups
Advisor: Liam Frink
Dissertation: Negotiating a World in Upheaval: Resiliency of Indigenous Systems of Warfare Among Yuman Groups
Advisor: Liam Frink
Kristen Herlosky, 2023
Dissertation: Maternal Health in the Context of Social, Political, and Economic Change among Hadzabe Foragers of Tanzania
Co-Advisors: Daniel Benyshek and Alyssa Crittenden
Dissertation: Maternal Health in the Context of Social, Political, and Economic Change among Hadzabe Foragers of Tanzania
Co-Advisors: Daniel Benyshek and Alyssa Crittenden
Elizabeth Johnson, 2023
Dissertation: How Animals Affect Us: Examining the Relationship Between Human-Animal Interactions and Human Well-Being
Advisor: Peter Gray
Dissertation: How Animals Affect Us: Examining the Relationship Between Human-Animal Interactions and Human Well-Being
Advisor: Peter Gray
Daniel Perez, 2023
Dissertation: The Role of Style in Community Identity and Group Affiliation: An Archaeological Study of Virgin and Kayenta Branch Ceramics
Advisor: Karen Harry
Dissertation: The Role of Style in Community Identity and Group Affiliation: An Archaeological Study of Virgin and Kayenta Branch Ceramics
Advisor: Karen Harry
Dylan Person, 2023
Dissertation: Rock or Relic? Lithic Technology and Social Life in the Mimbres Mogollon Region of Southwestern New Mexico
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Dissertation: Rock or Relic? Lithic Technology and Social Life in the Mimbres Mogollon Region of Southwestern New Mexico
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Claira Ralston, 2023
Dissertation: Gendered Bodies, Engendered Lives: Bioarchaeological Exploration of the Intersectionality of Gender, Health, and Trauma at Turkey Creek Pueblo, Arizona (AD 1225 - 1286)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: Gendered Bodies, Engendered Lives: Bioarchaeological Exploration of the Intersectionality of Gender, Health, and Trauma at Turkey Creek Pueblo, Arizona (AD 1225 - 1286)
Advisor: Debra Martin
William Willis, 2023
Dissertation: The Role of Small Puebloan Architectural Sites on the Southern Shivwits Plateau
Advisor: Karen Harry
Dissertation: The Role of Small Puebloan Architectural Sites on the Southern Shivwits Plateau
Advisor: Karen Harry
Trevor Pollom, 2022
Dissertation: Hunter-Gatherers in Context: Hadzabe People and Early Nutrition Transition
Advisor: Alyssa Crittenden
Dissertation: Hunter-Gatherers in Context: Hadzabe People and Early Nutrition Transition
Advisor: Alyssa Crittenden
Maileen Ulep, 2022
Dissertation: The Impact of Alzheimer Disease on Semantic Knowledge
Advisor: Pierre Lienard
Dissertation: The Impact of Alzheimer Disease on Semantic Knowledge
Advisor: Pierre Lienard
Melissa Badillo, 2021
Dissertation: Investigating Ancient Maya Late Postclassic Period Households and the Associated Function of the Buildings at Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
Co-Advisors: Arlen and Diane Chase
Cristina Tica, 2021
Dissertation: The Barbaricum Trilogy: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Deciphering Sarmatians’ Saga on the Great Hungarian Plain
Advisor: Debra Martin
Maryann Calleja, 2020
Dissertation: An Integrative Assessment of Post-Migratory Health and Violence at Point of Pines Pueblo (A.D. 1265-1450)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: An Integrative Assessment of Post-Migratory Health and Violence at Point of Pines Pueblo (A.D. 1265-1450)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Mark Toussaint, 2020
Dissertation: Excavating Gender: The Embodiment and (Re)presentation of Social Relations in Mierzanowice Communities of the Early Bronze Age
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: Excavating Gender: The Embodiment and (Re)presentation of Social Relations in Mierzanowice Communities of the Early Bronze Age
Advisor: Debra Martin
Sarah Macintosh, 2020
Dissertation: Zooarchaeology of Bone, Antler, and Ivory Technologies: A case study from the central Anatolian Bronze and Iron Age site Kaman Kalehӧyük
Advisor: Levent Atici
Dissertation: Zooarchaeology of Bone, Antler, and Ivory Technologies: A case study from the central Anatolian Bronze and Iron Age site Kaman Kalehӧyük
Advisor: Levent Atici
Alex Nelson, 2020
Dissertation: Love in South Korea: Transformations of Intimacy and Gender Relations in Korean Romantic Relationships
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Dissertation: Love in South Korea: Transformations of Intimacy and Gender Relations in Korean Romantic Relationships
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Alecia Schrenk, 2019
Dissertation: A Community of Care: Patterns of Pathology and Trauma with a Focus on the Bioarchaeology of Care at Carrier Mills, IL.
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: A Community of Care: Patterns of Pathology and Trauma with a Focus on the Bioarchaeology of Care at Carrier Mills, IL.
Advisor: Debra Martin
Rogelio Arenas, 2019
Dissertation: Virtually healthy: Using virtual ethnography to survey healthcare seeking practices of online transgender individuals
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Dissertation: Virtually healthy: Using virtual ethnography to survey healthcare seeking practices of online transgender individuals
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Amber Osterholt, 2019
Dissertation: The Bioarchaeology of instability: Violence and environmental stress during the Late Fort Ancient (AD 1425 - 1635) occupations of Hardin Village
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: The Bioarchaeology of instability: Violence and environmental stress during the Late Fort Ancient (AD 1425 - 1635) occupations of Hardin Village
Advisor: Debra Martin
Katelyn Dibenedetto, 2018
Dissertation: Investigating land use by the inhabitants of Western Cyprus during the Early Neolithic
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Dissertation: Investigating land use by the inhabitants of Western Cyprus during the Early Neolithic
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Levi Keach, 2018
Dissertation: Investigating the role of liminality in the cultural transition of the Late Eighth Millennium BC on Cyprus
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Dissertation: Investigating the role of liminality in the cultural transition of the Late Eighth Millennium BC on Cyprus
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Matthew Martinez, 2018
Dissertation: Working with constraints: The merit of prudence
Advisor: Pierre Lienard
Dissertation: Working with constraints: The merit of prudence
Advisor: Pierre Lienard
Michael Moncrieff, 2018
Dissertation: Why such constriction of the moral sphere?: The importance of social coordination in Croatia’s ethnic conflict
Advisor: Pierre Lienard
Dissertation: Why such constriction of the moral sphere?: The importance of social coordination in Croatia’s ethnic conflict
Advisor: Pierre Lienard
Timothy McHale, 2017
Dissertation: Acute salivary steroid hormone responses during coalitional and dyadic competitions in Hong Kong juvenile children
Advisor: Peter Gray
Dissertation: Acute salivary steroid hormone responses during coalitional and dyadic competitions in Hong Kong juvenile children
Advisor: Peter Gray
Caryn Tegtmeyer, 2017
Dissertation: Violence in the canyons: The human cost of raiding and warfare in Northeastern Arizona (AD 300-1300)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: Violence in the canyons: The human cost of raiding and warfare in Northeastern Arizona (AD 300-1300)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Shelly Volsche, 2017
Dissertation: Setting the childless free: An ethnographic study of the practice of the childfree identity
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Dissertation: Setting the childless free: An ethnographic study of the practice of the childfree identity
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Celeste Giordano, 2017
Dissertation: Aging and fermentation as adaptive food management strategies in the Arctic
Co-Advisor: Daniel Benyshek and Liam Frink
Dissertation: Aging and fermentation as adaptive food management strategies in the Arctic
Co-Advisor: Daniel Benyshek and Liam Frink
Cheryl Anderson, 2017
Dissertation: The Bioarchaeology of inequality during the Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia
Co-Advisor: Debra Martin and Levent Atici
Dissertation: The Bioarchaeology of inequality during the Middle Bronze Age in Central Anatolia
Co-Advisor: Debra Martin and Levent Atici
Sharon Young, 2016
Dissertation: Effects of human maternal placentophagy on postpartum maternal affect, health, and recovery
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Dissertation: Effects of human maternal placentophagy on postpartum maternal affect, health, and recovery
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Katie Baustian, 2015
Dissertation: The bioarchaeology of social order: Cooperation and conflict among the Mimbres (AD 550-1300)
Co-Advisor: Debra Martin and Barbara Roth
Dissertation: The bioarchaeology of social order: Cooperation and conflict among the Mimbres (AD 550-1300)
Co-Advisor: Debra Martin and Barbara Roth
Anna Osterholtz, 2015
Dissertation: Bodies in motion: A bioarchaeological analysis of migration and identity in Bronze Age Cyprus (2400-1100 BC)
Co-Advisor: Debra Martin and Alan Simmons
Dissertation: Bodies in motion: A bioarchaeological analysis of migration and identity in Bronze Age Cyprus (2400-1100 BC)
Co-Advisor: Debra Martin and Alan Simmons
Ryan Harrod, 2013
Dissertation: Chronologies of pain and power: Violence, inequality, and social control among ancestral Pueblo populations (AD 850–1300)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: Chronologies of pain and power: Violence, inequality, and social control among ancestral Pueblo populations (AD 850–1300)
Advisor: Debra Martin
Michelle Escasa-Dorne, 2012
Dissertation: Sociosexuality, mate preferences, and sex steroid hormone levels among breastfeeding women in Manila
Advisor: Peter Gray
Dissertation: Sociosexuality, mate preferences, and sex steroid hormone levels among breastfeeding women in Manila
Advisor: Peter Gray
Animikha Dutt, 2012
Dissertation: Morphological features of the proximal femur: Investigations of habitual activities, sex and health in a Bronze Age population from the Arabian Peninsula
Advisor: Debra Martin
Dissertation: Morphological features of the proximal femur: Investigations of habitual activities, sex and health in a Bronze Age population from the Arabian Peninsula
Advisor: Debra Martin
Doss Powell, 2012
Dissertation: Environmental adaptations at Neolithic Ghwair I as seen from a zooarchaeological perspective
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Dissertation: Environmental adaptations at Neolithic Ghwair I as seen from a zooarchaeological perspective
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Diane Hardgrave, 2010
Dissertation: The effects of Cellular Theta Breathing meditation on cell mediated immune response: A controlled, randomized investigation of altered consciousness and health
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Dissertation: The effects of Cellular Theta Breathing meditation on cell mediated immune response: A controlled, randomized investigation of altered consciousness and health
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
David Yoder, 2009
Dissertation: Puebloan plain -weave pointed /rounded-toe sandals
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Dissertation: Puebloan plain -weave pointed /rounded-toe sandals
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Jane Olive, 2007
Dissertation: Self -actualization in the lives of medieval female mystics: An ethnohistorical approach
Advisor: John Swetnam
Dissertation: Self -actualization in the lives of medieval female mystics: An ethnohistorical approach
Advisor: John Swetnam
Jill Gardner, 2006
Dissertation: The potential impact of the medieval climatic anomaly on human populations in the western Mojave Desert
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Dissertation: The potential impact of the medieval climatic anomaly on human populations in the western Mojave Desert
Advisor: Alan Simmons
James Watson, 2005
Dissertation: Cavities on the cob: Dental health and the agricultural transition in Sonora, Mexico
Co-Advisor: Barbara Roth and Bernardo Arriaza
Dissertation: Cavities on the cob: Dental health and the agricultural transition in Sonora, Mexico
Co-Advisor: Barbara Roth and Bernardo Arriaza
Kennedy Ondieki, 2004
Dissertation: Responses to transnational non-governmental terrorism in Kenya and the United States: An anthropological analysis
Advisor: Gary Palmer
Dissertation: Responses to transnational non-governmental terrorism in Kenya and the United States: An anthropological analysis
Advisor: Gary Palmer
Gwyn Madden, 2002
Dissertation: Recontextualization and identity assessment of unprovenienced mummified human remains
Advisor: Bernardo Arriaza
Dissertation: Recontextualization and identity assessment of unprovenienced mummified human remains
Advisor: Bernardo Arriaza
MA Alumni
Kali Bertelsen, 2023
Thesis: Ableism in Academia: An Exploratory Survey
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Thesis: Ableism in Academia: An Exploratory Survey
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Manuel de Jesus de Cespedes Molina, 2022
Thesis: Understanding the Lowland Virgin Ancestral Puebloan Branch's Cultural Identity, Worldviews, and Values Through the Study of Rock Writings
Melina Luu, 2022
Thesis: A Metadata Analysis of Dental Calculus Studies
Alexxandria Martinez, 2022
Thesis: Exploration of Non-Destructive Ceramic Analysis Via XRF
Advisor: Karen Harry
Thesis: Exploration of Non-Destructive Ceramic Analysis Via XRF
Advisor: Karen Harry
Jonathan Roldan, 2022
Thesis: Locating a marketplace at the ancient city of Lakamha’, Mexico using the configurational approach
Co-Advisors: Alan Farahani and Lisa Johnson
Alexander Carmer, 2021
Thesis: Fresh out of the oven: An experimental model approach to Mormon Mesa Top (26CK9933)
Advisor: Karen Harry
Thesis: Fresh out of the oven: An experimental model approach to Mormon Mesa Top (26CK9933)
Advisor: Karen Harry
Aislin Edalgo, 2021
Thesis: Violence Normalization or coalitional psychology? What best explains the prevalence of sectarian crime in Northern Ireland?
Advisor: Pierre Lienard
Kayleigh A. Meighan 2021
Thesis: Where Does the Newborn Baby Sleep? Prevalence and Predictors of Postpartum Co-Sleeping Practices After Midwife-Led Births in the United States.
Roxayn Povidas, 2021
Thesis: Comparative Trauma Analysis Between Erie County Poorhouse and Colorado State Insane Asylum
Elizabeth Shikrallah, 2021
Thesis: Re-analysing astronomical alignments of potential E group structures to demonstrate the utility of archaeoastronomy research about the ancient Maya
Advisor: Arlen Chase
Alex Straftis, 2020
Thesis: Exploring Urban Greek Men’s Experiences on Prescription Testosterone.
Advisor: Peter Gray
Lyndsey K. Craig, 2019
Thesis: Women’s Intimate Apparel: Proceptivity, Receptivity, Or Attractivity?
Advisor: Peter Gray
Virginia Smercina, 2019
Thesis: Living on the move: The digital nomad mobile phenomenon identity and practice
Advisor: Jiemin Bao
Thesis: Living on the move: The digital nomad mobile phenomenon identity and practice
Advisor: Jiemin Bao
Carol Franco, 2018
Thesis: Mate preferences among single mothers
Advisor: Peter Gray
Thesis: Mate preferences among single mothers
Advisor: Peter Gray
Emilio Jacintho, 2018
Thesis: Supranational Identity Politics: Sovereignism in the EU
Brenna Wilkerson, 2016
Thesis: The proof is in the pots: Residue analysis of Virgin Branch Puebloan ceramics
Advisor: Karen Harry
Paige Bockman, 2015
Thesis: The painted motifs of Cypriot ceramic art: A study of iconography and identity
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Thesis: The painted motifs of Cypriot ceramic art: A study of iconography and identity
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Laura Gryder, 2015
Thesis: Effects of human maternal placentophagy on maternal postpartum iron status
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Thesis: Effects of human maternal placentophagy on maternal postpartum iron status
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Jacqueline Casey, 2013
Thesis: Warfare’s payoffs and tradeoffs: The evolution of warfare and combat-related psychopathology
Advisor: Pierre Lienard
Thesis: Warfare’s payoffs and tradeoffs: The evolution of warfare and combat-related psychopathology
Advisor: Pierre Lienard
Justin DeMaio, 2013
Thesis: Examining household identity through lithic technology at the Harris Site
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Thesis: Examining household identity through lithic technology at the Harris Site
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Dana Foster, 2013
Thesis: A bird cannot fly with one wing: A study of women’s responses to and attitudes toward sexual infidelity in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Advisor: Peter Gray
Thesis: A bird cannot fly with one wing: A study of women’s responses to and attitudes toward sexual infidelity in Montego Bay, Jamaica
Advisor: Peter Gray
Christopher Brosman, 2012
Thesis: Prehistoric foraging strategies in the Piute Valley of Southern Nevada
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Thesis: Prehistoric foraging strategies in the Piute Valley of Southern Nevada
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Heidi Manlove, 2011
Thesis: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in urban India
Advisor: Peter Gray
Thesis: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in urban India
Advisor: Peter Gray
Cara Ratner, 2011
Thesis: Fertility symbols in rock art: Cupuls and incised grooves in the Lower Pecos, Texas
Advisor: Liam Frink
Thesis: Fertility symbols in rock art: Cupuls and incised grooves in the Lower Pecos, Texas
Advisor: Liam Frink
Danielle Axt, 2010
Thesis: Composite of complexity: Manifestations of whiteness and class among Las Vegas Italian Americans
Advisor: Jiemin Bao
Thesis: Composite of complexity: Manifestations of whiteness and class among Las Vegas Italian Americans
Advisor: Jiemin Bao
Rayette Martin, 2010
Thesis: Bordered identities: Class, ethnicity, and transnational social networks
Advisor: Jiemin Bao
Thesis: Bordered identities: Class, ethnicity, and transnational social networks
Advisor: Jiemin Bao
Denise Ruzicka, 2010
Thesis: Is there evidence for the observation and use of astronomy at the Harris Site in the Mimbres Valley?
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Thesis: Is there evidence for the observation and use of astronomy at the Harris Site in the Mimbres Valley?
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Kasey O’Horo, 2008
Thesis: Characterizing the Chipped Stone From Kritou Marottou Ais Yiorkis, Cyprus: Investigations into the Cypro-PPNB
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Thesis: Characterizing the Chipped Stone From Kritou Marottou Ais Yiorkis, Cyprus: Investigations into the Cypro-PPNB
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Leilani Lucas, 2007
Thesis: Identification and interpretation of botanical remains from Neolithic ‘Ais Yiorkis, Cyprus
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Thesis: Identification and interpretation of botanical remains from Neolithic ‘Ais Yiorkis, Cyprus
Advisor: Alan Simmons
Benjamin “Wil” Wilreker 2007
Thesis: Living and dying in an American neo-pagan community
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Thesis: Living and dying in an American neo-pagan community
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Ryan Schmidt, 2006
Thesis: The forgotten Chinese cemetery of Carlin, Nevada: A bioanthropological assessment
Advisor: Jennifer Thompson
Thesis: The forgotten Chinese cemetery of Carlin, Nevada: A bioanthropological assessment
Advisor: Jennifer Thompson
Sali Underwood, 2005
Thesis: Ancestral Puebloan social hierarchies at Manuelito Plateau, New Mexico
Advisor: Vicki Cassman
Thesis: Ancestral Puebloan social hierarchies at Manuelito Plateau, New Mexico
Advisor: Vicki Cassman
Greg Seymour, 1997
Thesis: A re-evaluation of lower Colorado Buff Ware Ceramics
Advisor: Margaret Lyneis
Thesis: A re-evaluation of lower Colorado Buff Ware Ceramics
Advisor: Margaret Lyneis
Corinne Escobar, 1990
Thesis: Mexican identity in Clark County, Nevada: A visual ethnohistory
Advisor: Richard Brooks
Thesis: Mexican identity in Clark County, Nevada: A visual ethnohistory
Advisor: Richard Brooks