Biography

C is a bioarchaeologist who received dual B.A. degrees in Anthropology and Criminology from University of South Florida in 2021. They received their Anthropology M.A. degree at the University of Central Florida under the advising of Dr. Donovan Adams. Their thesis research centers around the lived experiences of juveniles in ancient Anatolia through a biocultural lens. They utilize dental anthropology, the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease model, and stress to interpret the effects of changing demographic and social processes during the Early Bronze Age on local populations. Their work contributes to a greater body of research regarding kinship, community, juvenility and childhood, and lived experience in ancient Anatolia. They are also involved in collaborative work investigating the weaning practices and lived experience of Medieval Szeklers through isotopic and paleopathological analyses.

Additionally, they have served as a Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Adams as a part of a Wenner-Gren funded project (Gr. 10255) investigating the use of anthropological ideas by racial and gender extremists on social media platforms.

C has presented research at the European Association for Archaeology and American Association of Biological Anthropologists annual meetings.

C is currently pursing their PhD at UCF with Dr. Adams. Their dissertation research will build on their Master’s through an expanded temporal, geographic, and analytic scope.

Areas of Research/Interest

childhood bioarchaeology, biocultural anthropology, dental anthropology, stress, ethics, scientific prejudice, public engagement

• Areas of Research/Interest