Faculty Participants

Marc W. Allard, Associate Professor of Biology, GWU (Ph.D. 1990, Harvard), evolutionary genetics, molecular systematics of mammals, molecular evolution.

Faris A. Bandak, Adjunct Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, GWU (Ph.D. 1992, Johns Hopkins), mechanics of neurotrauma, finite element analysis.

Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Research Paleobiologist, Paleobiology, NMNH (Ph.D. 1973, Harvard), vertebrate taphonomy and paleoecology.

Robin M. Bernstein, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, GWU. (PhD. 2004, University of Illinois), Interests: human and non-human primate adaptation and evolution, growth and development, developmental, reproductive, and behavioral endocrinology.

Gerald Borgia, Professor of Biology, UMD (Ph.D. 1978, Univ. Michigan), evolution of mate choice, social structure and patterns of aid-giving behavior, sociobiology.

Alison S. Brooks, Professor of Anthropology, GWU (Ph.D. 1979, Harvard), paleolithic archaeology, geochemistry, ethnoarchaeology.

Kenneth M. Brown, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Genetics, GWU (Ph.D. 1982, Michigan State), developmental biology, cell differentiation, neuron induction.

James M. Clark, Ronald B. Weintraub Associate Professor of Biology, GWU (Ph.D. 1986, Univ. Chicago), vertebrate paleontology and phylogeny, archosaurs, systematics.

James Dietz, Associate Professor of Biology, UMD (Ph.D. 1981, Michigan State), behavioral ecology and conservation of neotropical mammals, behavioral evolution.

Georgia M. Dunston, Professor of Microbiology, HU (Ph.D. 1972, Univ. Michigan), genomic research, human genetic variation, medical anthropology.

Marilyn L. Fogel, Smithsonian's Loeb Fellow, Geophysical Lab, Carnegie Institution (Ph.D. 1977, Univ. Texas), stable isotope biogeochemistry, human paleodiet analysis.

David R. Foran, Assistant Professor of Forensic Science and Biological Sciences, GWU (Ph.D. 1988, Michigan), species identification, DNA analysis, genetic variation.

James K. Hahn, Associate Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, GWU (Ph.D. 1989, Ohio State), computer graphics, computer animation, virtual reality.

Matthew Hare, Assistant Professor of Biology, UMD (Ph.D. 1996, Univ. Georgia), population and conservation genetics, invasion biology, phylogeography.

L. Patricia Hernandez (Ph.D. 1999, Harvard University) GW Biological Sciences. Interests: Evolution of developmental mechanisms, vertebrate craniofacial development, developmental genetics, developmental biology of fishes, fish feeding functional morphology.

Fatimah L. C. Jackson, Professor of Anthropology, UMD (Ph.D. 1981, Cornell), human metabolic and genomic effects of plant allelochemicals, biological diversity .

Rick A. Kittles, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, HU (Ph.D. 1997, GWU), human population genetics, genetics of complex diseases, human variation.

Joel C. Kuipers, Professor of Anthropology, GWU (Ph.D. 1982, Yale), linguistic anthropology, cognitive anthropology, evolution of language.

Diana L. Lipscomb, Professor of Biological Sciences, GWU (Ph.D. 1982, Maryland), multistate character analysis, systematics.

Jeffery C. Long, Senior Investigator, Population Genetics and Linkage, NIH (Ph.D. 1984, Michigan), population genetics, human evolution, human genetics, complex diseases.

Peter W. Lucas, Professor of Anthropology, GWU. (Ph.D. 1980, University of London) Dental morphology and function; primate diet, feeding ecology, and behavior; chemical and physical content of food; tools for the field study of foraging mammals; evolution of color vision.

Sally A. Moody, Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology, GW (Ph.D. 1981, Florida), developmental biology, human anatomy, genomics.

Barbara M. Myklebust, Associate Professor of Health Care Sciences, GWU Medical Center (Ph.D. 1986, Rush Medical College), motor control, neurophysiology and biomechanics.

John D. Newman, Head, Developmental Neuroethology, NIH (Ph.D. 1970, Univ. Rochester), neuroethology and bioacoustics.

Richard Potts, Director, Human Origins Program, NMNH (Ph.D. 1982, Harvard), early hominid evolution, paleoecology and behavior, taphonomy.

Brian Richmond (Ph.D. 1998, SUNY-Stony Brook), GW Anthropology. Interests: Human and primate evolution, evolution of human gait, functional anatomy and development in primates, bone growth and remodeling, multivariate statistics and geometric morphometrics.

Moses S. Schanfield, Chair and Professor, Forensic Sciences, GWU ( Phd., University of Michigan)

Kerry Shaw, Associate Professor of Biology, UMD (Ph.D., Washington Univ. St. Louis, 1993), genetics, behavior and ecology of species, evolution of behavior and mating systems.

Stephen J. Suomi, Chief, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, NICHHD (Ph.D. 1971, Wisconsin), biopsychological influences on early development in primates.

Sarah A. Tishkoff, Assistant Professor of Biology, UMD (Ph.D. Yale, 1996), human evolutionary genetics, African genetic diversity and history, genetics of human disease.

Douglas H. Ubelaker, Curator, Anthropology, NMNH (Ph.D. 1973, Kansas), human skeletal biology, archaeology, forensic anthropology.

Gerald Wilkinson, Professor of Biology, UMD (Ph.D. 1984, U.C. San Diego), behavioral ecology and evolution, evolution of social behavior and communication.

Bernard A. Wood, Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Origins, GWU (Ph.D. 1975, London), hominid paleontology

 

Post-Doctoral Associates & Instructors

Adam Gordon, (Ph.D. 2004, University of Texas at Austin) GWU Anthropology. Interests: effects of sexual selection and resource pressure on primate body size evolution, hominid dimorphism and selection pressure reconstruction, postcranial size and scaling, phylogenetic comparative methods.

Eduardo Tarazano Santos, (Ph.D. 2000, Bologna) UMD Biology. Interests: Human demography, adaptation, and evolutionary genetics.

Brian Verrelli, (Ph.D. 2000, SUNY Stony Brook) UMD Biology. Interests: Human population genetics, human evolutionary history, the genetic signature of selection in humans.

Barth Wright (Ph.D. 2004, University of Illinois) GWU Anthropology. Interests: Primatology, primate feeding ecology, food mechanics, ecomorphology, functional morphology, primate positional behavior.

 

Former Post-Doctoral Associates & Instructors

Shara Bailey, Researcher, Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.

Michael Lague, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Stockton College, Ponoma, NJ.

Shannon McPherron, Researcher, Department of Human Evolution, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig.

Julio Mercader, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary

Melissa Panger, Conservation Biologist, Environmental Protection Agency.

Osbjorn Pearson, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico

Varsha Pilbrow. Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

John Polk, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Brian Richmond, Assistant Professor, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University

Gary Schwartz, Assistant Professor, Institute for Human Origins, Arizona State University

David Strait, Assistant Professor, University at Albany, State University of New York

Current Students

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Paul Constantino (M.A. Florida Atlantic University 2002). Interests: Primate dietary ecomorphology, Paranthropus paleobiology, craniodental homoplasy, dietary breadth, niche partitioning, community ecology, conservation biology.

Alexandra de Sousa (B.A. 2000, Arizona State University). Interests: Hominoid evolution, comparative neurobiology, molecular phylogenetics, systematics.

Nicole Faumuina (B.A. 2000, UCLA). Interests: Plio-Pleistocene Paleobiology, Faunal/Floral coevolution, Paleobotany, Paleoclimate studies.

Felicia Gomez (B.A. 2002, Skidmore College). Interests: Modern human origins, molecular phylogenetics, skeletal biology, Homo erectus, paleopathology and ancient modes of disease transmission.

David Green (B.A., 2003, Duke University). Interests: Australopithecine limb proportions and locomotor patterns, sexual dimorphism in the fossil record, Middle Pleistocene Human Evolution and Biology.

Nicole Grifin (B.S., 2002, Rutgers University). Interests: Functional Morphology of the Human Foot, Biomechanics, Comparative Primate Anatomy, Skeletal Biology.

Catherine Haradon (B.A. 2002, Arizona State University). Interests: Paleoecology, origins of Homo and Paranthropus, hominin and faunal turnover patterns due to climate change and variability, faunal migration between East and South Africa, ecomorphology, changes in dietary adaptations of fauna and early hominins.

Amanda Henry (B.A. 2002, Brown University), Interests: Faunal, floral and hominin migration out of Africa and the relationships among them, hominin food aquisition, cladistics and homoplasy in Australopithecines.

Lisa Nevell (M.A. 2003, Northern Illinois University). Interests: Hominid paleontology, morphometrics, basicranial sexual dimorphism, geographic information systems.

Matthew Skinner (B.A. 2002, Simon Fraser University). Interests: Skeletal biology, ontogeny, dental anthropology, paleoanthropology, developmental stress.

Robin Teague (B.A. 2001, Harvard University). Interests: Paleoecology, biogeography, Homo erectus, paleoanthropology, hominid expansion to Asia.

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