I am from Dearborn, Michigan and have lived and worked in many places including Anchorage, AK; Acari, Peru; Appollonia, Albania; and, Cincinnati, OH.
After receiving my Master's in bioarchaeology from the University of Cincinnati, I took 4 years off from school to teach introductory anthropology courses and to work as a program evaluator at a major area children's hospital. Now, my work with health and nutrition is largely based in two disparate locations: Appalachian Kentucky and urban Alaska. I currently live and work in Anchorage, AK.
Accolades
- 2014 James VanStone Advanced Graduate Student Award, Alaska Anthropological Association.
- 2013- 2014 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, $26,500.
- 2013 American Anthropological Association, Leslie A. White Award, $500.
- 2011 Golden Key International Honours Society for Graduate Students
- 2010-2013 Member, Editorial Board of the Contemporary Journal of Anthropology and Sociology
- 2010-2013 Graduate Research Assistantship, Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky
- 2010-2013 Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship, University of Kentucky
- 2007 Graduate Poster Forum Outstanding Poster Presentation, Human Decapitation at Amato, Peru, University of Cincinnati
- 2006 Charles Phelps Taft Graduate Enrichment Grant, University of Cincinnati
- 2006 Global Studies Grant, University of Cincinnati
- 2005-2007 University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati
- 2000-2004 Michigan Competitive Scholarship
- 2002-2003 Leslie Lieberman Scholarship for Anthropology, Central Michigan University
Professional Associations
- Society for Applied Anthropology
- International Arctic Social Sciences Association
- Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honor Society – Gamma of Kentucky Chapter (lifetime faculty member)
- ALaska Public Health Association
- Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky
- Southern Anthropological Society
- Appalachian Studies Association
- Kentucky Academy of Science
- Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA)
Associated Websites
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
National Resource Center for American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Elders
2007, M.A. Anthropology, University of Cincinnati
2005, B.S. Anthropology, Central Michigan University
2003, Social Anthropology Honours Program, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- nutritional anthropology
- biocultural anthropology
- medical anthropology
- human adaptability theory
- nutrition transition
- rural health
- Appalachia
- Alaska Natives
- indigeneity
- aging
- disabilities
- Anthropology
- Behavioral Science
- health behavior
- public health
- family and community medicine