My research aims to understand human-environmental interactions and subsistence patterns from the origins of technology to the effects of ai on modern populations

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Paleoanthropology, zooarchaeology, taphonomy, ecomorphology, bioarcheology, osteology, paleopathology, experimental archaeology, geomorphology, human-environmental interactions, life history, adaptive morphology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, stable isotopes, zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, the evolution of the human diet, hunter-gatherers, spatial analysis GIS, site accumulation & deposition.

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Grants

Research: External Grants

  • 2023 Brownfield Municipal Grant Round 18, Department of Economic and Community Development ($178,800)

  • 2018 Grants in Aid of Research, Sigma Xi ($1,000)

  • 2018 Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, Wenner-Gren Foundation ($16,079)

  • 2017 General Grant, The Leakey Foundation ($6,694)

Research: Internal Yale Grants

  • 2019 Smith Fund, Department of Anthropology, Yale University ($1,000)

  • 2018 YIBS Graduate Research Awards, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies ($2,770)

  • 2018 Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies ($4,370)

  • 2017 International Dissertation Research Fellowship, The MacMillan Center ($13,710)

  • 2017 Dean’s Fund for Research Workshops, Seminars, and Colloquia, Yale GSAS ($1,000)

  • 2016 The Augusta Hazard Fund, Council on Archaeological Studies, Yale University ($2,000)

  • 2016 Pre-Dissertation Grant, The MacMillan Center, Yale University ($2,700)

  • 2016 Lindsay Fellowship for Research in Africa, The MacMillan Center ($3,000)

  • 2015 Albert Williams Fund, Department of Anthropology, Yale University ($2,285)

Teaching Grants

  • 2024 Faculty Development Grant, “Endless at Eastern”, Eastern Connecticut State University ($1,500)

  • 2015 Digital Education Innovation Grant, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning ($1,000)