Curriculum Vitae (abridged):

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Education

• 1989, Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 
• 1982, M.A., Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• 1980, B.A., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley 

Honors and Awards

• March 2005. 2004 Award of Excellence from the Tennessee Association of Museums for the permanent exhibit: “The Origins of Humanity: Searching for our Fossil Ancestors” in the Frank H. McClung Museum (opened August 20, 2004).
• June 2000. Science Alliance Research Award  - UT/ORNL Science Alliance
• Academic Year 1999-2000. Named Scholar-in-the-Schools - College of Arts & Sciences, U.T.K.
• August 1997. Junior Faculty Teaching Award - College of Arts & Sciences, U.T.K.
• April 1996. Certificate of Merit for Scholarly Achievement in the Social Sciences - Phi Beta Kappa, Epsilon of Tennessee Chapter, U.T.K.
• September 1995. Award for Excellence in Academic Advising - College of Arts & Sciences, U.T.K.
• June 1980. Phi Beta Kappa inductee, Southern California Chapter.

• Daniel C. Weinand (Ph.D. 2005) Dissertation: “A Reevaluation of the Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions Associated with Homo erectus from Java, Indonesia, Based on the Functional Morphology of Fossil Bovid Astragali.” Accepted post-doctoral position in radiocarbon laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee.
• Arthur C. Durband (Ph.D. 2004) Dissertation: “A Test of the Multiregional Hypothesis of Modern Human Origins Using Basicranial Evidence from Indonesia and Australia.” Accepted tenure-track Assistant Professorship, Department of Anthropology, Texas Tech University.
• Steven M. Donnelly (Ph.D. 1996) Dissertation: "Size and Shape Variation in Early East African Homo and the Validity of Homo habilis as a Single Species." Currently Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah.
• James H. Kidder (Ph.D. 1996) Dissertation: "Defining Anatomically Modern Homo sapiens: A Size and Shape Approach." (Co-chair with Fred H. Smith) Currently Research Assistant Professor, UTK.
• Juliet K. Brophy (M.A. 2004) Thesis: “Preliminary Report on the Faunal Remains and Taphonomic Analysis of Plover’s Lake Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.” Currently applying to doctoral programs in Anthropology.
• Lauren D. Cox (M.A. 2004) Thesis: “Effects of Group Composition and Mating Season on the Agonistic and Affiliative Behavior of Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta).” Currently in doctoral program in Anthropology, Louisiana State University.
• Adam D. Sylvester (M.A. 2000) Thesis: "Joint Surface Area Proportions and Articular Curvature in AL 288-1: A Functional Interpretation." Admitted to doctoral program in Anthropology, Indiana University.
• Stephen M. Olah (M.A. 2000) Thesis: "Non-metric Cranial and Mandibular Trait Frequency Patterns and their Implications for Modern Human Origins."
• Deborah L. Cornell (M.A. 1998) Thesis: "The Morphometric Relationship of Upper Cave 101 and 103 to Modern Homo sapiens." Currently in doctoral program in Anthropology, University of Missouri.
• Brandy L. O’Neil (M.A. 1998) Thesis: "Latitudinal Gradient in the Body Mass Index (BMI), and the BMI’s Geometric and Statistical Relationships to the Surface Area: Volume Ratio and Body Shape." Currently in doctoral program in Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania.
• W. Leigh Moore (M.A. 1998) Thesis: "A Test of the Single Species Hypothesis in the Upper Pleistocene Levant using Multivariate Analysis of Mandibular Measurements." Currently in doctoral program in Anthropology, UTK.
• Kimberly A. Dingess (M.A. 1998) Thesis: "Towards Identifying Hominid Tooth Modifications on Bone: A Comparative Analysis of Captive Chimpanzee and Carnivore Tooth Marks." Currently in doctoral program in Anthropology, Indiana University.
• Clare K. Stott (M.A. 1997) Thesis: "Aspects of Ecology and Adaptation with an Emphasis on Hominoid Evolution." Currently in doctoral program in Anthropology, University of New Mexico.
• Amy R. Shook (M.A. 1994) Thesis: "A Morphometric Analysis of the Hominid Iliac Crest." Currently Director of Education, Henry M. Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida.

In Progress
 

• Doctoral candidates: W. Leigh Moore (M.A., UTK, 1998), Adam D. Sylvester (M.A., UTK, 2000)

Sponsored Research

• National Science Foundation Continuing Grant (SBR-9870751): "Hominid Evolution in Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Field Project in West Java, Indonesia."

Date Awarded: August 1, 1998
• Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc., International Collaborative Research Grant (ICRG-23): "Continued Multidisciplinary Fieldwork in West Java, Indonesia," co-grantee: Dr. Tony Djubiantono

Date Awarded: April 20, 1998
• L.S.B. Leakey Foundation General Grant: "Continuing Paleoanthropological Field Research in West Java, Indonesia"

Date Awarded: June 18, 1998
• UTK Professional Development Award (Faculty Research): "Preparatory paleoanthropological field work in West Java, Indonesia."

Date Awarded: January 16, 1997
• National Science Foundation Standard Grant (SBR-9405303): "Pleistocene hominid evolution in Australasia: A pilot study."

Date Awarded: April 27, 1995
• Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc., Small Grant (#5868): "Hominid biological and behavioral evolution in Australasia: Evidence from the Sangiran Dome, Central Java, Indonesia."

Date Awarded: April 11, 1995
• UTK Professional Development Award (Research) for Tenure-Track Faculty: "Human evolution in Southeast Asia: Paleoanthropological pilot study in Central Java, Indonesia."

Date Awarded: May 27, 1994
• UTK Professional Development Award (Faculty Research): "Cranial variation in living apes and humans as a model for understanding fossil hominoid variability."

Date Awarded: January 25, 1993

Presentations

• Kramer, A, Djubiantono, T, Aziz, F, Bogard, JS, Weeks, RA, and Hames, WE Elam, JM, Weinand, DC, Durband, AC, and Agus (2004) Taxonomic affinities and geochronological age of RH1, the first fossil hominid from West Java, Indonesia. Invited Paper presented in the symposium: “The Current State of Paleoanthropological Research in East and Southeast Asia” before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Tampa, FL, April 16.
• Kramer, A, Elam, JM, Durband, AC, Weinand, DC, Djubiantono, T, Aziz, F, Weeks, RA, Bogard, JS, and Hames, WE (2002) Radiometric Ages of Faunal and Hominid-Bearing Sites in West Java: Preliminary Results from the 1999 Field Season. Invited Paper presented at the XVIIth Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan), September 10.
• Kramer, A, and Konigsberg, LW (2001) Metric approaches to species recognition: A fossil test of the finite mixture method. Invited Paper presented at the XVIth International Symposium on Morphological Sciences, Sun City, South Africa, July 25.
• Kramer, A, Elam, JM, Durband, AC, Weinand, DC, Djubiantono, T, Aziz, F, and Hames, WE (2000) Multidisciplinary Paleoanthropological Excavations in West Java: Report from the 1999 Field Season. Invited Paper presented at the conference: Towards Ahead: The Geological Museum in a Changing World, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, August 23.
• Weinand, DC, Elam, JM, Durband, AC, Kramer, A, Djubiantono, T, Aziz, F, and Hames, WE, Weeks, R, and Bogard, J (2000) Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Dating of Fossil Bovid Teeth From Rancah, West Java. Invited Paper presented at the conference: Towards Ahead: The Geological Museum in a Changing World, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, August 23.
• Kramer, A,  Elam, JM,  Djubiantono, T, Aziz, F, and Hames, WE  (2000) 1999 Excavations in the Rancah District, West Java, Indonesia. Presented before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, San Antonio, Texas, April 15.
• Kramer, A, and Olah, SM (1999) Patterns of non-metric trait frequency and the emergence of modern human cranio-facial form. Invited Paper presented in the symposium “The Emergence of Modern Humans” (organized by CL Brace) before the American Anthropological Association, Chicago, November 20.
• Kramer, A (1998) Evolution and religion: Is there necessarily a conflict? Invited Lecture presented in the Maryville College Community Forum Fall Lecture Series, Maryville, TN, October 26.
• Kramer, A, and Donnelly, SM (1998) Species recognition among the robust hominids from Java. Invited Paper presented at the conference: Origin of Settlements and Chronology of Paleolithic Cultures in Southeast Asia, Paris, France, June 4.
• Kramer, A, and Djubiantono, T (1998) Preliminary paleoanthropological field research in West Java, Indonesia. Presented before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 3.
• Donnelly, SM, and Kramer, A (1997) Testing for multiple species in fossil samples: A randomization test for comparing variances. Presented (by Donnelly) before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, St. Louis, Missouri, April 5.
• Konigsberg, LW, and Kramer, A (1996) Co-organizers and Co-chairs of symposium titled "Genetic and quantitative approaches in paleoanthropology." Presented before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Durham, North Carolina, April 12.
• Kramer, A, and Konigsberg, LW (1996) Recognizing species diversity among hominoids: a simulation test using missing data finite mixture analysis. Presented before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Durham, North Carolina, April 12.
• Kramer, A (1995) Modern human origins: the fossil evidence. Guest Lecture presented before the faculty and students of the Geology Department of the National College of Engineering, Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, July 3.
• Kramer, A (1995) Invited Panelist in Plenary Session: "Confronting Creationism in 1990s", organized by L Godfrey and A Petto, presented before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Oakland, CA, March 30.
• Kramer, A (1995) Species recognition and evolutionary patterns in genus Homo. Sponsored Lecture presented before the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, NC, February 13.
• Kramer, A (1994) Craniometric variation in extant large-bodied hominoids: testing single-species hypotheses in fossil hominid samples. Presented before the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society, Anaheim CA, April 19.
• Kramer, A (1993) "Stones & Bones": Bringing physical anthropology to secondary schools. Presented before the Tennessee Science Teachers Association, Nashville, November 6.
• Kramer, A, Crummett, TL, and Wolpoff, MH (1992) Morphological diversity in the Upper Pleistocene hominids of the Levant: Two species? Invited Paper presented at the Third International Congress on Human Paleontology, Jerusalem, Israel, August 25.
• Kramer, A (1992) The origins of polytypism in the hominid fossil record. Invited Paper presented in the symposium "Does Homo erectus Still Exist?" (organizers: MH Wolpoff and A Thorne) before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Las Vegas, April 3.
• Kramer, A (1991) What is "Meganthropus palaeojavanicus Koenigswald, 1941?" Invited Paper presented at the Fourth International Senckenberg Conference: "One Hundred Years of Pithecanthropus: The Homo erectus Problem," Frankfurt, Germany, December 5.
• Kramer, A (1991) Principal components analysis as a predictor of sexual dimorphism in unknown fossil samples. Presented before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Milwaukee, April 6.
• Kramer, A (1991) Did "Eve" exist? Modern human origins and the Australasian evidence. Sponsored Lecture presented before the Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, April 15.
• Kramer, A (1991) Controversies in modern human origins: the fossil evidence from Java. Sponsored Lecture presented before the Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, February 21.
• Kramer, A (1991) The evolution of the earliest Javans: implications for the ancestry of Australians. Sponsored Lecture presented before the Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, February 12.

Publications

• Kramer, A (2006) Study Guide for Jurmain, Kilgore and Trevathan’s Essentials of Physical Anthropology, Sixth Edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 246 pp. ISBN 0-495-00390-5.
• Kramer, A, Djubiantono, T, Aziz, F, Bogard, JS, Weeks, RA, Weinand, DC, Hames, WE, Elam, JM, Durband, AC, and Agus (2005) The first hominid fossil recovered from West Java, Indonesia. Journal of Human Evolution 48:661-667. [Summary Plus] [PDF Full Text] [Web Full Text]
• Kramer, A (2005) Book Review of Neanderthals in the Levant: Behavioral Organization and the Beginnings of Human Modernity. Edited by Donald O. Henry. Geoarcheology: An International Journal 20:425-427.
• Kramer, A (2005) Study Guide for Jurmain, Kilgore, Trevathan, and Nelson’s Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Tenth Edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 288 pp. ISBN 0-534-63906-2.
• Bogard, JS, Murray, ME, Weeks, RA, Weinand, DC, Elam, JM and Kramer, A (2004) Age of an Indonesian Fossil Tooth Determined by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, ORNL/TM-2004/85, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 2004.
• Kramer, A (2004) Study Guide for Jurmain, Kilgore, Trevathan, and Nelson's Essentials of Physical Anthropology, Fifth Edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 242 pp. ISBN 0-534-61437-X
• Weeks, RA, Bogard, JS, Elam, JM, Weinand, DC and Kramer, A (2003) Effects of thermal annealing on the radiation produced electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of bovine and equine tooth enamel: Fossil and modern. Journal of Applied Physics 93(12):9880-9889. [PDF Full Text] [Web Full Text]
• Kramer, A (2003) Study Guide for Jurmain, Kilgore, Trevathan, and Nelson's Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Ninth Edition. Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth, 281 pp. ISBN 0-534-58790-9
• Kramer, A (2002) Review Essay: A century of Indonesian paleoanthropology, or from Java with love. Evolutionary Anthropology 11:125-126.
• Kramer, A (2002) Paleoanthropology at home and in the field. In AS Ryan (ed.): A Guide to Careers in Physical Anthropology. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, pp. 65-83. [Website]
• Kramer, A (2002) The natural history and evolutionary fate of Homo erectus.  In PN Peregrine, CR Ember, and M Ember (eds.): Physical Anthropology: Original Readings in Method and Practice.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, pp. 140-154 (Reprinted from 1995). [Website]
• Kramer, A, Weinand, DC, Djubiantono, T, Aziz, F, Hames, WE, Elam, JM, Bogard, JS, Weeks, RA, Sumarinda, I, Agus, Durband, AC (2001) Multidisciplinary paleoanthropological excavations in the Rancah district of West Java: Report from the 1999 field season. Geological Research and Development Centre (Bandung, Indonesia) Special Publication 27, pp. 67-79.
• Kramer, A, and Donnelly, SM (2001) Species recognition among the robust hominids from Java. In F Sémah, C Falguères, D Grimaud-Hervé, and A-M Sémah (eds.) Origin of Settlements and Chronology of the Paleolithic Cultures in Southeast Asia. Paris: Semenanjung, pp. 359-375.
• Kramer, A (2001) Book review of Adventures in the Bone Trade: The Race to Discover Human Ancestors in Ethiopia’s Afar Depression by Jon Kalb. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 115:292-293.
• Kramer, A, Crummett, TL, and Wolpoff, MH (2001) Out of Africa and into the Levant: Replacement or admixture in western Asia? Quaternary International 75:51-63. [PDF Full Text] [Web Full Text]
• Kramer, A (2000) Book review of Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness by Ian Tattersall. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 111:144-145.
• Kramer, A, and Konigsberg, LW (1999) Recognizing species diversity among large-bodied hominoids: a simulation test using missing data finite mixture analysis.  Journal of Human Evolution 36:409-421. [Abstract]
• Donnelly, SM, and Kramer, A (1999) Testing for multiple species in fossil samples: An evaluation and comparison of tests for equal relative variation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 108:507-529.  [Abstract]
• Kramer, A (1999) Paleoanthropology in the 1990s: Current foci and future directions. Reviews in Anthropology 28:17-31.
• Kramer, A (1999) Book review of Conceptual Issues in Modern Human Origins Research. Edited by Geoffrey A. Clark and Catherine M. Willermet. Human Biology 71:303-306.
• Kramer, A (1997) Book review of Contemporary Issues In Human Evolution.  Edited by W. Eric Meikle, F. Clark Howell, and Nina G. Jablonski.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 103:428-430.
• Kramer, A, Donnelly, SM, Kidder, JH, Ousley, SD, and Olah, SM (1995) Craniometric variation in large-bodied hominoids: Testing the single-species hypothesis for Homo habilis. Journal of Human Evolution 29:443-462. [Abstract]
• Kramer, A (1994) A critical analysis of claims for the existence of Southeast Asian australopithecines. Journal of Human Evolution 26:3-21. [Abstract]
• Kramer, A, and Konigsberg, LW (1994) The phyletic position of Sangiran 6 as determined by multivariate analyses. In JL Franzen (ed.): 100 Years of Pithecanthropus: The Homo erectus Problem. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 171:105 -114.
• Konigsberg, LW, Kramer, A, Donnelly, SM, Relethford, JH, and Blangero, J (1994) Modern human origins. Nature 372: 228-229.
• Kramer, A (1993) Human taxonomic diversity in the Pleistocene: Does Homo erectus represent multiple hominid species? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 91:161-171.
• Kramer, A (1993) Le Meganthrope. Les Dossiers d'Archeologie, No. 184, p. 40. Special issue: "Le Pithecanthrope de Java - a la Decouvert du Chainon Manquant."
• Kramer, A (1993) Book review of Getting Here: The Story of Human Evolution by William Howells.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 92:235-236.
• Kramer, A (1991) Modern human origins in Australasia: Replacement or evolution? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 86:455-473.
• Kramer, A (1991) Book review of The Evolution of Homo Erectus: Comparative Anatomical Studies of an Extinct Human Species by G. Philip Rightmire.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 86:557-558.