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Dr Naomi E Cleghorn

Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
Last Updated: January 24, 2021
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Research Interests

Research Interests
Paleoanthropology and the evolution of human society and behavior.

Research Keywords

Research Keywords
South Africa, Stone Age Archaeology, Human Evolution

Teaching Interests

Teaching Interests
Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, Zooarchaeology, Human Osteology, African Archaeology, Neanderthals

Biography

Biography

I am an archaeologist with a research interest in human origins and the Paleolithic/Stone Age of Eurasia and Africa. My training is in both archaeology and biological anthropology. I teach courses in both sub-disciplines, including Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Principles of Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Bioarchaeology, Human Osteology, African Archaeology, and Neanderthals and the Ice Age World. I direct a research project in South Africa that examines early human societies in coastal and near coastal environments.

Education

Education

    • 2006 PhD in Anthropological Sciences
      Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 2006
    • 1996 MA in Physical Anthropology
      The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 1996
    • 1993 BA in Anthropology
      The University of Texas at Austin, 1993

Licensure and Certifications

Licensure and Certifications

    • 2019 Archaeological Excavation Permit, Heritage Western Cape
    • 2018 Export Permit - Archaeological Samples, South African Heritage Association

Appointments

Appointments

    • Oct 2018 to Present Associate Chair and Anthropology Program Director
      Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX, United States)
    • Sept 2016 to Present Associate Professor
      Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington (Fort Worth, TX, United States)
    • 2016 to Present Associate Member
      Center for Coastal Palaeosciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
    • Jan 2010 to Aug 2016 Assistant Professor
      Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX, United States)
    • 2008 to 2009 Postdoctoral Scholar
      Human Evolution Research Center, UC Berkeley
    • Past to 2008 Visiting Scholar
      Archaeological Research Facility, UC Berkeley
    • 2007 to 2008 Principal Investigator
      Zooarchaeological CRM contract, (Berkeley, CA)
    • 2006 to 2007 Visiting Assistant Professor
      Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley

Memberships

    • 2016 to Present Human Origins, Migrations, and Evolution Resarch
      Founding Member
    • 2012 to Present South African Coastal Paleoenvironment, Paleoecology, Paleoclimate, Paleoanthropology
      Executive Member
    • 2006 to Present Paleoanthopology Society
    • 2006 to Present Society for American Archaeology
    • 2006 to Present Tarrant County Archaeological Society
    • 2006 to Present Texas Archaeology Society
    • 2006 to Present Texas Association of Biological Anthropologists
      Executive Committee Member, 2012
    • 2006 to 2015 International Council for Archaeozoology

News Articles

News Articles

Support & Funding

Support & Funding

This data is entered manually by the author of the profile and may duplicate data in the Sponsored Projects section.
    • Aug 2015 to July 2018 Investigating Human Response to Shifting Shorelines in the Late Pleistocene of South Africa: a rare Early Later Stone Age site at Knysna sponsored by  -  $25948
      Naomi Cleghorn (Funded)
    • Feb 2015 to Dec 2016 Investigation of a Rare Early Later Stone Age Archaelogical Deposit on the Southern Coast of Africa (Knysna, South Africa) sponsored by  -  $24886
      Naomi Cleghorn (Funded)
    • June 2013 to Aug 2014 Effects of Stress and Depression on Adherence to Cholestrol- lowering Treatments and Disease Outcomes sponsored by  -  $9945
      Naomi Cleghorn (Funded)

Publications


      2007
      • Book Chapter
        The destruction of skeletal elements by carnivores: the growth of a general model for skeletal element destruction and survival in zooarchaeological assemblages
        Breathing Life into Fossils: Taphonomic Studies in Honor of C.K. (Bob) Brain
        [Cleghorn, NaomiE, Marean, C.W., Pickering, T.R., Schick, K., Toth, N.]. 38-66. Bloomington, IN: "Stone Age Institute Press".

      In Process
      • Journal Article
        On the Mousterian origin of bone-tipped hunting weapon in Europe: Evidence from Mezmaiskaya Cave, North Caucasus, Russia
        [Golovanova, LiubovV., Doronichiev, VladimirB., Poplevko, GalinaN. , Cleghorn, NaomiE. , Kulkov, AlexanderM., Potrakhov, NikolaiN., Bessonov, Viktor B. , Staroverov, NikolaiE. ]. Journal of Human Evolution. "Elsevier". Submitted.
      • Journal Article
        Past and present distributions and community evolution of Muridae and Soricidae from MIS 9 to MIS 1 on the edge of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (south coast, South Africa)
        [Matthews, Thalassa, Marean, Curtis, Cleghorn, Naomi]. Quaternary Science Reviews. Accepted.
      • Journal Article
        Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1: A New Stone Age locality in the Western Cape, South Africa
        [Cleghorn, NaomiE, Shelton, C., Fisher, E.]. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 54. Revising to Resubmit.
      • Journal Article
        Hunters on the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain: archaeological evidence from Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1
        The Palaeo-Agulhas Plain: A lost world and extinct ecosystem
        [Cleghorn, NaomiE, Hannah, KellerMay]. Quaternary Science Reviews. In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted.
      • Journal Article
        On the Mousterian origin of bone-tipped projectile technology: archaeological, microscopic and faunal evidence from Mezmaiskaya Cave, Russia
        [Golovanova, L., Poplevko, G., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Doronichev, V.]. Quaternary Science Reviews. Revising to Resubmit.
      • Journal Article
        The taphonomy of the late Middle Paleolithic fauna of Myshtylagty Lagat (Northern Caucasus, Russia)
        [Cleghorn, NaomiE]. In Preparation; Not Yet Submitted.

      2020
      • Journal Article
        Return rates from plant foraging on the Cape south coast: Understanding early human economies
        QSR Special Issue: The Palaeo-Agulhas Plain: A lost world and extinct ecosystems
        [Potts, Alastair , Botha, Susan, Cowling, Richard, Esler, Karen, de Vynk, Jan, Cleghorn, Naomi]. Quaternary Science Reviews. 235, 106129. "Elsevier". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106129

      2018
      • Journal Article
        Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba eruption about 74,000 years ago
        [Smith, E.I., Jacobs, Z., Johnsen, R., Ren, M., Fisher, E.C., Oestmo, S., Wilkins, J., Harris, J.A., Karkanas, P., Fitch, S., Ciravolo, A., Keenan, D., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Lane, C.S., Matthews, T., Marean, C.W.]. Nature. 555, 511-515.

      2017
      • Journal Article
        Identifying the accumulator: Making the most of bone surface modification data
        [Thompson, J.C., Faith, J.T., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Hodgkins, J.]. Journal of Archaeological Science. 85, 105-113.

      2015
      • Journal Article
        The Pinnacle Point Shell Midden Complex: A high resolution 2000 year record of Later Stone Age coastal foraging along the southern Cape coast of South Africa
        [McGrath , J., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Gennari, B., Henderson, S., Kyriacou, K., Nelson-Viljoen, C., Nilssen, P., Richardson, L., Shelton, C., Wilkins, J., Marean, C.W.]. South African Archaeological Bulletin. 70(202), 201-219.

      2014
      • Journal Article
        The Epipaleolithic of the Caucasus after the Last Glacial Maximum
        [Golovanova, L.V., Doronichev, V.B., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Kulkova, M.A., Sapelko, T.V., Shackley, M.S., Spasovskiy, Yu]. Quaternary International : the Journal of the International Union for Quaternary Research. 337, 189-224.

      2010
      • Journal Article
        Some interdisciplinary results of research in the Pleistocene cultural layers of Myshtulagty-Lagat and Fynaigandzity-uat in North Ossetia
        [Hidjrati, N., Kimball, L., Koetje, T., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Coffey, T., Kanukova, M., Nesmeynov, S., Voeykova, O., Sautiyeva-Maslennikova, V.]. Questions of the history and culture of the peoples of Russia. 221-244.
      • Journal Article
        The emergence of bone-working and ornamental art in the Caucasian Upper Paleolithic
        [Golovanova, L., Doronichev, V., Cleghorn, NaomiE]. Antiquity. 84, 299-320.
      • Journal Article
        The significance of ecological factors in the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition
        [Golovanova, L.V., Doronichev, V.B., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Kulkova, M.A., Sapelko, T.V., Shackley, M.S.]. Current Anthropology. 51(5), 655-691.

      2008
      • Journal Article
        Getting back to basics: a response to Otte and Kozlowski’s Comments on Mezmaiskaya
        [Golovanova, L.V., Doronichev, V.B., Cleghorn, NaomiE]. Eurasian Prehistory. 5(1), 131-136.

      2006
      • Journal Article
        The early Upper Paleolithic in the Northern Caucasus
        [Golovanova, L.V., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Doronichev, V.B., Hoffecker, J.F., Burr, G.S., Sulergizkiy, L.P.]. Eurasian Prehistory. 4(1-2), 45-81.

      2004
      • Journal Article
        Distinguishing selective transport and in situ attrition: a critical review of analytical approaches
        [Cleghorn, NaomiE, Marean, C.W.]. Journal of Taphonomy. 2(2), 43-67.

      2003
      • Journal Article
        Large mammal skeletal element transport: Applying foraging theory in a complex taphonomic system
        [Marean, C.W., Cleghorn, NaomiE]. Journal of Taphonomy. 1(1), 15-42.

      2000
      • Journal Article
        Mousterian Hunting Patterns in the Northwestern Caucasus and the ecology of the Neanderthals
        [Hoffecker, J., Cleghorn, NaomiE]. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 10, 368-378.

Presentations

    • April  2020
      Keller, HannahM (Author & Presenter), Negrino, H. (Author), Cleghorn, NaomiE (Author), Hodgkins, Jamie (Author), "A Taphonomic Comparison of Two Late Pleistocene Zooarchaeological Assemblages in Northwest Italy and the Western Cape of South Africa", Society for American Archaeology, published online. (April , 2020).
    • October  2019
      Cleghorn, NaomiE (Author & Presenter), "Foragers on the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain: Archaeology and ecosystem-wide approaches to understanding human adaptation in the Late Pleistocene", Texas Christian University, Fort Worth. (October 24, 2019).
    • April  2019
      Butts, Clancey (Author & Presenter), Murray, JohnK (Author & Presenter), Hirniak, Jayde (Author & Presenter), Keller, Hannah (Author & Presenter), Dolenz, Stephanie (Author & Presenter), Griffin, Gabriel (Author & Presenter), Kunitz, Suzanne (Author & Presenter), Ramsey, James (Author & Presenter), Cleghorn, NaomiE (Author & Presenter), "An undisturbed earlier stone age locality on the southern coast of South Africa, exposed by fire", Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. (April 14, 2019).
    • April  2019
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Symposium Discussant for The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis and Human Origins: Archaeological Perspectives", Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. (April 12, 2019).
    • April  2019
      Keller, HannahM (Author & Presenter), Hodgkins, Jamie M (Author), Cleghorn, NaomiE (Author), "Nutritional stress and marine exploitation: subsistence strategies at KEH-1, South Africa, during the Middle and Later Stone Age transition", Paleoanthropology Society, Albuquerque, NM. (April 9, 2019).
    • March  2019
      Cleghorn, Naomi (Author & Presenter), "Foragers on the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain: Archaeology and ecosystem-wide approaches to understanding human adaptation in the Late Pleistocene", Southern Methodist University Department of Anthropology, SMU Dallas. (March 29, 2019).
    • February  2019
      CLEGHORN, NAOMI (Author & Presenter), "Foragers on the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain: Archaeology and ecosystem-wide approaches to understanding human adaptation in the Late Pleistocene", Univ. of California Davis Dept. of Anthropology, Davis, California. (February 11, 2019).
    • January  2019
      CLEGHORN, NAOMI, "Archaeological evidence from Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1 for major shifts in the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain Resourcescape ", South African Society for Quaternary Research, Mossel Bay, South Africa. (January 30, 2019).
    • April  2018
      Keller, H.M., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Hodgkins, J., "The Fauna of KEH-1 (South Africa) A Middle and Later Stone Age site: A Pilot Study. ", Washington, D.C.. (April 12, 2018).
    • April  2018
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, Keller, H.M., McGrath, J.R., Shelton, C., Watson, S., Schoville, B.J., Peart, D., Bickerton , N., Esteban , I., "Assessing the development of societal complexity at the Middle to Later Stone Age transition in the context of the Economic Defensibility Model: Evidence from Knysna, coastal South Africa", Austin, TX. (April 10, 2018).
    • March  2018
      Marean, CurtisW (Author & Presenter), Cleghorn, NaomiE (Author & Presenter), "From Pinnacle Point to Knysna: Building a High Resolution Sequence of Modern Human Origins", Hessequa Archaeological Society, Still Bay, South Africa. (March 8, 2018).
    • May  2017
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Sea level change and human resilience on the south coast of Africa". (May 4, 2017).
    • March  2017
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, Villagran, X., Schoville, B., Peart, D., Keller, H., "Hearth Features at Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1, Southern Coast of South Africa", Vancouver, BC. (March 31, 2017).
    • March  2017
      Sender, R., Peart, D., Keller, H., Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Ostrich Eggshell Taphonomy and Distribution at Knysna Eastern Heads Cave", Vancouver, BC. (March 31, 2017).
    • April  2016
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "The origins of modern human behavior at the coast", Arizona State. (April 9, 2016).
    • April  2016
      Peart, D., Watson, S., Keller, H., Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Variation in Site Use through Time: Find distribution at Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1, (Western Cape, South Africa), from Marine Isotope Stage 3 through the Last Glacial Maximum", Orlando, FL. (April 6, 2016).
    • April  2015
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "The Future of the Knysna Archaeology Project", San Francisco, CA. (April 19, 2015).
    • April  2015
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Building the Hunter-gatherer’s Paleoscape on the South African Coast: The Archaeological Record", San Francisco, CA. (April 18, 2015).
    • April  2015
      Smith, E., Ciravolo, A., Ren, M., Karkanas, P., Marean, C.W., Fisher, E.C., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Lane, C., "Cryptotephra Discovered at Pinnacle Point Site 5-6 May Correlate with the 74 ka Eruption of Toba in Indonesia: Implications for Resolving the Dating Controversy for Middle Stone Age Sites in Southern Africa", San Francisco, CA. (April 18, 2015).
    • April  2015
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, Matthews, T., Shelton, C., "The Blind Spot: An Early Later Stone Age perspective on the Agulhas Bank from Knysna Eastern Heads Cave 1, South Africa", 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, CA. (April 18, 2015).
    • March  2015
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Shifting shorelines and changing landscapes: human strategies in the Late Pleistocene on the southern coast of South Africa", Geosciences Program , University of Texas Arlington. (March 19, 2015).
    • July  2014
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "New Stone Age Localities in Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa", Nelson Mandela University - George, South Africa. (July 5, 2014).
    • May  2014
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "New Stone Age Localities in Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa", Pinnacle Point, South Africa. (May 21, 2014).
    • April  2014
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, Shelton, C., "New Stone Age Localities in Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa", Austin, TX. (April 23, 2014).
    • April  2014
      Wilkins, J., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Shelton, C., Schoville, B., Richardson, L., "Stone Age archaeology on the Western Head at Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa", Austin, TX. (April 23, 2014).
    • April  2014
      Smith, E., Ciravolo, A., Karkanas, P., Marean, C.W., Fisher, E., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Lane, C., Ren, M., "Cryptotephra Possibly from the 74 ka Eruption of Toba Discovered at Pinnacle Point, South Africa: Implications for Resolving the Dating Controversy for Middle Stone Age Sites in Southern Africa", Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (April 8, 2014).
    • April  2014
      Hoffecker, J.F., Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Mousterian hunting patterns in the Northwestern Caucasus and the Ecology of the Neanderthals. ", Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (April 8, 2014).
    • April  2014
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, Wilkins, J., Shelton, C., Schoville, B., Richardson, L., Phillips, L., "New Stone Age localities near the Knysna Heads, Western Cape, South Africa", Calgary Albert, Canada. (April 8, 2014).
    • March  2014
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "The Origin of the Human Mind and the Stone Age of South Africa". (March 13, 2014).
    • June  2012
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans in the Caucasus Mountains, Southern Russia.", Mossel Bay, South Africa. (June 13, 2012).
    • June  2011
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "The Paleolithic Archaeological Record of the Caucasus", Rheebok, South Africa. (June 24, 2011).
    • April  2011
      Koetje, T., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Hidjrati, L., Kimball, Kanukova, M., "The other last Neanderthal: Final Mousterian Occupation at Weasel Cave, Russia", Sacramento, CA. (April 14, 2011).
    • January  2011
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Neanderthal and Early Modern Human Sites in the Caucasus". (January 13, 2011).
    • August  2010
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, Adler, A., Bar-Oz, G., "Faunal acquisition and processing behaviors in the Caucasus during the Late Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic", Paris. (August 23, 2010).
    • June  2010
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Crisis in the Caucasus: The Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition", Department of Scientific Archaeology, Tubingen University. (June 21, 2010).
    • April  2010
      Janzen, A., Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Hyena bone choice and destruction of large fauna", St. Louis, MO. (April 14, 2010).
    • January  2009
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "The fauna of the terminal Middle Paleolithic at Mishtulagty Lagat (Weasel Cave), Russia", Chicago, IL. (January 1, 2009).
    • January  2004
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, Marean, C.W., "Identifying the skeletal elements useful for behavioral analysis: A comparison of high and low survival elements", 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Montreal, Quebec. (January 1, 2004).
    • January  2004
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, Marean, C.W., "The destruction of human-discarded bones by carnivores: the growth of a general model for bone survival and destruction in zooarchaeological assemblages", CRAFT Research Center, Bloomington, Indiana. (January 1, 2004).
    • January  2001
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, Golovanova, L.V., "Processes of bone accumulation at Mezmaiskaya Cave", New Orleans, LA. (January 1, 2001).
    • January  1998
      Hoffecker, J.F., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Abe, Y., " Mousterian Hunters of the Zagros Mountain", Victoria, British Columbia. (January 1, 1998).
    • January  1997
      Seiffert, E., Kappelman, J., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Duncan, A., "Quantification of orbital aperture shape in living and extinct hominoid primates", St. Louis, Missouri. (January 1, 1997).
    • January  1996
      Cleghorn, NaomiE, "Sexual dimorphism in femoral diaphyseal shape: A comparison of prehistoric hunter - gatherers and horticulturalists in Texas", Durham, North Carolina. (January 1, 1996).
    • January  1995
      Zeder, M., Cleghorn, NaomiE, "A reconsideration of the evidence for animal domestication in the Zagros from the perspective of the Upper Paleolithic at Yafteh", Fryxell Symposium on Interdisciplinary Research in Honor of Robert Braidwood , Minneapolis, Minnesota . (January 1, 1995).
    • January  Unknown
      Podnos, DuncanA., Cleghorn, NaomiE, Kappelman, J., "Development and analysis of 3D finite element models of human femoral diaphysis", St. Louis, Missouri. (January 1).

Students Supervised

    • Present
      Dissertation Committee Member
      Hannah Keller,
    • Present
      Dissertation Committee Member
      Sara Watson,
    • May 2019
      Master's Thesis Committee Member
      Hannah Keller,
    • 2017
      Other
      Sara Watson, BA, Archaeology (Other)
      McNair Scholar Mentor
    • 2015
      Master's Thesis Committee Chair
      Christopher Shelton, Archeology (Other)
    • 2015
      Master's Thesis Committee Member
      Destiny Micklin, (Sociology and Anthropology)
    • 2015
      Master's Thesis Committee Member
      Erin Nichols, (Sociology and Anthropology)
    • 2014
      Master's Thesis Committee Member
      Zachary Overfield, Archeology (Other)
    • 2013
      Master's Thesis Committee Member
      Carl Feagans, Archaeology (Other)
    • 2013
      Master's Thesis Committee Member
      Crystal Daniel, (Sociology and Anthropology)
    • 2013
      Master's Thesis Committee Member
      William Nutt, Archaeology (Other)
    • 2010
      Master's Thesis Committee Member
      Leslie Smith, (Sociology and Anthropology)
    • 2010
      Master's Thesis Committee Chair
      Lynette Dixon, Archeology (Other)

Courses

      • ANTH 3301-001 ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD THEORY
        (Course Id: 112658)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2021 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 3375-001 NEANDERTHALS AND THE ICE AGE
        (Course Id: 112495)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2021 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 2307-001 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • BIOL 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • BIOL 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4460-001 ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 111691 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4460 | Mav Course: No)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4460-002 ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 111691 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4460 | Mav Course: No)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • BIOL 4460-001 ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 111691 | Xlist Coursepre: ANTH | Xlist Coursenum: 4460 | Mav Course: No)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • BIOL 4460-002 ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 111691 | Xlist Coursepre: ANTH | Xlist Coursenum: 4460)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2020 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4406 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4406 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • BIOL 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: ANTH | Xlist Coursenum: 4406 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • BIOL 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: ANTH | Xlist Coursenum: 4406 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 2339-002 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106964 | Mav Course: No)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4391-012 CONFERENCE COURSE
        (Course Id: 107024)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2019
      • ANTH 4459-001 BIOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 112269 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4459)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2019 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4459-002 BIOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 112269 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4459)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2019
      • BIOL 4459-001 BIOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 112269)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2019
      • BIOL 4459-002 BIOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 112269)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2019
      • ANTH 3301-001 ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD THEORY
        (Course Id: 112658)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2018 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4406)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2018 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4406)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2018 Download Syllabus
      • BIOL 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: ANTH | Xlist Coursenum: 4406)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2018 Download Syllabus
      • BIOL 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: ANTH | Xlist Coursenum: 4406)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2018 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4406)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: BIOL | Xlist Coursenum: 4406)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 5406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 110716)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • ANTH 5406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 110716)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • BIOL 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: ANTH | Xlist Coursenum: 4406)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017 Download Syllabus
      • BIOL 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029 | Xlist Coursepre: ANTH | Xlist Coursenum: 4406)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 3375-001 NEANDERTHALS AND THE ICE AGE
        (Course Id: 112495)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2017 Download Syllabus
      • ANTH 3352-001 ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFRICA
        (Topic: Archaeology of Africa | Course Id: 112440)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • ANTH 4459-001 BIOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 112269)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • ANTH 4459-002 BIOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 112269)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • BIOL 4459-001 BIOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 112269)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • BIOL 4459-002 BIOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 112269)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2017
      • ANTH 3301-001 ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD THEORY
        (Course Id: 112658)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • ANTH 4191-012 CONFERENCE COURSE
        (Course Id: 107005)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • ANTH 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • BIOL 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • BIOL 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • ANTH 4398-012 FIELD SCHOOL
        (Course Id: 107028)
        Summer - Five Week - Second - 2016
      • ANTH 4698-012 FIELD SCHOOL
        (Course Id: 107031)
        Summer - Five Week - Second - 2016
      • ANTH 2339-001 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106964)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • ANTH 4460-001 ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 111691)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • ANTH 4460-002 ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 111691)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • BIOL 4460-001 ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 111691)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • BIOL 4460-002 ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 111691)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2016
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • ANTH 4406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • ANTH 5406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 110716)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • ANTH 5406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 110716)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • ANTH 3375-001 NEANDERTHALS AND THE ICE AGE
        (Course Id: 112495)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • ANTH 4391-012 CONFERENCE COURSE
        (Course Id: 107024)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2015
      • ANTH 4391-016 CONFERENCE COURSE
        (Course Id: 107024)
        Summer - Eleven Week - 2015
      • ANTH 2307-002 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • ANTH 2339-002 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106964)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • ANTH 5698-012 THESIS
        (Course Id: 107063)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • ANTH 4358-002 TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
        (Topic: Arfrican Archaeology | Course Id: 107023)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2015
      • ANTH 2307-001 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • ANTH 5698-012 THESIS
        (Course Id: 107063)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • ANTH 2307-001 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • ANTH 2307-002 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • ANTH 5698-012 THESIS
        (Course Id: 107063)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • ANTH 4358-001 TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
        (Topic: Bioarchaeology | Course Id: 107023)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2014
      • ANTH 5698-012 THESIS
        (Course Id: 107063)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • ANTH 2307-001 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • ANTH 5392-012 CONF COURSE IN ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107059)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • ANTH 5698-012 THESIS
        (Course Id: 107063)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • ANTH 4358-002 TOPICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY
        (Topic: African Archaeology | Course Id: 107023)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • ANTH 4360-001 ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 111691)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2013
      • ANTH 2307-001 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • ANTH 5392-012 CONF COURSE IN ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107059)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • ANTH 5398-012 THESIS
        (Course Id: 107060)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • ANTH 2307-001 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • ANTH 2307-002 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • ANTH 5392-012 CONF COURSE IN ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107059)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • ANTH 4358-001 TOPICS ARCHAEO
        (Topic: ICE AGE | Course Id: 107023)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2012
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • ANTH 5406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 110716)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • ANTH 5406-002 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 110716)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • ANTH 4358-002 TOPICS ARCHAEO
        (Topic: Zooarcheaology | Course Id: 107023)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • ANTH 2307-001 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • ANTH 5392-012 CONF COURSE IN ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107059)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • ANTH 2339-001 PRINCIPLES OF ARCHAEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106964)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • ANTH 5349-001 TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Topic: Bioarchaeology | Course Id: 107045)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2011
      • ANTH 2307-001 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • ANTH 5392-012 CONF COURSE IN ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107059)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • ANTH 4406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 107029)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • ANTH 5406-001 HUMAN OSTEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 110716)
        Fall - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • ANTH 2339-001 ARCHEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106964)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • ANTH 2307-001 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2010
      • ANTH 2339-1 ARCHEOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106964)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2001
      • ANTH 2307-1 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
        (Course Id: 106962)
        Spring - Regular Academic Session - 2001

Service to the University

    • Oct 2018 to  Present Program Director / Associate Chair
      Anthropology Program / Department of Sociology and Anthropology
      As Anthropology Program Director and Dept. Associate Chair, I was responsible for the following:

      --Developing the yearly schedule of courses in anthropology
      --Publishing and distributing the schedule of courses
      --Advertising for and recruiting adjunct lecturers
      --Weekly mentoring and assisting adjunct lecturers – particularly with the transition to online coursework, as well as with Canvas and MyMav
      --Advertising courses to the wider university community
      --Developing majors recruitment and retention strategies
      --Scheduling and running Anthropology Program meetings
      --Development and continuing implementation of 2 departmental websites
      --Assisting Dept. Chair in administrative tasks
      --Attending university training events related to the development of new degree programs

    • Sept 2014 to  Present Committee Member
      College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee
      Propose anthropology program course changes, new courses, catalog changes, and core curriculum courses to the COLA Curriculum Committee, attend committee meetings in the spring semester.
    • Jan 2010 to  Present Committee Member
      Anthropology Curriculum Committee
      Review course changes and proposals, and program proposals for the College of Liberal Arts. Meet with multiple departments to discuss interdisciplinary programs.
    • Nov 2020 to  Nov 2021 Point of Contact for Web Modernization
      Department of Sociology and Anthropology
      Attended 2 hour training for Cascade.
    • Sept 2020 to  Nov 2020 Program Organizer
      Department of Sociology and Anthropology
      Moderated 1 and hosted 3 film watch and discussion panels (in collaboration with Dept. Chair and fellow faculty). I was also responsible for advertising the films, securing access to the film links, organizing online meeting space, and hosting the live viewing of all three films.

    • Sept 2019 to  Aug 2020 Committee Member
      Anthropology ACTP Committee
      Reviewed two pre-tenure candidate dossiers for annual reviews and one six year post-tenure review, and provided written evaluations of one component of each.
      Also prepared and submitted one nomination for an Emeritus appointment. I solicited letters of recommendation, collected votes, and wrote the ACTP statement on the candidate.

    • Sept 2018 to  Aug 2019 Committee Member
      Anthropology ACTP Committee
      Reviewed dossiers for two pre-tenure candidates, including a 3rd year review case, and submitted statements for each to the committee chair.

    • Sept 2016 to  May 2019 Committee Member
      College of Liberal Arts Teaching Awards Committee
      Review teaching awards nominations, meet twice per semester to discuss nominations, award COLA recognition, nominate faculty for university level awards.
    • Sept 2018 to  Dec 2018 Committee Member
      Department of Sociology and Anthropology Research Award Committee
      Review the research of colleagues within Sociology and Anthropology, make recommendations and provide guidance to the College committee on research awards.
    • Sept 2017 to  Aug 2018 Committee Member
      Anthropology ACTP Committee
      Reviewed dossiers for two pre-tenure candidates, including a 3rd year review case, and submitted statements for each to the committee chair.


    • Sept 2012 to  2017 Committee Member
      Anthroplogy Graduate Program Development Committee
    • Sept 2016 to  Aug 2017 Committee Member
      Anthropology ACTP Committee
      Reviewed dossiers for two pre-tenure candidates, and submitted statements for each to the committee chair.



    • Sept 2015 to  2016 Committee Member
      Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology Research Committee
    • Oct 2015 to  Apr 2016 Program Organizer
      Ben and Trudy Termini Distinguished Anthropologist Lecture Event
      I recruited speaker and directed all logistics of this multi-day event.
    • 2012 to  2014 Committee Chair
      Anthropology and Sociology Student Awards Ceremony
    • Jan 2010 to  2014 Committee Member
      Anthropology Graduate Studies Committee
    • Sept 2012 to  May 2014 Committee Member
      UTA GIS Interest Group
    • 2010 to  2012 Faculty Advisor
      Anthropology Club
    • Jan 2011 to  May 2011 Committee Member
      Committee to produce documentation for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board related to the Anthropology M.A. program
    • Jan 2010 to  May 2011 Committee Member
      Anthropology and Sociology Student Awards Ceremony
    • Oct 2010 to  Apr 2011 Program Organizer
      Ben and Trudy Termini Distinguished Anthropologist Lecture Event
      I recruited the speaker and coordinated all logistics related to event.

Service to the Profession

    • Nov 2017 to  Present
      Board of Directors
      HOMER (Human Origins Migration and Evolution Research)
      Facilitate research integration across HOMER networks of research projects, facilitate student participation and award of student fellowships (including reviewing fellowship applications), attending 2 multi-day workshops annually to confer with Board of Directors.
    • Past to  Sept 2020
      Board of Directors
      HOMER (Human Origins, Migration, Evolution and Research) Annual Symposium
      I facilitated, co-authored, and provided feedback for the online virtual symposium of the HOMER student presentations.
    • Sept 2017 to  May 2020
      Guest editor for special issue
      Quaternary Science Reviews
      Worked with 2 assistant editors to write special issue proposal, acted as lead guest managing editor for a special issue of Quaternary Science Reviews, met weekly with assistant guest editors, communicated with authors and reviewers, wrote additional reviews, published lead paper in journal.
    • Dec 2019 to  Jan 2020
      Committee Member
      Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship Committee
      I provided reviews of 26 fellowship applications.
    • Dec 2019 to  Dec 2019
      Board of Directors (Tempe, Arizona,
      Winter meeting of the HOMER Directors
      I participated in a 2 day (20 hour) meeting of the HOMER directors.
    • Jan 2019 to  Feb 2019
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      eLife
      Provided peer review of journal article.
    • Dec 2018 to  Jan 2019
      Committee Member
      Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship Committee
      Reviewed 125 fellowship applications for the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship.
    • Feb 2018 to  Apr 2018
      Reviewer, Scholarship Applications
      Texas Exes Scholarship Committee
      Review of 20 scholarship applications for 2018
    • Dec 2017 to  Jan 2018
      Reviewer, fellowship applications
      Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship Committee
      Reviewed 18 fellowship applications for the Dienje Kenyon Memorial Fellowship.
    • Nov 2016 to  Jan 2017
      Reviewer, Grant Proposal
      Wenner Gren Foundation
      21 grants reviewed for 2016
    • Past to  2010
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
    • Past to  2010
      Reviewer, Journal Article
      Archaeology, Ethnology, and Anthropology of Eurasia
    • Past to  2010
      Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
      International Council for Archaeozoology Publications
    • Past to  2010
      Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
      Journal of Human Evolution
    • Past to  2010
      Reviewer, Grant Proposal
      Leakey Foundation
    • Past to  2010
      Reviewer, Grant Proposal
      National Geographic Society
    • Past to  2010
      Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
      Paleobiology
    • Past to  2010
      Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
      Plains Anthropologist

Service to the Community

Service to the Community

    • Dec 2020 to  Jan 2020
      Consultant (Knysna, South Africa)
      Knysna Municipality Museum
      I provided materials (text and photos) for three archaeology and paleoscience poster exhibits for a public museum and for distribution to secondary schools within South Africa. In addition, I provided editorial guidance, photos, and an interview for a related web exhibit.
    • Past to  Oct 2020
      Guest Speaker (Fort Worth, TX,
      Texas Christian Univ. Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society
    • July 2020 to  Aug 2020
      Interviewee
      Dallas Morning News
      I was featured in a story by the Dallas Morning News on research strategies during the Pandemic.
    • Jan 2020 to  Jan 2020
      Consultant
      US Marshal's Service Operation "Backtrack"
      Served as an expert forensic anthropologist during a search for an individual presumed deceased.

    • Past to  Mar 2019
      Guest Speaker (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
      Fort Worth Country Day School
      I provided a career lecture for high school students and faculty.
    • Past to  May 2016
      Guest Speaker (Colleyville, TX,
      Waypoint Montessori School
      3-hour workshop on archaeology for 7th and 8th grade students
    • Past to  Sept 2013
      Guest Speaker
      Barbara Gordon Elementary School
      3-hour workshop on human evolution and bone biology for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students
    • Past to  Sept 2013
      Guest Speaker (Colleyville, TX,
      Barbara Gordon Montessori School
      2-hour workshop on archaeology and human evolution for 7th and 8th grade students
    • Past to  Nov 2011
      Guest Speaker (Colleyville, TX,
      Barbara Gordon Montessori School
      1 1/2 hour enrichment class in human evolution and archaeology for 7th and 8th grade students
    • Past to  Mar 2010
      Guest Speaker
      AVID
      Hosted AVID program junior high students in a regularly scheduled class lecture