People
- Department Head
- Faculty
- Instructors and Researchers
- Staff
- Graduate Students
- Affiliated Graduate Students
- Emeritus
- Courtesy Appointments
- Alumni
Department Head
human evolution, trabecular bone, biomechanics, skeletal biology microCT
Faculty
Ethnoarchaeology, socio-ecological systems, livelihoods in arid lands, behavioral ecology, Aboriginal Australia
Human-environment interactions, Hunter gatherer socio-ecology, human behavioral ecology, costly signaling, gender
Environmental archaeology, pastoralism, South American archaeology, zooarchaeology
Human-environment interaction, anthropology and archaeology of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean, coastal and island archaeology, ethnohistory, ethnoarchaeology, historical ecology, extinction, migration, ethnogenesis
Evolutionary anthropology of human health, disease ecology, nutrition, socio-ecological systems, bushmeat hunting, Nigeria
Warfare and violence, collective behavior, human behavioral ecology, small-scale societies, social organization
Ancient economy, Mesoamerican archaeology, cultural complexity, household archaeology, craft production
Paleoanthropology, Human adaptation, Skin pigmentation, Human diversity, STEM education
Stephen A. Matthews
- Liberal Arts Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, Demography, and Geography
- Courtesy School of International Affairs
- Director, Graduate Program in Demography
(814) 863-9721
Demography, Spatial Inequality, Population Health, Ecologic Exposure, Spatial Analysis
Eastern North American archaeology; Small-scale society warfare; Paleodemography; Paleoepidemiology; Skeletal age estimation
George (PJ) Perry
- Harry J. & Elissa M. Sichi Early Career Professor in Anthropology
- Associate Professor of Anthropology and Biology
(814) 863-7654
Anthropological genomics, Paleogenomics (ancient DNA), Human rainforest hunter-gatherers, Human impacts on non-human evolutionary biology, Parasites as proxies for human evolution, Madagascar people and lemurs
behavioral endocrinology, evolutionary psychology, sex differences, sexual selection, sexuality
Craniofacial development, Craniosynostosis, Genetics of craniofacial development, and Genotype-phenotype correspondence
Water and dietary intake, water insecurity, hydration status, environmental and lifestyle transitions, anthropometrics, global health
Mary K. Shenk
- Associate Professor of Anthropology & Demography
- Faculty Associate, Population Research Institute
- Faculty Affiliate, Center for Human Ecology
(814) 863-1045
Human behavioral ecology, anthropological demography, evolutionary demography, fertility, parental investment, marriage, kinship, inequality, India, Bangladesh
Human Genetics, Population Genetics, Population Genomics, Sexually Dimorphism, Pigmentation, Hair Form, Facial Features, Predictive Biometrics, Molecular Photofitting, DNA Phenotyping
Instructors and Researchers
Evolutionary genomics, Population and comparative genomics, Rainforest hunter-gatherers, Hybridization, Old World monkey phylogenetics, Mosquito population genomics
Social and Economic Impacts of Alcohol, Documentary Film
Circum-Caribbean ancient human ecology
Settlement archaeology, Holocene climate change, paleoenvironment, subsistence, demography, GIS, radiocarbon dating, European prehistory, Mesoamerica, Southwest US
Eréndira M. Quintana Morales
- Post Doctoral Scholar in African Environmental Archaeology
(814) 867-0003
Human-Environmental Interaction, Colonization Events, Zooarchaeology, Morphometrics, Species Introductions, Environmental Modification/Land Use, Evolutionary Ecology, Human Behavioral Ecology
Staff
Betty Blair
- Administrative Support Assistant to the Department Head and Administrative Services
(814) 867-0005
Graduate Students
Isotope Analysis, Bioarchaeology, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Mortuary Rituals, Urbanization, Paleodemography, Migration
Human-environment interactions, island and coastal archaeology, estuarine and marine resource use, paleoecology, conservation policy, ethnohistory, zooarchaeology, GIS
Human-environmental interaction, Settlement patterns, GIS, Remote sensing, Evolutionary theory, Spatial analysis, Coastal & island archaeology, Climate change
Human evolution, skeletal biology, bone biomechanics, physical activity, diet, trabecular bone, microCT
Human-environmental interactions, isotope biogeochemistry, GIS, paleoclimatology, modeling
Human evolution, bipedalism, functional morphology, bone biomechanics, trabecular bone, microCT, human osteology
Paleoethnobotany, Anthropogenic Landscapes
Mesoamerican Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, Paleodemography, and Migration Studies
Kirsten (Saige) Kelmelis
- Ph.D. Graduate Student
bioarchaeology, paleoepidemiology, paleodemography
Human variation, hair morphology, evolution, pigmentation
Human Anatomy; Skeletal Biology; Morphological and Genetic Variation in Modern Humans; Forensic Anthropology; Geometric Morphometrics
Archaeometry, Geophysics, Paleohydrology, Agricultural Intensification, Mesoamerica, Remote Sensing, Complex Societies, Urbanism, Environmental Change, State Formation
human-environment interactions, cooperation, collective action, GIS & GIScience, geoinformatics, spatial cognition, complex adaptive systems, data visualization, museum studies
Human facial variation and health; dysmorphological facial phenotypes; evolution of facial features; human skin pigmentation
Affiliated Graduate Students
Evolutionary biology, genomics, morphology, body size, and human hunting
Emeritus
Patricia Johnson
- Associate Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Demography, and Women's Studies
(814) 865-3129
Human ecology, Paleoethnobotany, Paleoecology, Environmental Archaeology, Wood Anatomy
Courtesy Appointments
Santhosh Girirajan
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Anthropology
(814) 867-4373
Carter Hunt
- Assistant Professor in Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management and Anthropology
(814) 863-9773
Ann E. Killebrew
- Associate Professor, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies, and Anthropology
(814) 865-1686
Matthew B. Restall
- Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Colonial Latin American History, Anthropology and Women's Studies
Alumni
Landscape Archaeology and GIS
Evolution of human sexuality and applied social dynamics
Evolutionary psychology and human sex differences
Economic Anthropology, Interregional Interaction, Craft Production, Geochemical Sourcing, Shellworking, Obsidian
Claire Ebert
- Visiting Scholar, Center for Comparative Archaeology (University of Pittsburgh)
Emergence of complexity, Human-environment interaction, Formative Mesoamerica, Household and settlement archaeology, Ancient economies, Radiocarbon dating, Stable isotope analysis, geochemical sourcing, GIS and remote sensing
Craniofacial Development and Morphology
Skeletal Age Estimation, Human Variation, Bioarchaeology, Forensic Anthropology
Mesoamerican archaeology and textiles
behavioral biology, biological anthropology, primatology, sexual selection, vocalization
Coastal Human Paleoecology, Archaeometry
Human Evolutionary and Developmental Biology
Human variation with a focus on hair microstructure and morphology, TEM, microscopy, forensic analysis
Mesoamerica, Chinampa Agriculture, GIS
Anatomy, Functional Morphology, and Developmental Biology
Violence and Warfare, Osteology, Viking Age, Early Medieval NW Europe, GIS
disease ecology, anthropological demography, molecular epidemiology, spatial demography and epidemiology
Functional Morphology
Evolutionary Biological Anthropology and Sexual Selection
Functional Morphology
Vitamin D and Bone Microstructure
Evolution of Human Sexuality
Mesoamerican Archaeology
Human-Environment Interaction, Emergence of Social Complexity, European Prehistory, Faunal Analysis, Stable Isotopes, Human & Animal Diet Modeling, Spread of Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, Mortuary Archaeology, Warfare