Biography

Alexandria Orozco is a biological anthropologist/bioarchaeologist with a biocultural approach to understanding our human past via the integration of biological, geospatial, and quantitative methods. Her research considers identity, diet, health, and mobility in the past via stable isotopic analysis of skeletal tissues (carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen). Alexandria’s geospatial research interests include modeling, photogrammetry, AR/VR, novel methodological approaches, and spatial statistics. She recently finished her Ph.D. in the Integrative Anthropological Sciences program at the University of Central Florida. In addition, she holds graduate certifications in GIS from the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Central Florida, a BA in Anthropology and History from The University of North Texas, and a MA in Anthropology from The University of Central Florida. Her dissertation research focused on a Migration period population from Plinkaigalis, Lithuania. This research involved a mixed methods approach to understanding the lived experiences of these individuals and the organization of the cemetery in which they were interred. Her postdoctoral research, under the supervision of Dr. Scott Branting, focused on the development of a head mounted cultural heritage VR application as a part of the DATCH (documenting and Triaging Cultural Heritage) project. She is primarily interested in the extension of this platform into forensic and osteological field settings building off of Dr. Branting’s initial DATCH concept. Alexandria is also assisting Dr. Branting with the development of 3U satellites in conjunction with a multidisciplinary team as part of the Pegasus project at UCF. As a Visiting Professor at Oxford College of Emory University she is focused on developing immersive gamified courses and student-led research. This research is a collaboration between Oxford’s Anthropology Laboratory, overseen by Alexandria, and faculty in the department of Biology. Students involved in this research program are working to understand more about the osteological teaching collection on campus through macroscopic and chemical analysis of human remains. In addition, she recently completed a radiocarbon dating analysis aimed at understanding the chronology of burials at Plinkaigalis, Lithuania.