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Natnael Fikru

Graduate Student Email: natnaelfikru@ufl.edu Education M.A., University Of Florida, In Progress B.A., Doctor of Medicine, Jimma University, 2023 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. Adrienne Strong Research Interests Medical Anthropology Selected Publications   Grants, Fellowships, and Awards  

Tu-Han Lin

Graduate Student Email: lintuhan@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress M.A., Graduate Program of Ethnicity and Culture, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 2018 B.A., Humanities and Social Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 2010 Subfield Cultural Anthropology Chair Dr. John Richard Stepp Research Interests Folk […]

Ruoyu Zhu

Graduate Student Email: zhuruoyu@ufl.edu CV Education M.A, Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress B.A., Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Gabriel Prieto Research Interests Andean Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Animal Husbandry and Pastoralism Selected Publications Zhu, Ruoyu, Kennedy, S., Rivera Infante, A. F., & Baitzel, S. I. (2025). First Phalanx Morphometrics Reveals […]

Vic Hayes

Graduate Student Email: v.hayes@ufl.edu Education M.A., B.A., Subfield Chair Research Interests Selected Publications   Grants, Fellowships, and Awards  

Brenna Hafling

Graduate Student Email: haflingb@ufl.edu Education M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress B.A., Anthropology/Geology, University of Florida, 2020 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Kenneth Sassaman Research Interests North American Archaeology, Indigenous Studies, Biocultural Heritage, Public Archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Forensic Anthropology, Human Osteology, Isotope Analysis, Planetary Geology, Planetary Analogues, Geomorphology Selected Publications   Grants, Fellowships, and Awards  

Alisha Palmer

Graduate Student Email: alishapalmer@ufl.edu Education M.A, Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress B.A., Anthropology, University of South Alabama, 2022 Subfield Cultural Anthropology/ Medical Anthropology Chair Dr. Adrienne Strong Research Interests Healthcare systems; Global Health; Biomedical Paradigm; Integrative Medicine; African American Studies; Inequity in Healthcare; Heath Disparities; Women’s Health Selected Publications Alisha Palmer. Past Healthcare as […]

Avirup Sinha

Graduate Student Email: avirupsinha@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress B.Sc and M.Sc, Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College, 2017 – 2022 Subfield Biological Anthropology  Chair Dr. Stephanie Bogart and Dr. Kim Valenta Research Interests My research focuses on the bio-acoustic repertoire and vocalization variation of the Central Himalayan Langurs across different contexts with a […]

Elizabeth Boroski

Graduate Student Email:  e.boroski@ufl.edu Education M.A. Anthropology, University of Florida, in progress. B.A. Anthropology, Colorado State University, 2022. Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. James Davidson Research Interests Historic African American Archaeology, Mortary Practices, Folk Practices, Creolization in the Archaeological Record Selected Publications     Grants, Fellowships, and Awards Elizabeth Eddy Grant Ruegammer Fellowship

Whittaker Schroder, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor  Dr. Whittaker Schroder Department of Anthropology Office: Turlington Hall, Room B129 Phone: (352) 294-6396 Email: wschroder@ufl.edu       Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11:30 am —1:00 pm Education Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania B.A. Brown University Research Interests Landscape archaeology, historical and political ecology, sociopolitical organization, resilience and sustainability, household archaeology, […]

Morgan Sampson

                Graduate Student Email: m.sampson@ufl.edu Education Ph.D., M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, In Progress B.A., Anthropology, Southern New Hampshire University, 2022 Subfield Archaeology Chair Dr. Kenneth Sassaman Research Interests I am interested the intersection of technology and archaeology, mainly in how archaeologists use technology to better understand the […]