Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo

UB Anthropology Graduate Students & Select Alumni

 

NAME

FIELD

E-MAIL

INTERESTS

A

Katie Ainsworth

Cult

katievainsworth@hotmail.com

 

Michelle Albus

Cult

albusmc@yahoo.com

Medical anthropology, religious

healing, Latin America and the Caribbean

 

Jessica Alden

Med

alden@buffalo.edu

 

Deborah Anderson

Cult

andersonowl@aol.com

Spiritualism, healing, alternative medicine, religion, Islamic/Christian fundamentalism, American patriotism

Ryan Austin

Arch

rystin@aol.com

 

Fabio Amador

Arch

feamador@yahoo.com

 

B

Roli Bansal

Phys

bansal@buffalo.edu

Bone mineral density, osteology and dental anthropology

Linda Baringhaus

Arch

lindamb3510@yahoo.com

Archaeology of the Pre-Columbian World of the Maya

Patricia Barrientos

Phys

pib@buffalo.edu

Osteology, human biology, aging, anatomy, osteoporosis, fractures, physical activity and nutrition

Madina Bhatti

Cult

mjbhatti@buffalo.edu

 

Katie Biggie

Arch

katieb209@aol.com

 

Matthew Blevins

Cult

mblevins@buffalo.edu

 

Rebekah Bolduc

Cult

rbolduc@buffalo.edu

 

Monika Bolino

Cult

Monika_Bolino@brown.edu

 

Archaeologists and professional identity, workplace ethnography and work culture, popular representations of archaeology, history/development of CRM.á Additional interest areas: ethnographic method, reflexivity and narrative, museum and heritage industries, philosophy of teaching, medical school culture/professionalization of medical students, eighteenth-century mercantile networks.

 

Stephanie Boyd

Cult

sdboyd@buffalo.edu

 

Carla Braga

Cult

cbraga@buffalo.edu

 

Scott Branting

Arch

branting@buffalo.edu

Near Eastern Archaeology, GIScience, Geography, Ancient Transportation,

Spatial Analysis, Simulation, Ancient Urbanism, Complex Societies, Integrating texts and archaeology.

 

Christine Brinkhus

Arch

bringhus@buffalo.edu

 

Tom Broucksou

Cult

tab9@buffalo.edu

 

Tom Brunton

Arch

brunton@buffalo.edu

 

Tammy Butner

Cult

Nibailey@yahoo.com

 

Edwin Button

Arch

ewbutton@buffalo.edu

 

C-D

Renee Cadzow

Phys

rcadzow@buffalo.edu

Relationship between poverty, stress, and health. Maternal health and well-being, infant health and growth.

Title of Masters Thesis:á "Poor Women Give Birth to Poor Babies:á The Effects of Sub-optimal Maternal Health on Infant Outcome"; Buffalo

Gerald Carr

Cult

glcarr@umich.edu

Native North America, ethnopoetics, Athabascan language and culture

Yeong-Shyang "Anderson" Chen

 

Cult

 

yc18@buffalo.edu

 

Jaime Colella

Phys

colella2@buffalo.edu

Morphology and craniofacial development

Christopher Connolly

Phys

csc@buffalo.edu

Human biology, anatomy, pathology, relationship between stress disorder and immune function, and forensic anthropology

Rebecca Cuddahee

Phys

gacudd@adelphia.net

Paleopathology, human biology, forensic anthropology, musculoskeletal anatomy

Jeremy Deuel

Arch

 

Historical archaeology, 19th Century farmsteads, culture-resource management, public archaeology; Northeast U.S.

Bonnie Dziadaszek (Locking)

Arch

bld1@buffalo.edu

 

E

Lori Eldridge

Cult

lee22@buffalo.edu

Central Mexico, globalism, ritual, ancestors, collective memory, oral histories

 

Rebecca Emans

Arch

emans@buffalo.edu

Migration and ethnicity, Woodland and Protohistoric Northeast; pottery, lithics, regional studies; mid 19th and early 20th Century historic materials; laboratory management, archival materials; archaeology and museums.

Daniel Emmer

Phys

emmer@buffalo.edu

Work, physiological anthropology, complex systems, instructional technology, education application in the classroom; China and The Philippines

Ellen Eschwege

Arch

eschwege@buffalo.edu

Trade and ancient religion, symbolism, ideology, amulets; Pre-Dynastic Egypt

F

Gemmae Fix

Phys

gmfix@buffalo.edu

Psychosocial influences on health (specifically coronary heart disease)

 

John Floyd

Arch

jof@buffalo.edu

 

Monique Fortunato

Phys

mf29@buffalo.edu

Primate social behavior: dominance style and conflict management in bonobos

 

 

Heather Fried

Cult

mhfried@buffalo.edu

Cognitive anthropology, textiles, identity, ethnic minorities

of China

 

G

Bill Gallagher

Arch

beg2@buffalo.edu

 

Jo Ann Gingello

Med

gingello@buffalo.edu

Elderly, noncommunicable diseases, medical anthropology and Caribbean Studies

Richard Gonzalez

Phys

rag7@buffalo.edu

 

Nathan Grassi

Phys

negrassi@buffalo.edu

primatology

Daniel Grover

Cult

digrover@buffalo.edu

Political, social and architectural dynamics of scientific

knowledge/research and information technology, Anthropology of

Mathematics, China

 

H

Sidney Horton

Cult

sagodada@aol.com

 

Cheryl Huels

Cult

cheryl_huels@hotmail.com

 

 

Medical anthropology-specifically, the human factors/activities involved in the spread of disease.

 

Eva Hulse

Arch

evahulse@buffalo.edu

Subsistence alternatives to agriculture, Eurasian steppe, Fennoscandia, social complexity, sedentary hunter-gatherers, pastoralist states

Matthew "Maury"Hutcheson

Cult

mfmhutcheson@rivnet.net

Masked dance-dramas, cultural memory, Ladino and Maya

Dissertation: "Cultural Memory and the Dance-Dramas of Guatemala: History, Performance, and Identity among the Achi Maya of Rabinal

 

Deborah Hutchinson

Cult

dlh@buffalo.edu

 

Ethnomedicine, history of medicine, social studies of science & medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, transnationalism/globalization

 

Nicole Hynes

Cult

 

 

I-J

Carina Iezzi

Phys

physanthro@aol.com

Bronze Age Mycenaean, Greece, health and disease in relation to the environment

Consuel "Sever"Ionica

Phys

ionica@buffalo.edu

Human and Animal ethology. Current  research: Aggressive and Reconciliatory behavior in black Celebes crested macaques (Macaca  nigra), an endangered species of monkeys.

Mia Jorgensen

Arch

pinnymousel@yahoo.com

 

K

Hilary Kahn

Cult

hkahn@indiana.edu

 

Grant Karcich

Phys

gkarcich@durham.net

 

Dustin Keeler

Arch

dustinkeeler@hotmail.com

 

Taesik Kim

Cult

kidkoko@empal.com

 

Counterculture and cultural change in 1960s America, contemporary popular culture

 

Erik Kjeldgaard

Cult

ekjedgaard@mindspring.com

 

Hex Kleinmartin

Arch

hfk@buffalo.edu

 

Masahido Komuta

Arch

mkomuta@buffalo.edu

Daily life of commoners and recreational life; Teotihuacan

L

Eric Larsen

Arch

balislarsen@sprintmail.com

 

Kathy Leacock

Arch

englishbch@aol.com

 

Thomas Lechner

 

tml3@buffalo.edu