Education
2020 PhD, Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2016 MA, Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2013 BA, Anthropology (cum laude & Honors in Anthropology); Art History minor, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Academic Positions
2020- National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2020- Research Associate, Buffalo Human Evolutionary Morphology Lab, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships (research funding to date: $344, 729)
2021 First Place, Postdoctoral Platform Presentation Award, American Association for Anatomy ($500)
2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, National Science Foundation (grant DBI 2010844, $138,000)
2020 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation (grant BCS 1945735, $25,158)
2020 William S. Pollitzer Travel Award, American Association of Physical Anthropologists ($500)
2020 Paleoanthropology Society Travel Award ($200)
2020 Graduate Student Travel Award, American Association of Anatomists ($350)
2019 Graduate Student Conference Funding, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo ($400)
2019 Lucille and Morris Opler Dissertation Writing Fellowship, University at Buffalo ($6,000)
2019 Graduate Student Travel Award, American Association of Anatomists ($250)
2018 Graduate Student Conference Funding, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo ($500)
2018 William S. Pollitzer Travel Award, American Association of Physical Anthropologists ($500)
2018 Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Field Museum of Natural History ($2,000)
2018 Asian Studies Research Grant, University at Buffalo ($1,000)
2018 Cooperative Research Grant, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan (¥155,000)
2018 Mark Diamond Research Fund, Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo ($3,000)
2017 Graduate Student Conference Funding, Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo ($550)
2016-2019 GSEU Professional Development Grant, University at Buffalo (cumulative = $1,219)
2015-2019 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University at Buffalo ($54,000)
2015-2019 Graduate Tuition Fellowship, University at Buffalo ($40,000)
2015 UUP Individual Development Grant, University at Buffalo ($972)
2014-2015 Campus Living Professional Development Grant, University at Buffalo ($600)
2013 Peggy R. Williams Award for Academic and Community Leadership, Ithaca College
2013 Martin Luther King, Jr NOW Award, Ithaca College
2012 Class of 2010 Andrea Morton Scholarship, Ithaca College ($2,530)
2011 Anthropology Department Service Award, Ithaca College
2011-2013 Fred L. Emerson Scholarship, Ithaca College ($3,000)
2009-2013 Ithaca Access Grant, Ithaca College ($44,000)
2009-2013 W.G. Egbert Founder's Grant, Ithaca College ($20,000)
Teaching
Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo
200-level Survey of Primates (Fall 2017, 2018) (syllabus)
Instructor, University Experience, University at Buffalo
100-level First-Year Student Seminar (Fall 2015)
Lab Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo
300-level Forensic Anthropological Osteology Lab (Fall 2015, 2016)
300-level Dissections in Primate Anatomy (Spring 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)v
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo
300-level Forensic Anthropological Osteology (Fall 2015, 2016)
300-level Comparative Primate Anatomy / Primate Evolutionary Biology (Spring 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Mentoring
Undergraduate Student Mentoring, Duke University (1 undergraduate student, spring 2021-present)
Paleosciences Peer Mentoring Program (PPMP) (1 PhD student, fall 2020-spring 2021)
Undergraduate Student Senior Practicum Mentor, University at Buffalo (3 undergraduate students, fall 2018-spring 2019)
Biological Anthropology Women's Network (BA-WMN). I am a member of the BA-WMN group, meeting with other women biological anthropologists to discuss careers in biological anthropology and issues facing women scientists.
2020 PhD, Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2016 MA, Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2013 BA, Anthropology (cum laude & Honors in Anthropology); Art History minor, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Academic Positions
2020- National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2020- Research Associate, Buffalo Human Evolutionary Morphology Lab, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships (research funding to date: $344, 729)
2021 First Place, Postdoctoral Platform Presentation Award, American Association for Anatomy ($500)
2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, National Science Foundation (grant DBI 2010844, $138,000)
2020 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation (grant BCS 1945735, $25,158)
2020 William S. Pollitzer Travel Award, American Association of Physical Anthropologists ($500)
2020 Paleoanthropology Society Travel Award ($200)
2020 Graduate Student Travel Award, American Association of Anatomists ($350)
2019 Graduate Student Conference Funding, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo ($400)
2019 Lucille and Morris Opler Dissertation Writing Fellowship, University at Buffalo ($6,000)
2019 Graduate Student Travel Award, American Association of Anatomists ($250)
2018 Graduate Student Conference Funding, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo ($500)
2018 William S. Pollitzer Travel Award, American Association of Physical Anthropologists ($500)
2018 Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Field Museum of Natural History ($2,000)
2018 Asian Studies Research Grant, University at Buffalo ($1,000)
2018 Cooperative Research Grant, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto, Japan (¥155,000)
2018 Mark Diamond Research Fund, Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo ($3,000)
2017 Graduate Student Conference Funding, Graduate Student Association, University at Buffalo ($550)
2016-2019 GSEU Professional Development Grant, University at Buffalo (cumulative = $1,219)
2015-2019 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University at Buffalo ($54,000)
2015-2019 Graduate Tuition Fellowship, University at Buffalo ($40,000)
2015 UUP Individual Development Grant, University at Buffalo ($972)
2014-2015 Campus Living Professional Development Grant, University at Buffalo ($600)
2013 Peggy R. Williams Award for Academic and Community Leadership, Ithaca College
2013 Martin Luther King, Jr NOW Award, Ithaca College
2012 Class of 2010 Andrea Morton Scholarship, Ithaca College ($2,530)
2011 Anthropology Department Service Award, Ithaca College
2011-2013 Fred L. Emerson Scholarship, Ithaca College ($3,000)
2009-2013 Ithaca Access Grant, Ithaca College ($44,000)
2009-2013 W.G. Egbert Founder's Grant, Ithaca College ($20,000)
Teaching
Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo
200-level Survey of Primates (Fall 2017, 2018) (syllabus)
Instructor, University Experience, University at Buffalo
100-level First-Year Student Seminar (Fall 2015)
Lab Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo
300-level Forensic Anthropological Osteology Lab (Fall 2015, 2016)
300-level Dissections in Primate Anatomy (Spring 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)v
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo
300-level Forensic Anthropological Osteology (Fall 2015, 2016)
300-level Comparative Primate Anatomy / Primate Evolutionary Biology (Spring 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Mentoring
Undergraduate Student Mentoring, Duke University (1 undergraduate student, spring 2021-present)
Paleosciences Peer Mentoring Program (PPMP) (1 PhD student, fall 2020-spring 2021)
Undergraduate Student Senior Practicum Mentor, University at Buffalo (3 undergraduate students, fall 2018-spring 2019)
Biological Anthropology Women's Network (BA-WMN). I am a member of the BA-WMN group, meeting with other women biological anthropologists to discuss careers in biological anthropology and issues facing women scientists.
