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Bioanthropology Graduate Students
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Lisa Becker
email: LLBECKER
advisor: Muehlenbein
year: 07
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Larissa Collier
email: LMCOLLIE
advisor: Cook
year: 07
Research Interests:
paleopathology, fracture patterns, disease process, population demographics, population movements, Western European bioarcaheology

Melanie Cowan
email: MECOWAN
advisor: Jamison
year: 02

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Research Interests:
medical anthropology, health behavior, human growth and development, human adaptation

Carlina de la Cova
email: KRAMANAN
advisor: Cook
year: 01
Research Interests:
paleopathology, skeletal biology, African American biohistory and African American bioarchaeology, nineteenth century historical medicine and disease, primate behavior

Kimberly Dingess
email: KDINGESS
advisor: Hunt
year: 98
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Sean Dougherty
email: SEPDOUGH
advisor: Cook
year: 97
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Sean P. Dougherty is a PhD candidate in physical anthropology.  Although he is a bioanthropologist by training, he generally prefers the more pretentious title: biohistorian.  His interests include human morbidity and mortality,historical demography, mortuary practices, human sacrifice, and other things for which he will likely not be paid.  Often a victim of happenstance and opportunity, he has found himself excavating and analyzing human skeletal remains in remote parts of Belize, Syria, and, most recently, Egypt. Ironically, he holds a Master's in Classical Studies, which has prepared him for none of this. He is currently living in Milwaukee, theoretically at work on his dissertation, a study of injury-related morbidity and recidivism among a 19th century almshouse cemetery population.

Marisa Fenn
email: MFENN
advisor: Kaestle
year: 03
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Allison Foley
email: AJFOLEY
advisor: Cook
year: 05
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Todd Foster
email: TLFOSTER
advisor: Jamison
year: 04
Research Interests:
human growth and development, human variation and adaptation, human sexuality and reproduction, Pacific and Eastern Asian populations
Current Research Focus: The United States has detonated over 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshallese Islands and the effects of fallout have caused many problems for these islanders. Relocation to different islands have caused political and social problems that continue to reflect them, even into the new millenium. Exposure to radioactive fallout has caused first, second, and possibly even third generation biological effects to general reproduction and growth and development.
I also am an active member of PFLAG and am very interested in the homosexual/heterosexual dichotomy.

Alison French-Doubleday
email: ALMFREN
advisor: Kaestle
year: 99
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Heather Hansen
email: HEAHANSE
advisor: Hunt
year: 01
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Blaire Hensley-Marschand
email: BAHENSLE
advisor: Hunt
year: 07
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Shawn Hurst
email: SHHURST
advisor: Hunt
year: 96
Research Interests:
primate cognition, evolution of the brain, multi-agent models of primate socioecology, early primate paleontology

Polly Husmann
email: PHUSMANN
advisor: Cook
year: 06
Research Interests:
bioarchaeology, human osteology, prehistory of the Americas, paleopathology, mortuary practices, diet isotope analyses

Laurah Jones
email: TURNERLB
advisor: Hunt
year: 07
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Cari Lewis
email: LEWISCM
advisor: Hunt
year: 07
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Leigh Ann Martinez
email:
advisor: Muehlenbein
year: Spring 08
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Charla McCormick
email: CKMCCORM
advisor: Kaestle
year: 03
Research Interests:
anthropological genetics and ethics

Georgia Millward
email: GMILLWAR
advisor: Kaestle
year: 05
Research Interests:
ancient DNA, population genetics, museum studies

Randy Patrick
email: RRPATRIC
advisor: Hunt
year: 05
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Jennifer Raff
email: JKEDZIE
advisor: Kaestle
year: 03
Research Interests:
ancient DNA, evolution of genes and genomes, prehistoric population movements, paleopathology, mortuary practices

Gilbert Ramos
email: GRAMOS
advisor: Hunt
year: 03
Research Interests:
primatology, non-human primate behavioral ecology, conservation, paelontology, evolution of bipedalism
I'm interested in the evolution of bipedalism, the evolution of primate social systems and compartive positional behavior. I'm also interested in evolutionary biology and animal behavior. I'm preparing a study of postional behavior, comparing bonobos and chimpanzees.

Maria Roditis
email: MRODITIS
advisor: Jamison
year: 04
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Amanda Rollins
email: AAROLLIN
advisor: Cook
year: 07
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Julienne Rutherford Goehl
email: JNRUTHER
advisor: Hunt/Toth
year: 96
Research Interests:
marmosets, reproduction, maternal investment, physiology, growth and development, primate evolution, sibling competition
I'm currently conducting my dissertation research at the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio. I am interested in the structure and function of the marmoset monkey placenta. Marmosets are small South American primates who exhibit an unusual suite of reproductive features, including twinning and cooperative infant care. In captivity, marmosets produce triplets which are generally smaller at birth than are twins. It is this variation in litter size and birthweight that informs my research on placental structure, as I am interested in how differences in the intrauterine environment can lead to the programming of differences in postnatal growth. I'm also interested in applying aspects of parent-offspring conflict theory to the relationship between fetal and placental measures.

Ellen Salter-Pederson
email: ESALTERP
advisor: Cook
year: 04
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David Samson
email: DRSAMSON
advisor: Hunt
year: 06
Research Interests:
Middle and Lower Paleolithic hominid morphology, lithics and subsistence/survival strategies, great ape material culture and bio-mechanics with a focus on perishable material culture and preservational environments.

Susan Spencer
email: SDSPENCE
advisor: Cook
year: 04
Research Interests:
human osteology, mortuary practices, forensic taphonomy, prehistoric and historic archaeology, museum studies

Robert Taylor
email: TAYLORR
advisor: Cook
year: 06
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Anna Tison
email: ATISON
advisor: Cook
year: 01
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