Nikki E. Bennett
Academic Program: Biocultural Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Anthrozoology, cross-cultural human-animal dynamics, human-animal coexistence, bioinformatics, genetic/ancestral identity
Advisor: Iván Sandoval-Cervantes
Email: bennen2@unlv.nevada.edu
Timothy Bennett
Academic Program: Cultural Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Morality, justice, proportionality.
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Email: bennt2@unlv.nevada.edu
A’liciah Carr
Academic Program: Biocultural Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Human social behavior, psychological anthropology, human reproduction, artificial reproductive technology, and health care
Co-Advisors: Alyssa Crittenden and Daniel Benyshek
Email: carra7@unlv.nevada.edu
Manuel De Cespedes
Academic Program: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Southwestern archaeology, Virgin Branch Puebloan Culture, experimental archaeology, psychology, human environmental interactions and the use of natural resources
Advisor: Karen Harry
Email: decesped@unlv.nevada.edu
Haley Dougherty
Academic Program: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Southwestern archaeology, Virgin Branch culture, Kayenta Puebloan design styles, ceramic analysis, database design software, exchange system modeling, ceramic distribution networks, trade routes, cultural identity, and technological innovations
Advisor: Karen Harry
Email: doughh1@unlv.nevada.edu
Emily Edmonds
Academic Program: Bioarchaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, violence, massacres, patterns of inequality
Advisor: Debra Martin
Email: edmone2@unlv.nevada.edu
Mitzy Danell Flores
Academic Program: Cultural Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Anthropology of Death & Dying, Love, Care, Consciousness, Spirituality and Religion.
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Email: florem19@unlv.nevada.edu
Taylor Flaherty
Academic Program: Bioarchaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Sub-discipline: Forensic Anthropology
Research Interests: Human identification methods, hormone replacement therapy in relation to skeletal sex indicators, medical imaging techniques, human anatomy and pathology, trauma analysis
Advisor: Jennifer Byrnes
Email: flahet1@unlv.nevada.edu
Ian Ford-Terry
Academic Program: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: M.A.
Research Interests: Ethnobotany, Paleoethnobotany, Southwestern and Mesoamerican archaeology, ancient agricultural methods and adaptations, collapse and regeneration of complex societies, Uto-Aztecan languages, Nahuatl philosophy, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Email: fordterr@unlv.nevada.edu
Cristina Freiberger
Academic Program: Bioarchaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Health and Violence in Past Communities, Paleopathology, Forensic Anthropology, Colonization of New World, Andean South America, American Southwest.
Advisor: Debra Martin
Email: freiberg@unlv.nevada.edu
Eric Fries
Academic Program: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Maya archaeology, geographic information systems, settlement patterns, landscape archaeology.
Advisor: Arlen Chase
Email: friese1@unlv.nevada.edu
Heather Frigiola
Academic Program: Cultural Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Anthrozoology, pet-keeping, identity, United States, multiculturalism, mythology and religion.
Advisor: Iván Sandoval-Cervantes
Email: frigiola@unlv.nevada.edu
Kathleen (Kat) Furman
Academic Program: Cultural Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: North American Indigenous cultures past and present, Women's Studies, Patriarchy, North American and Ancient Egyptian Archaeology
Advisor: William Jankowiak
Email: furmak1@unlv.nevada.edu
Katherine Gaddis
Academic Program: Bioarchaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: paleopathology, developmental origins of disease, evolutionary medicine, GIS and geospatial analysis, biocultural perspectives on human health
Advisor: Jennifer Byrnes
Email: gaddik1@unlv.nevada.edu
Bri Heisler
Academic Program: Biological Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Hominin Evolution, Phylogeny, and Molecular Anthropology.
Advisor: Brian Villmoare
Email: heislb1@unlv.nevada.edu
SaMoura Horsley
Academic Program: Biological Anthropology; Forensic Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: M.A.
Research Interests: Inmate Populations, Trauma and Pathology, Women's Studies
Advisor: Jennifer Byrnes
Email: horsls1@unlv.nevada.edu
Liam Johnson
Academic Program: Biological Anthropology; Forensic Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Missing and unidentified persons, structural violence, GIS and geo-spatial analysis, 3D technologies, community engagement, public health.
Advisor: Jennifer Byrnes
Email: johnsl47@unlv.nevada.edu
Kara Jones
Academic Program: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Mojave Desert and Great Basin archaeology, lithic technology, lithic resource procurement, trade networks, raw material sourcing, experimental analysis, environmental ecology.
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Email: jonesk44@unlv.nevada.edu
Miriam Kopels
Academic Program: Biocultural Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Food security and basic needs, nutrition, education
Co-Advisors: Alyssa Crittenden and Daniel Benyshek
Email: kopels@unlv.nevada.edu
Dayanira (Dee) Lopez
Academic Program: Bioarchaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: fragmentary human osteology, human identification and trauma analysis, archaeological field methods, bioarchaeology, skeletal pathologies, axial skeletal deformities, Latin American studies, diversity in crime analysis and academia, structural violence
Advisor: Jennifer Byrnes
Email: lopezd59@unlv.nevada.edu
Virginia Lucas
Academic Program: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Complex societies, zooarchaeology, Iron Age, Romania, Southeastern and Southwestern United States
Advisor: Levent Atici
Email: lucasv1@unlv.nevada.edu
Jared Miles
Academic Program: Archaeological Heritage Management
Anticipated Degree: MA
Research Interests: Great Basin and Southwest archaeology
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Email: milesj1@unlv.nevada.edu
Julianne Paige
Academic Program: Biomedical Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Maternal placentophagy, postpartum depression, epidemiology, maternal-infant health
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Email: paigej1@unlv.nevada.edu
Alesha Pettit
Academic Program: Biological Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Hominin Evolution, Craniofacial Morphology, Geometric Morphometrics, Facial Morphology and Complex Communication, and Evolutionary Constraints.
Advisor: Brian Villmoare
Email: pettia2@unlv.nevada.edu
Danielle Romero
Academic Program: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Southwest archaeology, ceramics (Mimbres technology, design, and trade), communities of practice and identity, migration and interaction, public archaeology and heritage management.
Advisor: Barbara Roth
Email: romero76@unlv.nevada.edu
Diana Simpson
Academic Program: Bioarchaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Paleopathology, bioarchaeology of care, violence, identity and intersectionality in the past, mortuary practice, Archaic North America, primate behavior, human evolution and adaptation, archaeological illustration.
Advisor: Debra Martin
Email: simpsd4@unlv.nevada.edu
Katie Stansbury
Academic Program: Bioarchaeology/Medical Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: M.A. and Ph.D.
Research Interests: Paleopathology, the bioarchaeology of violence, effects of colonialism on health, biopower, necropolitics, and institutional violence
Co-Advisors: Jennifer Byrnes and Daniel Benyshek
Email: stansk3@unlv.nevada.edu
Emily Swett
Academic Program: Anthropology
Sub-discipline: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: M.A.
Research Interests: Southwestern archaeology, Puebloan Culture, Hohokam Culture, Neolithic archaeology, LiDAR technology, Geo-physical methods in archaeology, and Bio-archaeology
Advisor: Karen Harry
Email: swette1@unlv.nevada.edu
Benjamin Van Alstyne
Academic Program: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Public outreach, photogrammetry, 360-degree film making, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technologies, Southwestern archaeology, Virgin Puebloan culture, architectural adaptations, building information modeling (BIM), computer aided design (CAD).
Advisor: Karen Harry
Email: vanalsty@unlv.nevada.edu
Jacob White
Academic Program: Biomedical Anthropology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Developmental origins of disease, Maternal/fetal health, Evolutionary medicine.
Advisor: Daniel Benyshek
Email: whitej31@unlv.nevada.edu
Katharine Woollen
Academic Program: Bioarchaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: paleopathology, trauma, forensic anthropology, public health, structural violence, social injustice
Advisor: Jennifer Byrnes
Email: woollen@unlv.nevada.edu
Ruzena Zatko
Academic Program: Archaeology
Anticipated Degree: Ph.D.
Research Interests: Southwestern Archaeology, Puebloan Culture, spatial analysis and GIS applications, experimental archaeology, ceramics (analysis and trade), technology, and production
Co-Advisors: Liam Frink and Karen Harry
Email: rzatko@unlv.nevada.edu