Anthropology Graduate Students

Aleysia
MA Program - Biocultural
Graduate Student

 Advisor: Dr. Kenny Maes

Research: Water sustainability, water insecurity, decentralized water systems, environmental anthropology, cross-cultural psychology, mental health, power dynamics, social justice, environmental justice

Key Skills: Working across disciplines, networking, analyzing qualitative data, participant observation

Region: Southwest, United States

BA, Psychological Sciences, Northern Arizona University 

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Janis Brehler
MS Program - Cultural/Linguistic
Graduate Student

  Advisor:  Dr. Emily Yates-Doerr

Research:  Food Literacy; Digital Food Media; Campus Resource Centers; Food Practice; Food Equity; Food Justice; Food Culture; Community-Based Participatory Research; Ethnography; Higher Education Student Experience; Reciprocity; Program Development

Key Skills: Leading implementation efforts; Writing for the public (e.g., Op Ed articles, blogs); Representing your organization to others; Being an effective team member

Region: Pacific Northwest, United States

BS, Anthropology, Oregon State University

 

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Alyssa Colan
MA Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Molly Carney 

Research: Gender Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Geoarchaeology, Paleoethnobotany

Key Skills: Teaching in formal and non-formal environments, advocacy, archival research, analyzing ethnographic data and material evidence

Region: Pacific Northwest, United States

BA Anthropology, New Mexico State University

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PhD Program - Pacific Northwest, North America
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Maes

Research: Medical anthropology, disability studies, autism in adulthood

Key Skills: Knowledge translation. cross-sector communication, neurodiversity-affirming methodologies, participatory research design 

Region: United States

MA, Applied Anthropology, University of Memphis

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Brian Cox
MS Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Molly Carney

Research: Environmental archaeology, Paleoethnobotany, Traditional ecological knowledge

Key Skills: Phytolith analysis, Science communication, Data analysis

Region: Oregon Coast, Pacific North West

BS, Anthropology, Archaeological Science, University of Washington

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Luna Del Aquelarre Errante
PhD Program - Biocultural, Cultural/Linguistic
Graduate Student

 Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Research: Clinical Neuroanthropology; Critical Medical Anthropology; death studies; 'cradle to grave'; pre-/post-birth doula; death doula; hospice and palliative nursing and clinical care; suicidology/suicide; end of life care/medicine; death with dignity; physician-assisted suicide; euthanasia; disability studies and clinical care; neuropsychiatric condition care and onset; Institutional Review Boards; medicolegal ethics; human subjects research ethics; Equitable Subjects Selection in research; history of medicine; medical ethics; mortality epidemiology 

Region: United States

BS, Anthropology w/ Health Emphasis (University of Utah);
BS, Health, Society, and Policy (University of Utah);
Master of Public Health (Oregon State University);
Certified Nursing (Avalon Health Care)  
Birth Doula/Death Doula (Community Doula Program)

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Samuel Fennell
PhD Program - Cultural/Linguistic
Graduate Student

  Advisor: Dr. Shaozeng Zhang

Research: Multispecies relations in Western societies, rewilding, multispecies ethnography, environmental anthropology, anthropology of tourism, more-than-human studies, political ecology

Key Skills: Ethnography, analyzing qualitative data, adaptation & flexibility, continuous/iterative learning 

Region: Scotland, UK

BA, Anthropology & Psychology, Western University (Ontario, Canada)
MS, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University

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Paris M. Franklin
PhD Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Alyssa Bader

Research: Diet, community-collaboration, ancient DNA, paleoethnobotany, lithic technology

Key Skills: Teaching; ethical, scientifically rigorous research; producing deliverables for communities, the public, and academia

Region: Coastal Pacific Northwest, Western North America

MA, Anthropology, University of Wyoming 
BA, Anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University
 

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Madeline Gibbs
MS Program - Biocultural
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Research: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Healthcare Reimbursement Mechanisms, Midwifery Model of Care, Freestanding Birth Centers, Mixed-Methods Research, Quality of Care

Key Skills: Analyzing qualitative and quantitative data;
Effectively articulating ideas orally and in writing; Guiding, coordinating, and contributing to collaborative projects

Region: United States, North America

BA (Honors) Anthropology, Oregon State University

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Patricia Halleran
PhD Program - Cultural/Linguistic Anthropology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Drew Gerkey

Research: Environmental and Ecological Anthropology; Energy (Unconventional Fossil Fuels); Extractivism and Post-Extractive Futures; Critical Environmental Justice; Resistance Movements; Decolonization; Multispecies Justice; Climate Crisis and the Anthropocene; Place Attachment; Political Ecology; Mutual Aid; Activist and Advocacy Scholarship. 

Region: Pacific Northwest

BS‚ Southern Oregon University, Anthropology and Native American Studies
MA‚ Oregon State University, Applied Anthropology

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Mason Henderson
MS Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis

Research: Peopling of the Western Hemisphere, Pre-Contact Archaeology, Digital Archaeology, American Upper Paleolithic, Cultural Transmission

Key Skills: Lithic Analysis, Geometric Morphometry, 3D Scanning, Geoarchaeology

Region: North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, Northeast Asia

BS, Anthropology (Archaeology track), Oregon State University

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Holland Hartman
PhD Program - Biocultural Anthropology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Research: Nutrition, toxicology, health of Black and Brown people

Region: United States, Australia

MA, Food Studies, Indiana University
BS, Health & Disease, Purdue University
BA, Anthropology, Purdue University

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Loren Lombardo
MS Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

 Advisor: Dr. Molly Carney, Dr. David Lewis

Research: Paleoethnobotany, Indigenous knowledge systems, Environmental archaeology, Medicinal plant utilization

Key Skills: Macrobotanical analysis, Stratigraphic Interpretation, Loss on Ignition testing, Monolith sampling

Region: Great Plains, Pacific Northwest, United States

BA, Anthropology/Archaeology, University of California San Diego 

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miranda
MA Program - Cultural/Linguistic Anthropology
Graduate Student

  Advisor: Dr. David Lewis

Research: Ethnobotany, Cultural Resource Management, Indigenous Archaeology, Traditional Cultural Places, Paleo-ethnobotany, Culturally Significant Plants, Environmental Anthropology. 

Key Skills: Botany field methods, cultural resource management law and policy, environmental and Indigenous law and policy

Region: Columbia River Plateau 

BA, Anthropology, Central Washington University
AA, Western Washington University

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PhD Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis

Research: Geoarchaeology; Peopling of the Western Hemisphere; Submerged Pre-Contact Archaeology; Sediment Coring; Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene 

Region: Pacific Northwest Coast, North America 

MS, Oregon State University, Applied Anthropology (Archaeology Track)

BS, Texas A&M University, Anthropology (Archaeology Track)

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Julianne Paige
PhD Program - Biocultural
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Research: Maternal placentophagy, complementary and integrative medicine, maternal health, postpartum health practices, maternal postpartum mood disorders, midwifery, contraceptive care, reproductive justice and autonomy

Region: United States, Canada

BS, Anthropology, Oregon State University
MA, Applied Anthropology, Mississippi State University

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MS Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Leah Minc

Research: Archaeometry, how goods and people move across landscapes, collections research, and science communication. 

Region: South America

BS, Physical Anthropology, Minor in Writing, University of California Davis

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Andrew R. Pauly
MS Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis

Research:Peopling of the Americas, Great Lakes Archaeology, Human Behavioral Ecology, Biogeography, Sedimentology

Key Skills: Lithic Analysis, Geoarchaeology, Petrography/Micromorphology, GIS

Region: North America

BA, Classical Archaeology, Macalester College

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PhD Program - Cultural/Linguistic Anthropology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Bryan Tilt

Research: Environmental anthropology, Applied anthropology, Human dimensions of natural resources, Food systems

Region: United States and Latin America

MS, Central Washington University, Cultural and Environmental Resource Management
BA, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Anthropology

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Laura Recklies
MS Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

  Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis

Research: Lithic Analysis; Typology; Cultural Transmission; Peopling of the Americas; Geometric Morphometry; 3D Scanning; Digital Archaeology; Early Holocene

Key Skills: Identifying meaning in artifacts and behavior; Working across disciplines; Analyzing quantitative data; Translating anthropological concepts

Region: Columbia River Plateau; North America

BA, Anthropology (Archaeology track), Oregon State University

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Melody Rice
MA Program - Cultural/Linguistic
Graduate Student

Advisor: Bryan Tilt

Research: Environmental/ecological anthropology, anthropology of education, knowledge co-production, participatory research methods

Key Skills: Qualitative research methods, curriculum development, cross-cultural communication

Region: United States, Pacific Northwest

BA, Anthropology and Art History, Oberlin College

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MS Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis

Research: Geoarchaeology; Peopling of the Americas; Coring; Stratigraphy; Geology

Region: Columbia Plateau; Willamette Valley; Western Cascades

BS, University of Oregon; Anthropology with focus in archaeology

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Mayra Robles Sumter
PhD Program - Biocultural Anthropology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Research: Critical Medical Anthropology, Reproductive Health, Medical Pluralism,  Ethnobiology

Region: Suriname, Amazon

MA, Rural Development Sociology, Wageningen University (Netherlands)

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Keara Rodela
PhD Program - Biocultural Anthropology
Graduate Fellow

Advisor: Dr. Kenny Maes

Research: Community Health Workers, Community Health Worker workforce process/outcome indicators, Popular Education Pedagogy, Health Equity, Black Health, Intersectionality, Community-based Participatory Research

Region: United States

MPH, Global Maternal Child Health, Tulane University
BS, Community Health Education, Portland State University

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Zulgeil (Zul) Ruiz Ginés
MA Program - Biocultural Anthropology
Graduate Student

  Advisor: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Research: Midwifery Education; Direct Entry Midwifery

Region: United States and the Global South

BA, Modern Languages, Universidad de Puerto Rico Certified; Professional Midwife, National College of Midwifery and Commonsense Childbirth School of Midwifery

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Samantha Stone
MS Program - Archaeology
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Loren Davis

Research: Paleoclimate; environmental archaeology; hunter-gatherer studies; digital archaeology; sustainability; climate change; stable isotope analysis 

Region: Western North America

BA, Oregon State University, Anthropology (archaeology focus) & Sustainability minor 

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Danlu Yang
PhD Program - AI governance over automated medical translation & interpretation tools
Graduate Student

Advisor: Dr. Shaozeng Zhang

Research: Evaluatig and appropriately using existing research to inform action; engaging in rigorous original data collection, analysis and problem solving.

Key Skills: Evaluatig and appropriately using existing research to inform action; engaging in rigorous original data collection, analysis and problem solving.

Region: United States, China

MA, Oregon State University, Anthropology

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