Current
Graduate Students
Our
M.A. students completed undergraduate degrees at institutions
such as Boston University, University of Cincinnati,
Louisiana State University, Washington University in
St. Louis, Miami University of Ohio, and the University
of Michigan. Our current students are conducting
research at a number of institutions: e.g. the Cleveland
Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian, and the
Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, as well
as field sites in Ohio, Mexico, Vietnam, and Suriname.
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in professional
meetings such as the Society for American Archaeology,
the American Anthropological Association, and the American
Association of Physical Anthropology.
| Name
(program) |
contact |
info |
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| Anzelc,
Avis (MA) |
aanzelc@kent.edu |
primate
behavior and ecology |
| Bonadio,
Christopher (MA) |
cbonadio@kent.edu |
biological
anthropology |
| Dunn,
Ridgely (MA) |
rdunn4@kent.edu |
cultural
anthropology: oceania |
| Gallup,
Kathryn (MA) |
kgallup@kent.edu |
biological
anthropology: biomechanics |
| Gregory, Tremaine (Ph.D.) |
ltgregor@kent.edu |
new
world primate behavior |
| Hutchinson, Brian (MA) |
bhutchi2@kent.edu |
human paleeontology, evolutionary development |
| Hurst, Delaney (MA) |
dhurst1@kent.edu |
primate behavior and ecology |
| Johnson,
Eric (MA) |
ejohnso8@kent.edu |
cultural
anthropology and archaeology: collapse of state
level societies |
| Jukich,
Megan (MA) |
mjukich@kent.edu |
paleoanthropology |
| Kreierhoff, Jennifer (MA) |
jkreierh@kent.edu |
skeltetal biology |
| Lane, Molly (MA) |
mlane3@kent.edu |
archaeology |
| Lopez,
Roger (MA) |
rlopez2@kent.edu |
biological
anthropology: neotropical primates |
Malcolm,
Heather (MA)
|
hmalcol1@kent.edu |
cultural
anthropology |
| Meldrim,
Linsey (MA) |
lmeldrim@kent.edu |
paleoanthropology,
old world archaeology |
| Moran, Mehgan, (Ph.D.) |
mmoran6@kent.edu |
human evolution |
| Robl,
Nicholas (MA) |
nrobl@kent.edu |
biological
anthropology: primate conservation |
| Rosenman,
Burt, A. (Ph.D.) |
brosenma@kent.edu |
biological
anthropology |
| Sayers,
Ken (Ph.D.) |
kasayers@kent.edu |
primate
behavior and ecology |
| Selby,
Michael (Ph.D) |
mselby@kent.edu |
biological
anthropology: primate anatomy, locomotion, and developmental
biology |
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| Thompson, Cynthia (Ph.D.) |
cthomps9@kent.edu |
primate
behavior and ecology |
| Toffolon,
Susan (MA) |
stoffolo@kent.edu |
cultural
anthropology: women's issues and women's reproductive
health |
| Waffen, Chad (MA) |
cwaffen@kent.edu |
archaeology |
| York,
Heather (Ph.D.) |
hyork@kent.edu |
primate
anatomy, forensic anthropology, skeletal biology |
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Thompson, Cyndie (Ph.D.) My research interests are
in the behavior and ecology of New World primates. I am interested specifically in the social behavior of white-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia pithecia), and my dissertation will test several competing hypotheses relating to why they engage in aggressive intertroop encounters.
My field work is mainly in Suriname. |
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Gregory, Tremaine (Ph.D.) My research
interests include the social behavior, ecology, and evolution of free-ranging New World monkeys. I am currently studying two members of the pitheciin clade, bearded sakis and white-faced sakis, in Brownsberg Nature Park in Suriname. I am also interested in the conservation-poverty interface, and the ways in which poverty can potentially be alleviated through conservation and ecotourism. |
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Sayers,
Ken
(Ph.D.) I
am interested in applying hitherto neglected concepts
from evolutionary theory to understand primate
behavior. My current project involves comparing
assumptions and predictions from foraging theory’s
prey and patch models to Himalayan langur (Semnopithecus
entellus achilles) feeding behavior at Langtang
National Park, northern Nepal. It is hoped that
quantifying langur dietary choices in such a marginal
habitat will elucidate clues as to why so few
primates can survive in temperate or alpine ecozones.
Image: Ken Sayers observing Himalayan langurs in Nepal (Ken,10,000'/ Mountain peaks, 26,000'). |
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Selby,
Michael
(Ph.D.) I
am interested in primate locomotion as well as
limb morphology and development. Specifically,
my research interests include how the regulation
of Hox genes and their targets modify limb morphology,
to understand better the evolution of primate
limb morphology.
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Moran, Meghan (Ph.D.) My research interests include the effects of bipedalism on the skeletal morphology of the human femoral neck. Other interests are: hominoid skeletal morphology, human evolution, and the origins of bipedalism. My recently completed MA thesis focused on the differences in the inferior and superior cortical borders at the femoral neck between normal walkers and non-walkers (CP and Spina bifida patients). |
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