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NHRE Anthropology Projects
2023
3D Digital Technology Connecting the Remote Community, the Native Village of Igiugig, Alaska, with Material Culture in Museum Collections
Intern: Lily McEwen
Mentor: Eric Hollinger, AlexAnna Salmon, Monty Rogers
Department: Cultural Anthropology
2022
The pressing need for decolonial methods in archaeology and archives
Intern: Muna Ali
Mentor: Torben Rick, Joshua Bell, Molly Kamph
Department: Cultural Anthropology
Cutmark Variation in Experimentally Butchered Deer Bones
Intern: Rosseirys De La Rosa
Mentor: Briana Pobinar, Elizabeth G. Veatch
Department: Anthropology; Human Origins Program
2021
Sex-Related Dental Wear Patterns in an Alaskan Population
Intern: Kristen Alipio
Mentor: Erica Jones, Rhonda Coolidge
Department: Bio-Anthropology
Archaeobotanical Impact of Pre-Colonial Andean Mining: Investigating Crop Phytoaccumulation of Lead (Pb) and Mercury (Hg)
Intern: Marina Ellis
Mentor: Logan Kistler
Department: Bio-Anthropology
Taxonomy at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge and natural sciences
Intern: Asher Thye
Mentor: Gwyneira Isaac
Department: Cultural Anthropology
Comparing Diaphyseal Length to Dental Calcification Age of Subadults from Elmbank Cemetery
Intern: Sara Wilson
Mentor: J. Christopher Dudar
Department: Bio-Anthropology
2019
Skin Pigmentation Variability in Baboons: Implications for Vitamin D Deficiency
Intern: Shristi Sadhir
Mentor: Andrea R. Eller
Department: Vertebrate Zoology
Analyzing Photographs and Feedback from Native Community Visitors
Intern: Ciara Bernal
Mentor: Josh Bell
Department: Cultural Anthropology
Population-level assessment of cranial modification and atlanto-occipital fusion across Peru
Intern: Laura N. Pott
Mentors: Rita M. Austin, Andrea R. Eller, Sabrina B. Sholts
Department: Physical Anthropology
2018
Closing the gap: examining sex differences in oral health
Intern: Gina Errico
Mentor: David Hunt
Department: Physical Anthropology
Expression of sexual dimorphism among the German, Irish, and Italian ancestry groups in the Huntington Collection
Intern: Ashley Espinoza
Mentor: David Hunt
Department: Physical Anthropology
The Planet of the Humans!? The effects of anthropogenic environments on great apes
Intern: Sadie Friend
Mentor: Sabrina Sholts & Andrea Eller
Department: Physical Anthropology
To bead or not to bead: compositional variation of white glass beads is the question
Intern: Kendra McCabe
Mentor: Bill Billeck
Department: Cultural Anthropology
2017
Assessing Arctic change: revisiting an earlier exhibit with new data and contemporary perspectives
Intern: Rebekah Albach, Wellesley College
Mentor: Igor Krupnik
Department: Anthropology
Can tooth plaque save your teeth? Comparative analysis of carious lesions (cavities) and dental calculus
Intern: Samuel Carreon, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Mentor: Sabrina Sholts
Department: Anthropology
DNA in ancient plant microfossils?
Intern: Andrea Marroquin, Northern Kentucky University
Mentor: Logan Kistler
Department: Anthropology
Getting to the root: testing the caries-attrition hypothesis in two Paleo-Indian populations
Intern: Bobbie Benavidez, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Mentor: David Hunt
Department: Anthropology
2016
Chew on this: investigating modern lion tooth pit size and frequency
Intern: Katherine Woolard, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Mentor: Briana Pobiner
Department: Anthropology
Filling the gaps: the history of dental pathology and restoration in 19th century Washington, DC
Intern: Andres Carlos, Fort Lewis College
Mentor: Douglas Owsley and Kari Bruwelheide
Department: Anthropology
The accuracy of nutrient foramen vs. midshaft measurements of the tibia for sex determination
Intern: Ashley Dafoe, University of Wyoming
Mentor: David Hunt
Department: Anthropology
Zooarchaeology of the Native American sturgeon fishery in coastal Oregon, 350 BC to AD 1150
Intern: Elizabeth Grindle, University of Wyoming
Mentor: Torben Rick
Department: Anthropology
2015
An osteobiography of 19th Century Chinese salmon cannery workers of Kodiak Island, AK
Intern: Andreana Cunningham, University of Miami
Mentor: David Hunt
Department: Anthropology
Craniofacial and dental effects shown in rats with environmental toxin (PCB-180) exposure
Intern: Ashly Romero, California State University, Long Beach
Mentor: Sabrina Sholts
Department: Anthropology
What does it mean to be human? The effect of context on visitor responses
Intern: Johanna Obenda, University of Alabama
Mentor: Briana Pobiner
Department: Anthropology
2014
Basketmakers revealed: physical, CT, and 3D analyses of mummified human remains from the Southwest
Intern: James Tiller, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Mentor: Douglas Owsley and Kari Bruwelheide
Department: Anthropology
Climate change, environmental risks, and the food security of subsistence communities in Greenland and Alaska
Intern: Christine DeMyers, University of Texas San Antonio
Mentor: Bill Fitzhugh and Igor Krupnik
Department: Anthropology
Determining sex using the human sacrum
Intern: Aileen Fernandez, CUNY Lehman College
Mentor: David Hunt
Department: Anthropology
Identification and taphonomic analysis of iron coffin burials from southeast Virginia
Intern: Casey Bricker, California University of Pennsylvania
Mentor: Douglas Owsley and Kari Bruwelheide
Department: Anthropology
Methods for fiber identification of Hawaiian barkcloth
Intern: Illya Moskvin, Indiana University - Bloomington
Mentor: Adrienne Kaeppler and Greta Hansen
Department: Anthropology
Using agent-based modeling to examine the effects of social connectivity on resilience
Intern: Hollis Miller, Lafayette College
Mentor: Dan Rogers
Department: Anthropology
2013
A 3D quantitative comparative analysis of scaphoid and lunate morphology among western and eastern gorillas
Intern: Alexandra Kralick, George Washington University
Mentor: Matthew Tocheri
Department: Anthropology
Fixing things: The politics and techniques of cell phone repair
Intern: Grace Cooper, Eastern Washington University
Mentor: Joshua Bell
Department: Anthropology
Improving the learning experience of museum visitors: Examining different types of experiences in the Genome: Unlocking Life's Code Exhibit
Intern: Jennifer Gil Acevedo, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
Mentor: Bill Watson
Department: Museum Education
The influence of Spanish loanwords on Juchitán Zapotec
Intern: Christian Brendel, Pennsylvania State University, Berks
Mentor: Gabriela Pérez Báez
Department: Anthropology
2012
Baskets and beads from behind the Bird's Head: Exploring relationships in northwest New Guinea through the William Louis Abbott Collection of 1914
Intern: Gillian Jones, Brown University
Mentor: Joshua Bell
Department: Anthropology
Dental modifications in North American Woodlands Period populations
Intern: Leticia Jones, University of Arizona
Mentor: David Hunt
Department: Anthropology
Post-traumatic bone loss in Civil War soldiers
Intern: Alexis Goots, Ohio State University
Mentor: Douglas Owsley
Department: Anthropology
Shucked, cracked, steamed, or roasted? Archaeological experiments in processing and butchering the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
Intern: Shannon Rosser, Indiana State University
Mentor: Torben Rick
Department: Anthropology
The impact of written signage on museum visitor learning
Intern: Robert Cochran, Southern Oregon University
Mentor: Bill Watson
Department: Museum Education
2011
Aging effects on human cortical bone remodeling
Intern: Alyson Harding, North Carolina State University
Mentor: Donald Ortner
Department: Anthropology
Explaining Assemblage Variability at a Small Middle Dorset Paleoeskimo Site on the Central Coast of Labrador
Intern: Kristin Lapos, Muhlenberg College
Mentor: Stephen Loring
Department: Anthropology
Exploring the Relations and Collections of Alfred C. Haddon at the Smithsonian
Intern: Luke Lavin, Amherst College
Mentor: Joshua Bell
Department: Anthropology
Images of Native Americans in Popular Culture 19th to 21st century
Intern: Victoria Danner, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Mentor: JoAllyn Archambault
Department: Anthropology
Making it Personal: Visitor Awareness and Understanding of Deep Time in the NMNH Paleobiology Halls
Intern: Gretel Corsa, Cornell University
Mentor: Bill Watson
Department: Museum Education
The co-occurrence of congenital anomalies and osteoarthritis in the foot and ankle
Intern: Angela Rueda, The College of William and Mary
Mentor: David Hunt
Department: Anthropology
2010
Anthropogenic Change in the Chesapeake Bay: Archaeology and Historical Ecology of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
Intern: Sheel Jagani, University of California Berkeley
Mentor: Torben Rick
Department: Anthropology
Early Onset Osteoporosis in Early Bronze Age Burials from Bab edh-Dhra, Jordan
Intern: Ashley Andrada, Yale University
Mentor: Donald Ortner
Department: Anthropology
The Inclusive and Accessible Museum: Discovering Visitors Perceptions of the Forensic Anthropology Lab
Intern: Carolina Ruiz, George Mason University
Mentor: Bill Watson
Department: Museum Education
Observations on "Dolobbo bim" (Bark Paintings) in Arnhem Land 1948
Intern: Rebecca Richards, University of Adelaide
Mentor: Joshua Bell
Department: Anthropology
Uto-Aztecan Languages and the Importance of Archival Materials in Language Revitalization
Intern: Kristen Simmons, University of Arizona
Mentor: Gabriela Pérez Báez
Department: Anthropology