Doctoral Dissertations in Anthropology

The following are doctoral dissertations by graduates of the University at Albany.  Click on the titles below for the abstracts.

1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

2006	Maupin, Jonathan N. Fruit of the accords: health care reform, decentralization, and community participation in Highland Guatemala
	Martin Del Campo, Edgar The Nagual hiding in shadows: Metamorphic supernaturals, contested discourse, and the complications of fieldwork in the Huasteca Veracruzana of Northeast Mexico
	Solano, Martin The life stresses of poverty: skeletal and historical indicators of activity patterns in the Albany County Almshouse skeletal collection, 1825-1925
	Taylor, Matthew S. Diachronic Changes in Hunter-Gatherer Dental Health and Disease on the Texas Central Gulf Costal Plain
2005	Denham, Melinda M. Experiences of In vitro fertilization donor egg recipients: The impact of technology on reproduction
	MacKenzie, Christopher James Maya bodies and minds: Religion and modernity in a K'Iche' Town
	White, Daniel D. Size and Shape of the Cerebellum in Catarrhine Primates and Plio-Pleistoncene Fossil Hominins: A Paleoneurological Analysis of Endocranial Casts
2004	Aguilera, Miguel A. Unshrouding the communicating cross: The iconology of a Maya quadripartite symbol (Mexico) Knutson, Kristen L. Sleep, health and socioeconomic status among adolescents of the national longitudinal study of adolescent health Kroefges, Peter Conrad Sociopolitical organization in the prehispanic Chontalpa de Oaxaca, Mexico. Ethnohistorical and archaeological perspectives Samson, C. Mathews Re-enchanting the world: Maya identity and Protestantism in the western highlands of Guatemala Shih, Ling-Ling L. Inventing new womanhood in China/Taiwan: A historical anthropology of gender
2003	Choi, Jinsook Language choice and language ideology in a bilingual Maya community: The politics of identity in Guatemala Selka, Stephen L. Religion and the politics of ethnic identity in Bahia, Brazil Smith, Timothy J. A tale of two governments: Rural Maya politics and competing democracies in Solola, Guatemala Tatar, Bradley S. Narrating the revolution: Sandinistas and the politics of memory in Masaya, Nicaragua
2002	Choh, Audrey C. The genetics of obesity and obesity-related factors among Samoans Keating, Neal B. Pictures and power: The historical anthropology of Iroquois painting, A.D. 1600--2000 Lloyd, Timothy C. Mortuary patterns, social organization, and ideology at the Hopewell site (Ohio) Rogers, Matthew H. Totems and tourists: Tourism and cultural production on Haida Gwaii/The Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia
2001	Abel, Timothy The Clayton Cluster: Cultural Dynamics of a Late Prehistoric Village Sequence in the Upper St. Lawrence Valley. Hare, Timothy Political Economy, Spatial Analysis, and Postclassic States in the Yautepec Valley, Mexico. Mora-Marin, David The Grammar and Orthography of the Late Preclassic Mayan Hieroglyphic Texts: Implications for the History of Lowland Mayan Scrip and the Lowland Mayan Languages. Olson, Jan Unequal Consumption: A Study of Domestic Wealth Differentials in Three Late Postclassic Mexican Communities. Phillips, Shawn Inmate Life in the Oneida County Asylum, 1860-1895: A Biocultural Study of the Skeletal and Documentary Records.
2000	Burke, Adrian Lithic Procurement and the Ceramic Period Occupation of the Interior of the Maritime Peninsula. Ibechem, Cindy When Women Leave the Village: An Evaluation of Women's Power and Their Protest Actions in Ofodim, Umuneke, Imo State, Nigeria. Jones, Stephen Deconstructing the Celts: A Skeptic's Guide to the Archaeology of the Auvergne.   Redmond, John Behavioral Lateralization and Cerebral Assymetrics in Hylobates sundactulus.
1999	Boulanger, Lori Resisting Coercive Assimilation: Identity, Empowerment, and Activism in the Native Hawaiian Movement of Hawai'i Island. Diamond, Joseph The Terminal Late Woodland/Contact Period in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Gabany-Guerrero, Tricia Deciphering the Symbolic Heritage of the Tarascan Empire: Interpreting the Political Economy of the Pueblo-Hospital of Parangaricuitiro, Michoacan. Jenkins, Gwynne The Bureaucratization of Birth: Midwifery Programs, National Health Care, and Local Birth Conventions in Rural Costa Rica.
1998	Czerwinski, Stefan Determinants of Blood Levels in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Children from Birth to Two Years: A Biocultural Perspective. Montag, Richard A Tale of Pudicho's People: Cashinahua Narrative Accounts of European Contact in the 20th Century. Yastion, Lyla Networks of Contemplative Action in American Culture: A Study of Mystic Practice and Emergent Community in a Contemporary Christian-Catholic Contemplative Movement.
1997	Molnar, James Interpreting Fishing Strategies of the Odawa. Rieth, Christina Culture Contact During the Carpenter Brook Phase: A Tripartite Approach to the Study of the Spatial and Temporal Movement of Early Iroquoian Groups Throughout the Upper Susquehanna River Valley.
1996	Drooker, Penelope Ballard The view from Madisonville; continuity and change in late prehistoric - protohistoric western Fort Ancient interaction patterns
1995	Bond, Stan C. Traditional Change in First Spanish Period (1565-1763) Architecture: A Search for Colonial Identity. Metz, Brent Experiencing Conquest: A Maya-Chorti Political Economy of Emotion. O'Connor, Kathleen A. The age pattern of mortality:A micro-analysis of Tipu and a meta-analysis of twenty-nine paleodemographic samples Raemsch, Carol A. Craniometric Variation Within Skeletal Samples of Diverse Biological Composition.
1994	Asturias de Barrios, Linda M. Mano de Mujer, Mano de Hombre: Produccion Artesanal Textil en Comalapa, Guatemala. Bigler, Ellen Marie Multiculturalism in Upstate New York: Contested Identities and the Schooling of Puerto Rican Youth in a De-Industrializing Economy. Dauria, Susan R. Deindustrialization and the Construction of History and Ethnic Identity: A Case in Upstate New York. Fabri, Antonella (Re)Composing the Nation: Politics of Memory and Displacement in Maya Testimonies From Guatemala. Wentworth, Ann Kennedy Woman of business or lady of the manor?: An archaeological examinationof changes in gender roles among the Hudson Valley elite during the eighteenth century
1993	Bamann, Susan E. Settlement Nucleation in Mohawk Iroquois Prehistory: An Analysis of a Site Sequence in the Lower Otsquago Drainage of the Mohawk Valley. Bronson, Elizabeth Agriculture, Adaptation, and Attitudes: Decision Making Among Farm Families in Southern Costa Rica. Jamison, Thomas R. Symbolic Affiliation, Architecture, and Settlement Patterns in Southern Belize: Nim Li Punit and Xnaheb During the Late Classic.
1992	Pfeiffer, John E. Late and Terminal Archaic Cultural Adaptations of the Lowest Connecticut Valley. Ré Cruz, Alicia The Two Milpas of Chan Kom: A Study of Socioeconomic and Political Transformations in a Maya Community.
1991	Castaneda, Quetzil E. An "Archaeology" of Chichen Itza: Discourse, Power, and Resistance at a Maya Tourist Site. Hammer, John Predictive Modelling in Archaeology for Interior New York State. Leidy, Lynnette E. The Timing of Menopause in Biological and Sociocultural Context: A Lifespan Approach. Scotchmer, David George Symbols of Salvation: Interpreting Highland Maya Protestantism in Context. Wurtzburg, Susan Sayil: Investigations of Urbanism and Economic Organization at an Ancient Maya City.
1990	Ciborski, Sara Culture and Power: The Emergence and Politics of Akwesasne Mohawk Traditionalism. Dunham, Peter S. Coming Apart at the Seams: The Classic Development and Demise of Maya Civilization (a Segmentary View From Xnaheb, Belize).
1989	Black, Nancy Johnson Transformation of a frontier mission province: The order of Our Lady of Mercy in western Honduras, 1525-1773.
1988	Krasniewicz, Louise The differences within: The politics of representation, identity and gender informing the 1983 Seneca Women's Peace Encampment Lanphear, Kim M. Health and mortality in a nineteenth century poorhouse skeletal sample
1987	Hunter, Susan Health status: An anthropological model of its determinants Lima, Flavio Rojas La Cofradía Mesoamericana: un Reducto Cultural Indígena Lindner, Christopher R. Geoarchaeology of culturally induced flood impacts: Schoharie Valley, Eastern New York Rosenbaum, Brenda Picciotto With our heads bowed: Women, society, and culture in Chamula, Chiapas Suárez, Susana Cuevas The Amuzgos' zoological world: An ethnoscientific approach
1986	Benyo, Julie. An archaeological investigation of intra-community social organizations at La Ceiba, Comayagua, Honduras. Goldin, Liliana R. Organizing the world through the market: A symbolic analysis of markets and exchange in the Western Highlands of Guatemala Guldenzopf, David B. The colonial transformation of Mohawk society Hodges, Denise C. Agricultural intensification and prehistoric health in the valley of Oaxaca, Mexico Muntzel, Martha C. The structure of Ocuilteco Orphanides, Andreas G. Towards a theory for the interpretation of material remains in archaeology: The bronze age anthropomorphic figurines from Cyprus Reeve, Stuart A. Root crops and prehistoric social process in the Snake River headwaters, northwestern Wyoming
1985	McCarthy, Michael Frances An investigation of some proposed universals on script borrowing Roberston, Rosalie M. Oneida indian education planning in Wisconsin Sosa, John R. The Maya sky, the Maya world: A symbolic analysis of Yucatec Maya cosmology
1983	Bender, Susan Hunter-Gatherer subsistence and settlement in a mountainous environment: The prehistory of the northern Tetons Fisher, Charles Sociocultural organization and change during the early Horticultural Period in the Hudson River Valley Knab, Timothy Words great and small: Sierra Nahuat narrative discourse in everyday life Mascia-Lees, Frances E. A cross-national analysis of sexual stratification in contemporary societies Ochiai, Kazuyasu When the saints come marching in: Inter-community public rituals among the Tzotzil Indians of Southeastern Mexico
1982	Kempf, Judith The dynamics of culture and health, disease and curing, among the Ecuadorian Coaiquer Indians under the impact of acculturation Tierson, Forrest D. Influence of dietary cravings and aversions during pregnancy on maternal diet and pregnancy outcome
1981	Mondloch, James Lorin Voice in Quiche-Maya Simms, David M. Tourism, entrepeneurs, and change in southwest Ireland
1980	Marqusee, Steven Jack An analysis of late postclassic period Quichean art form from the Highlands of Guatemala Relethford, John Henry The genetic structure of a population
1979	Whelehan, Patricia Group homes: An alternative to institutionalization ofr troubled adolescents
1978	Bossen, Laura Herbenar Women and dependent development: A comparison of women's economic and social roles in Guatemala
1977	Baum, Ruth The ethnohistory of law: The Hutterite case Childs, Stephen Murray Political correlates of socioeconomic change in rural society: A study of three Malay communities Colee, Philip S. The Housatonic-Stockbridge Indians: 1734-1749 Herrick, James William Iroquois medical botany