Positions
- Graduate Student Associate, Stone Age Institute, Bloomington, Indiana
- Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Education
- 2000 B.A. University of California at Berkeley, Anthropology and Integrative Biology.
- M.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, Anthropology.
Special Training
- 1999 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing, University of California at Berkeley.
- 2001 Flintknapping Fieldschool, Cliffside Workshops, Lynchburg, Virginia
- 2004 Stable Isotope Analysis, Laboratory of Dr. Jay Quade, University of Arizona, Tucson
Special Interests
Human evolutionary studies, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, paleoecology, vertebrate paleontology, macro- and micro-evolutionary trends, ecomorphology, faunal analysis and taphonomy, stable isotope analysis, stratigraphy and paleosol geomorphology, geographic information systems and remote sensing, hominid resource availability and distribution
Recent and Ongoing Research
- Paleoecological reconstruction of the Pleistocene deposits of the Gona site, Afar Depression, Ethiopia
- Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Eocene deposits of the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming
- Fluctuating dental asymmetry and microevolution in populations of New World monkeys and humans
- Presence and etiology of hyperostosis frontalis interna in prehistoric Native American populations
Awards and Distinctions
- 2000 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (U.S. Department of Education)
- 2000 Ford Foundation Fellowship (Declined)
- 2000 National Science Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention
- 2000 Indiana University Dean’s Minority Fellowship
