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Graduate Students
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
| balgeehe@utk.edu |
My interests include quantitative methods in biological anthropology, population genetics, geometric morphometrics, forensic anthropology, anatomy and skeletal biology.
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
B.A. Anthropology
University of Tennessee
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| My research interests include skeletal aging techniques and their implications within demography and the identification process as well as dental anthropology |
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| Ph.D. student in archaeology |
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| M.A. student in archaeology |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
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Sarah A. Blankenship (Annie)
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| Ph.D. student in archaeology |
M.A. in Anthropology
University of Tennessee
B.A. in Anthropology
Auburn University (2001)
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| Research interests: Southeastern Archaeology, Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands, Prehistoric Rock Art, Archaeometry, Historical Archaeology, Dendroarchaeology. |
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| Ph.D. student in archaeology |
bbraly@utk.edu
www.projectpast.org/bbraly
Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA)
M.A. Anthropology
University of Arkansas
B.A. History/Anthropology
Arkansas Tech University |
| My research is focused around Mississippian period (A.D. 800-1650) socio-political development and change in the southeastern United States. My dissertation research is currently focused on Mississippian development and change in the Norris Basin of eastern Tennessee. Ceramics, AMS dating, GIS, lithics, and other non-lithic materials are going to be employed to develop a regional chronology for this region. During the summers, I work on the Brimstone Hill Fortress Archaeological Project under the direction of Dr. Gerald Schroedl. Brimstone Hill was a diverse community and a major British military base on the island of St. Kitts in the southern Caribbean. |
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| M.A. student in archaeology |
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| M.A. student in archaeology |
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| M.A. student in cultural anthropology |
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
M.A. Anthropology
State University of New York at Buffalo
B.A. Anthropology History, State University of New York at Buffalo
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general interests:
bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, paleopathology; historic archaeology
specific interests:
health of prehistoric native south and north american peoples; age estimation; dental health
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| Ph.D. student in cultural anthropology |
eeldridg@utk.edu
http://web.utk.edu/~eeldridg
M.A. Cultural Anthropology
University of Tennessee
B.S. Conservation Wildlife Biology
Tennessee Tech University |
| My research interests are environmental anthropology, political ecology, human environmental rights, development, ethnobotany, and ethnomusicology. As an undergraduate, I studied ethnobotany and West African music. Research for my M.A. involved a political ecological analysis of musical instrument construction in Ghana. Currently, I am preparing to conduct research in Ghanaian fishing communities exploring the human dimensions of fisheries resource depletion. |
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
celeazer@utk.edu
B.S. Anthropology
Florida State University |
| I am currently working on a thesis in age-related changes in histomorphometry of fetal long bones. My main interests include mineralized tissue histology, dental anthropology, and subadult remains. |
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| M.A. student in archaeology |
ecellerbusch@adelphia.net
eellerbu@utk.edu
B.A. Anthropology
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| My research interests include Archaeology of Eastern North America, Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology, Peopling of the Americas, Hunter-Gatherer Social Organization and Socio-Political Dynamics, Lithic Artifact Economies, Social Archaeology Theory, Material Culture Studies, Artifact Style and Symbolism Studies, Organization of Lithic Technology Research, Microscopic Use-Wear Analysis of Stone Tools (High and Low Magnification Techniques) |
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| Ph.D. student in archaeology |
mgage1@utk.edu
http://archaeology.as.utk.edu/matthewgage.htm
Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA)
M.A. Anthropology
University of Alabama
B.A. Anthropology
University of New Hampshire |
Theoretical and Topical Interests: Eastern prehistory, Southeastern prehistory, human environmental interaction, early populations of the New World, cultural evolution, prehistoric landscape modifications and site development, shell middens, cave archaeology, and remote sensing.
Current Research: Tennessee Valley archaeology and on-going research into the Whitesburg Bridge Site, The Copena Mortuary Complex, The Walling II site and Mississippian culture of the Middle Tennessee Valley, Late Archaic settlement patterns in the Middle Tennessee River Valley. |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
kgodde@utk.edu
M.A. Anthropology
Sacramento State
B.A. Anthropology
Sacramento State |
My primary interest is in bioarchaeology. My research revolves around cranial nonmetric traits. I have applied nonmetrics to Nubian subgroups and other populations known to have had contact with the Nubians. These groups include the Egyptians, Greeks, and Bedouins. I apply nonmetric traits among these groups to address the question of gene flow.
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Stephanie Sherrell Hargraves
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| Ph.D. student in archaeology |
M.A. Anthropology
University of Tennessee |
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
jkim48@tennessee.edu
B.S., Packaging Science & minor in Japanese Language and Culture
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, NY
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| My interests include Forensic Anthropology, Skeletal Biology, Human Rights, Geometric Morphometrics |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
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| Ph.D. student in archaeology |
M.A. Anthropology
University of Tennessee
B.A. Anthropology
University of Alabama |
My research interests focus on prehistoric archaeology in
the eastern United States. More specifically, I am interested in complex forms
of social organization, ceramic technology, settlement organization, and
dendroarchaeology. My thesis involved reporting on the Mississippian mound
site at DeArmond (40RE12) in the upper Tennessee River Valley. My dissertation
research involves a study of the origins of complex social organization in the
upper Tennessee Valley. |
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| Ph.D student in physical anthropology |
M.A. Anthropology
University of Tennessee
B.A. Anthropology
University of Kansas |
| My interests are in bone biomechanics, bone fracture biomechanics, and human injury as they relate to forensic anthropology, accident reconstruction, and product safety. |
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
B.A. in Physical Anthropology minor in Biochemistry
Texas State University
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My research in physical anthropology spans forensic identification, mortuary and bioarcheology, skeletal biology, and anthropological genetics. Specific topics include asymmetry and developmental stability, aging and genetics techniques of identification, disease in skeletal structures, and health status of past populations.
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| Ph.D. student in archaeology |
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| M.A. student in archaeology |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
MS in Biological Anthropology from the University of Oregon
BA in Anthropology from the Ohio State University
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Skeletal Biology, Forensic Anthropology, Functional Morphology, Biomechanics, Medical Imaging
Coordinated CT Scanning of Donated Skeletal Collections at UTK and UNM
- Forensic Anthropology in Cyprus with Physicians for Human Rights
- Bioarchaeology in Cyprus with the Athienou Archaeological Project
- CRM work in Southern Ohio with ASC Group
- Fieldschool with ASU at Pueblo in Eastern Arizona
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| M.A. student in archaeology |
B.A. Anthropology
University of Florida |
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
nlangley@utk.edu
M.A. anthropology
Louisiana State University
B.A. German and anthropology
Louisiana State University |
| My research interests include skeletal maturation, secular change, sex and age estimation in adults and sub-adults, as well as geometric morphometric variation. |
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
msoto@utk.edu
B.S. Anthropology
University of Houston |
My current research interests include Forensic Anthropology and craniometrics on admixed populations. For my MA thesis, I am looking at sexual dimorphism in pre-pubescent individuals as a way of getting at sex determination methods in juveniles. I am also interested in continuing my examination of homogeneity in different Latin American populations using craniometrics and the implications this may have for Forensic Anthropology.
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| M.A. student in cultural anthropology |
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| M.A. student in archaeology |
B.A. Anthropology
University of Tennessee |
| My main interests include the prehistoric archaeology of the Appalachian Summit, upland settlement patterns, lithic resource use and cultural resource management. I am currently conducting research into the lithic resources of the Little River drainage, patterns of raw material use in the Appalachian Summit and the archaeology of the Great Smoky Mountains. |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
ltrammel@utk.edu
M.A. Anthropology
University of Tennessee
B.A. Anthropology
University of South Carolina
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| My primary research interests are bone histology and bone biochemistry as well as forensic anthropology. My Masters thesis focused on deer bone histology; I am currently expanding upon that research and collaborating on a project concerned with radiocarbon dating of human tissue and bone from individuals that lived during the "Bomb Spike" era. |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
| ctyers@utk.edu
M.A. Anthropology
Northern Illinois University, 2003
B.A. Anthropology
Northern Illinois University, 2001
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| Interests: Forensic Anthropology, Human Rights, Mass Disaster and Mass Grave Investigations, Gross Human Anatomy, Sicilian Archaeology |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
M.A. Anthropology
University of Tennessee
B.A. Anthropology
Hunter College |
| My research interests include non metric traits of the skeleton, such as musculoskeletal stress markers(MSM) With a focus on the relationship to the biohistory of the African diaspora and Latin American communities. Additional focus includes bioarchaeology, paleopathology and forensic anthropology. |
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| M.A. student in physical anthropology |
B.A. Anthropology
UNC Chapel Hill |
| Paleopathology, epidemiology, public health, bioarchaeology, mortuary archaeology, biocultural anthropology, medical anthropology, occupational stress markers, growth and nutrition, forensic sciences, scientific writing, attitudes toward death and dying, and beliefs regarding reality, space, and time. |
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| M.A. student in archaeology |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
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| Ph.D. student in physical anthropology |
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| Ph.D. student in cultural anthropology |
syankovs@utk.edu
M.A. Anthropology
University of South Florida
B.A. Anthropology
Valdosta State University
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| I am interested in issues of mental illness and I hope to do my field work in Ukraine. Currently, I am focusing on understanding how persistent traumatic and stressful events have shaped mental health and how Ukrainians have responded to western-style mental health initiatives. |
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