{"id":16447,"date":"2016-04-25T09:17:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T13:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=16447"},"modified":"2016-04-25T09:17:21","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T13:17:21","slug":"nsf-reu-site-caitlin-sawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/nsf-reu-site-caitlin-sawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Summer in Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16535 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/04\/Caitlin-Sawyer-NSF-REU-187x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Caitlin Sawyer - NSF REU\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/04\/Caitlin-Sawyer-NSF-REU-187x300.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/04\/Caitlin-Sawyer-NSF-REU-299x480.jpeg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/04\/Caitlin-Sawyer-NSF-REU.jpeg 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/>Caitlin Sawyer, senior anthropology student with a focus in bioarchaeology, was recently\u00a0selected for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_list.jsp?type=xcut\">National Science Foundation Research Experience<\/a> (NSF REU) in Sicily, Italy. This very selective program is conducted through the University of Georgia,\u00a0where she will be working with assistant professor\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/anthropology.uga.edu\/people\/faculty\/reitsema_laurie\/\">Laurie Reitsema, Ph.D., <\/a>from UGA. Caitlin&#8217;s NSF REU will\u00a0specifically\u00a0focus on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/research.franklin.uga.edu\/reu\/\">&#8220;Immersive Research in the Bioarchaeology of Greek Colonization&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5517&amp;from=fund\">NSF REU<\/a> is an eight-week program\u00a0offered jointly through the University of Georgia, the University of Northern Colorado, and the\u00a0Universit\u00e0 del Salento. This is an immersive program focusing on bioarchaeology with four weeks being in spent Sicily, Italy collecting data from human skeletons and then four weeks being spent at the University of Georgia working on their independent research, in the <a href=\"http:\/\/research.franklin.uga.edu\/bioanth\/content\/bioarchaeology-and-biochemistry-lab\">Bioarchaeology and Biochemistry lab <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlin&#8217;s independent research focus for the NSF REU is examining interpersonal violence through trauma to the bone.<\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate students are integrated as junior partners of the Bioarchaeology of Mediterranean Colonies Project, a cross-disciplinary, international research program. In Sicily,\u00a0Caitlin and\u00a0the other REU students\u00a0will\u00a0travel to local archaeological sites and museums and immersed in Italian culture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Field work is something I need more experience in and I am so thankful for the acceptance into this program to be able to do that,&#8221; shared Caitlin. Hands-on learning and the application of bioarchaeology skills is a big part of this project and Caitlin is excited to be putting\u00a0her osteology and archaeology skills to the test. &#8220;It is definitely something I am ready for but nervous for at the same time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Students will leave the REU with greater technical and data analytical skills, better preparedness for graduate study and professional careers, and heightened awareness of global issues. Caitlin knows &#8220;these skills are foundational for improving global citizenship and stewardship in [her]\u00a0career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This semester, Caitlin\u00a0has\u00a0been working on research with <a href=\"https:\/\/anthropology.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/toyne-marla\/\">J. Marla Toyne, Ph.D.,<\/a> focusing on her work in T\u00facume, Peru.\u00a0They researched the probability\u00a0of an intentional amputation on\u00a0a young woman whose left foot was absent from the rest of the skeletal remains.\u00a0&#8220;It was truly a fascinating case, and one I think will stay with me throughout future cases I come across in bioarchaeology,&#8221; explained Caitlin. 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