Graduate Student
Email: michaelatizazu@ufl.edu
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress
- M.A. Archaeology, Addis Ababa University, 2018
- B.A. Archaeology and Heritage Management, Addis Ababa University, 2015
Subfield
Chair
Research Interests
Investigating records of Middle and Late Pleistocene phases in Africa and the significant role these technologies play in understanding aspects of human behavior such as landscape use, social organization, economic strategies, and interactions among groups within the environment. Relating to the last major dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa is of particular interest to understanding technological variation during the Later Pleistocene. Lithic, Technology, Paleontology and Paleo-anthropology.
Selected Publications
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
- Franklin Mosher Baldwin Fellowship, The Leakey Foundation (2020-2021)
- Zora Neale Hurston Fellowship, University of Florida (2020-2021)
- Female Scholarship Program, Addis Ababa University (2016-2018)