Fall 2016
Allison Matos
Advisor: Dr. Joanna Mishtal
Title of Thesis: Teach Them to Eat: Complexities of Community Based Organization and Nutrition Education Initiatives in the Prevention of Chronic Disease
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Jacklyn Rumberger
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Barber and Dr. Tosha Dupras
Title of Thesis: Diet and Migration in Coastal Oaxaca: Identifying Effects of Political and Social Collapse Through the Utilization of Stable Isotope Analysis
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Summer 2016
Benjamin Goldblatt
Advisor: Dr. Arlen Chase
Title of Thesis: An Inclusive Truth: An Evaluation of Speleothem Evidence for Climate Change as a Driver of Ancient Maya Culture Change
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George Micheletti
Advisor: Dr. Arlen Chase
Title of Thesis: Identifying Archetypal Attributes of Maya Ceremonial Architecture: Clues to the Late Classic Sociopolitical Status of Pacbitun, Belize
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Elizabeth Mills
Advisor: Dr. Tosha Dupras
Title of Thesis: An Investigation of the Biomechanical Implications of Lower Limb Fractures and Leg Length Disparity
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Alexander Mitchell
Advisor: Dr. John Schultz
Title of Thesis: Vulture Scavenging of Child-Sized Pig Carcasses in Central Florida: Utilizing GIS to Analyze Site Variables Affecting Skeletal Dispersal
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Shane Montgomery
Advisor: Dr. Arlen Chase
Title of Thesis: On the Back of the Crocodile: Extent, Energetics, and Productivity in Wetland Agricultural Systems, Northern Belize
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Abigail Woltering
Advisor: Dr. Tosha Dupras
Title of Thesis: Preliminary Investigation into Biological Sex Estimation Using Trace Element Analysis in Human Hair
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Spring 2016
Armando Anzellini
Advisor: Dr. J. Marla Toyne
Title of Thesis: Developing Methods for the Estimation of Stature and Their Use as a Proxy for Health Among the Ancient Chachapoya of Peru
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Adam Kersch
Advisor: Dr. Joanna Mishtal
Title of Thesis: Asylum in Crisis: Structural Violence and Refugees in Siracusa, Italy
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Brittany Luther
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Barber
Title of Thesis: The Crossed Bands Motif: What Does it Mean?
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Patrisha Meyers
Advisor: Dr. John Schultz
Title of Thesis: Bioarchaeological Investigations of the Red House Archaeological Site, Port of Spain, Trinidad: A Pre-Columbian Mid-Late Ceramic Age Caribbean Population
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Rachael Root
Advisor: Dr. Joanna Mishtal and Dr. Ty Matejowsky
Title of Thesis: Navigating Sociotechnical Power Structures: Dynamics of Conflict in World of Warcraft’s Player Versus Player Events
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Vu Tran
Advisor: Dr. J. Marla Toyne
Title of Thesis: Patterns in Dental Health and Disease at the Archaeological Site of Kuelap in Chachapoyas, Peru
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Rebecca Young
Advisor: Dr. Joanna Mishtal and Dr. Ty Matejowsky
Title of Thesis: Devising Strategies, Managing Needs: A Multi-Level Study of Homelessness in Central Florida
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