Current Graduate Students

Anthropology Graduate Student Organization (AGSO)

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	Dan Bagrow bagrow@gmail.com M.A. student Interests: Historic Archaeology Area: Northeast Archaeology
Maryna J. Bazylevych mb2885@albany.edu PhD student, Cultural, Phase II Research interests: Eastern Europe, Ukraine Gender and Health Care Professionals, Post-Socialism Medical Anthropology, Anthropology of Professions and Organizations, Globalization, Political Economy. Curriculum Vitae
Troy Bielert PhD student
	Daniel H. Boggs Boggswood@verizon.net PhD student, Archaeology, Phase II MA, UAlbany, 2004 Principal Investigator, Curtin Archaeological Consultancy Interests: Circumpolar Subarctic archaeology and ethnology with an emphasis on island environments, particularly the North Atlantic during the Viking expansion, the Aluetians, Hokkaido/Sakhalin/Kurils, also a similar interest in the European Paleolithic and, in contrast, the South Pacific. I utilize the approaches of Symbolic Ecology, Historical Ecology, Chaos, Contingency and Dual Inheritance theory to study community and settlement pattern in mixed subsistence systems. I research how the symbolically encoded, culturally defined perception of the environment influences survival related activities, crafts, and architecture and how people form social organizations, communities, hierarchies and heterarchies. Ultimately, success or failure in evolutionary terms, quality of life, and lessons to be learned resulting from various cultural practices are the major points of interest to me. I am currently engaged in a comparative, community based study of Greenlandic Norse and Inuit sheep herding ecology. Areas: The circumpolar Subarctic
Mokaya Bosire bb374883@albany.edu PhD Candidate, Linguistics, ABD Interests: Phonology and sociolinguistics. Special interest in urban vernaculars and African Linguistics. Dissertation will be on Sheng - a hybrid urban vernacular in Nairobi. Areas: Africa and the Diaspora
	Heather Brown hb7284@albany.edu MA Student, Archaeology Education Specialist & Drafter, NYS Museum Interests: Archaeological Sciences, Quantitative Methods, and zooarchaeology Areas: Prehistoric Northeastern United States, British Isles.

Betsy Campisi campisi@albany.edu PhD student, Phase II Interests: Caribbean studies, Cuban culture on the island and in Miami, discourse analysis, use of oral history in anthropology, the anthropology of art, migration, globalization, Central American political economy. Areas: Caribbean and Central America
	J. Scott Cardinal PhD student, archaeology, Phase I Project Director, NYS Museum Interests: Cultural resource management, archaeological theory and methods. Area: Northeastern U.S.
Jeanette Carioto jc2364@albany.edu PhD student, Archaeology, Phase II I finished the master’s program at SUNY Albany and am currently working on phase II of the PhD program, focusing on Northeast archaeology, with interests in both historic and prehistoric archaeology. Currently, I am focusing on issues of symbolism and monumentality in mortuary contexts.
	Zuzana Chovanec zuzana.chovanec@gmail.com PhD Student, Archaeology, Phase I Teaching Assistant, AS 110 Interests: Multipurpose psychoactive plants, archaeometry, prehistoric use of the opium poppy, Raman spectroscopy. Period/Area: Bronze Age, Cyprus
Andrew Clark ac9760@albany.edu PhD student, Archaeology, Phase II Senior Archaeologist – South Dakota State Historical Society – Archaeological Research Center. Interests: Late prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, Pre-industrial warfare, Landscape Archaeology, Ethics and Public Archaeology. Areas: Great Plains, Southeastern U.S.
	Steve Comer sc2117@albany.edu PhD student Ethnohistorian specializing in Mohican Studies. Currently on a fellowship with the New York State Museum. Enrolled member of the Stockbridge-Mohican Tribe
Timothy Comer timmycomer@gmail.com PhD student, Biological, Phase II Interests: developmental origins of adult diseases
	Jennifer Crowley PhD student, Cultural, Phase I TA room 110 Jannecrwly@gmail.com Interests: Anthropology of performance, gender, ethnicity and identity, politics and religion, ethnohistory, human rights, immigration, folklore, discourse and textual analysis. Areas: Currently the Irish Catholic diaspora; particularly N. America

Barry Dale bdale@albany.edu PhD student, Archaeology Project Director for the New York State Museum Adjunct Faculty, Art Department, teaching Greek and Egyptian Archaeology Interests: Old World Archaeology, Bronze Age Areas: Eastern Mediterranean
	Claudia de Los Angeles Dary Fuentes claudia_dary@yahoo.com PhD Candidate, Cultural, ABD MA, Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh BA, University of San Carlos, Guatemala Researcher and Associate, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Researcher and Associate, Institute of Inter-Ethnic Studies (IDEI) of University of San Carlos, Guatemala Interests: Ethnicity, class and race; community lands; Mesoamerican indigenous territories; ethnohistory; gender, Mayan women, labor, and higher education; Political Anthropology Areas: Eastern Guatemala
Maria Diaz Montejo md7304@albany.edu PhD student, Cultural, Phase II

John Edvalson PhD student, Cultural, Phase 1 Teaching Assistant, AS 209 jedvalson@yahoo.com Research Interests: Mesoamerica, Political Economy, Violence, Educational Anthropology

Jerry Ek PhD Student, Archaeology jerryek@hotmail.com Interests: Mesoamerican archaeology; the Gulf Coast periphery; Lowland Maya domestic ritual and ancestor veneration; Maya art and architecture; Andean Archaeology; architectural and ritual patterning in Lowland Maya Centers, the development of built environments and sacred landscapes, and archaeological approaches to ethnicity. Areas: Mesoamerica

Josalyn Ferguson PhD Student, Archaeology jf7679@albany.edu Interests: Pre-Columbian Maya Cave Use; Architecture; Maya Ideology and Ritual Practices; Terminal Classic/Post-classic Transitions; Ceramics; Settlement and Household Studies; Maya Iconography and Art (Dwarf and Flower Imagery); Sacred Landscape, Place and Space Studies.
	David Ivan Fleischer df681417@albany.edu PhD Candidate, Cultural, ABD MA, Social Anthropology, University of Brasilia, Brazil BA, Anthropology, University of Brasilia, Brazil Interests: Development Projects, Conservation Projects; Ecotourism; Urban-Rural distinctions; Local-Global situations; Environment and Tourism. Areas:Oaxaca, Mexico and Bahia, Brazil
Ilona Flores if574836@albany.edu PHD Student: Cultural Anthropology Interests: human rights, globalization, gender Area: Latin America, specifically Nicaragua
	Elizabeth L. France PhD student, Archaeology, Phase 1 ef8332@albany.edu Interests: I am a Mesoamerican archaeology student, and have worked in both Mexico and Belize. I am interested in Craft Specialization and its relationship to household economies within the Mayan Postclassic period.

Kelli Hamm kh125284@albany.edu PhD Student, Biological, Phase I Teaching Assistant AS 117c Interests: Paleoanthropology and Neanderthal functional morphology Areas: Europe
Sean Higgins	shiggins013@hotmail.com
MA Student, Archaeology Interests: Archaeology, Zooarchaeology, Hierarchy, Mortuary Studies Areas: Mesoamerica
Beth Hoag	eh1265@albany.edu
PhD student Interests: Mesoamerican archaeology, currently in the Gulf Coast of Veracruz; ceramic production; spatial archaeology; economic anthropology; complex societies.
	Gail Hughes gh4541@albany.edu PhD Student, Phase II (Biological Anthropology: Bioarchaeology) Part-time Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Anthropology. Courses taught: Aant 100: Culture, society, and biology; Aant 108: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology; Aant110: Introduction to Human Evolution; Aant 418: Culture, Biology, and Health. Interests: Bioarchaeology, human skeletal biology, paleo-demography, the anthropology and social history of death and burial, social stigmatization theory, social institutions and health, human evolution and adaptation. Curriculum Vitae
Robert Hutchinson rh3994@albany.edu PhD student, Archaeology, Phase 2 Interests: Material culture indicators of identity groups, pre-Hispanic migrations, relationships between ideology and architecture. Area: Mesoamerica, particularly the Maya region.

Melisa Kiyamu Tsuchiya
PhD Student, Biological, Phase II MA, Biological Anthropology, University at Albany BA, Peru	persefone@redvial.net
Teaching Assistant Arts & Sciences Building, Room 110
Courtney Kurlanska kurlanska@gmail.com Ph.D. student, Cultural, Phase II M.S., University of New Orleans, Urban Studies B.A., Brandeis University, Anthropology Teaching Assistant Arts & Sciences 206 Interests: Migration and Resistance, Globalization, Political Economy, Applied Anthropology Development, Urban Issues. Areas: Latin America, especially Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

	Amarilys La Santa al859699@albany.edu PhD student, Cultural, Phase II BA, Anthropology, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R. Teaching Assistant Arts & Sciences 206 Interests: Cultural anthropology, food and culture, The Caribbean, urban anthropology, political economy, and sociolinguistics. As my dissertation project I will be studying the eating practices of contemporary Puerto Rico, and how these have changed since the middle of the 20th century. I will pay particular attention to influencing factors such as: recent changes in economy, politics, immigration, emigration, return migration, tourism, and the effects of the influences of American culture - and globalization in general. Specifically I will be looking at how "global" brands and foods such as McDonalds and Coca-Cola change identities and meanings in order to become important elements in the local culture.
Jared Latimer PhD student, Archaeology, Phase II MA, Anthropology, UAlbany, 2007 IMS Graduate Assistant Interests: Cultural evolution, political organization, religious practice, regional interaction and inter development Areas: Mesoamerica, Lower Central America.
	Dawn Lawrence PhD student, Bioarchaeology, Phase 2 MA, Archaeology, UAlbany BA, Anthropology and Journalism, Oswego State University dl328462@albany.edu Graduate Student Assistant, NAGPRA Lab, New York State Museum Interests: Human osteology, especially in reference to dental and skeletal maturity as indicators of nutritional stress; Public archaeology; Repatriation legislation.
Jing Lei PhD student, Linguistics jl3253@albany.edu Teaching Assistant Arts & Sciences Building, Room 106
	Justin Lowry trofmoc@gmail.com PhD student, Archaeology, Phase I I am a doctoral student in Archaeology. I study in the northern Maya lowlands at a site called Xuenkal. I am looking at political economy and its intersection with agrarian modes of living. In the summer of 2007 I was able to participate in a very interesting project in the northern Yucatan peninsula. Projecto Arqueologico Xuenkal (PAX) is a project interested in regional and local understandings of the political influence of Chichen Itza. The 2007 season of mapping, surveying, and documentation focused upon better defining the western and southern limits of the peripheral settlement and mapping important regional centers within a 15 km radius of Xuenkal. Excavations in a residential group that pre-dates the rise of the Chichen polity (FN-565 in Group BB), a residential group associated with rejollada or intensive agricultural production (FN-494 and -496 in Group CC), and a residential platform that dates to the Sotuta or Chichen polity related period (FN-129 in Group Q) were all carried out in the 2007 season. I was able to begin my dissertation research as part of the excavations at the pre-Chichen Itza household (FN-565). In the winter term I look foreword to being staff on the San Estevan archaeological field school in Belize. There I will help train undergraduate archaeology students in field methods and techniques of excavation. I will also return to the field in the spring to continue my dissertation field work. http://albany.edu/ims/lowry.html
Christopher D. Lynn cl1288@albany.edu PhD Student, Biological, Phase II MA, Anthropology, UAlbany, 2006 Teaching Assistant Arts & Sciences 206 Research Assistant, Children's Environmental Health Studies Webmaster, Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities Interests: Biocultural anthropology, medical anthropology, evolutionary psychology; dissociation, self-deception, & consciousness; possession trance, shamanism, meditation, hypnosis, glossolalia, spirit mediumship, charismatic religion; complementary and alternative medical systems; human behavior, adaptation, evolution Current Research: 1) Influences of Speaking in Tongues on Stress Response among Apostolic Pentecostals 2) Influences of Self-Deception on Reproductive Fitness Areas: Hudson Valley

Douglas P. Mackey
PhD student, Archaeology, Phase II MA, UAlbany, 1989	Douglas.Mackey@oprhp.state.ny.us
Interests: Northeast Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management. Include Archaic and Woodland periods in the northeast. Areas: Current research projects focus on the Perch Lake Mounds, an unusual group of features in Jefferson County, NY and the Black Dirt Area of Orange County. I currently work at the NY State Historic Preservation Office. My daily concerns involve the protection of archaeological site in NY as well as current and proposed state and federal legislation regarding the protection of archaeological sites (NHPA, SHPA, NAGPRA, ARPA, NEPA....etc.), the treatment of human remains, public education regarding archaeology and the overall management of archaeological sites. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Peebles Island PO Box 189 Waterford, NY 12188 (518) 237-8643 x3291
Jana Makedonska Ph.D.Student, Phase II, Biological Anthropology MSc. Université Montpellier II/ Université de Poitiers, France, 2007 BSc. Université de Toulouse III, France, 2004 jm563748@albany.edu Teaching Assistant Arts and Sciences 117c Interests: My current research interests focus on paleoanthropology, primate brain evolution and the application of new techniques to these issues, namely microtomography and geometric morphometrics.
Dirk Marcucci
PhD student, Archaeology, Phase II	dirkjm@earthlink.com
Interests: prehistoric northeast; landscape archaeology; lithics; geo-spatial analysis; GIS/GPS and CRM.
Nadia Marin-Guadarrama PhD student, Cultural, Phase II MA, Anthropology, UAlbany, 2005 BA, Sociology, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, 2001 kimi_nadiaxxi@yahoo.com Interests: Ethnohistory of Mesoamerica. Children, Childrearing, Gender, Reproduction, Masculinities, Motherhood, and Children as well as Colonial studies, Ethnography of Speaking. Areas: Mesoamerica, specifically in Central Mexico: Nahua and Mazahua culture
Kosuke Matsukawa	km7470@csc.albany.edu
PhD student, Linguistics, Phase II
Jonathan N. Maupin	jm2711@albany.edu
PhD Candidate, Cultural, ABD	10908 S.W. 72 St. #213 Miami, FL 33173 (305) 279-1510
Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Florida International University Courses Taught: Medical Anthropology Interests: Medical and cultural anthropology, community development, health care and political reform, traditional Mesoamerican healers, Maya linguistics and cultural revitalization Areas: Chimaltenango, Guatemala.
Annette McLeod (Richie) Ph.D. Candidate, Cultural, A.B.D. 2002 Part-Time Faculty, UAlbany, Albany Medical Center M.Sc. Archaeology, University of Toronto, 1996 B.A. Anthropology, Certificate in Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 1994 magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa mcleod_ani@hotmail.com Thesis: Confraternity and Community: Negotiating Ethnicity, Gender, and Place in Colonial Tecamachalco, Mexico Interests: Colonialism and evangelization, cofradías (confraternities) and compadres (fictive kin) Coping strategies, selective accommodation and appropriation, interpretive anthropology; Central Mexican ethnohistory, Nahuatl, cultural (religious, ethnic, and sexual) geography; Inter-ethnic and gender relations, social mobility/networks, native and Africana studies
Bryon Mogul
PhD student, Linguistics	evilordevine2004@yahoo.com
Jaime Moore Donta	jm141615@albany.edu
PhD student, Archaeology, Phase II Teaching Assistant AS 110 Interests: Pre-Contact archaeology of northeast North America, lithics and use-wear, gender, public archaeology, field methods
Steve Moragne
PhD student, Archaeology, Phase II Teaching Assistant Arts & Sciences Building, Room 114	mail: Anthro Dept. email: smoragne@yahoo.com
	Interests: paleobotany/phytoliths, public archaeology, NAGPRA/Repatriation, origins of agriculture Region/Area/Time: Late Archaic - Woodland Period New York State/Greater Northeast
Alanna Murphy-Hoffmann	am236375@albany.edu
PhD student, Cultural, Phase I	208 Pottery Lane Cooperstown, NY 13326
Interests: Tourism, religion, identity, politics Areas: Mesoamerica, Guatemala

Paul Naamon PhD student, Biological, Phase II pbn419@albany.edu Interests: Measures of health, healthcare practices & outcomes in relation to social stratification, especially disadvantaged & discriminated peoples in East Asia & N. America; cross-cultural contemporary complimentary health care systems including relationship between traditional ethnomedical practices & pluralistic medical systems; bioethics; study of death as a biocultural phenomenon; Asian philosophies and practices.
	Erin Nantais en171411@albany.edu Cultural Anthropology, MA Interests: Religion, Politics, Philosophy, History, Human Rights, Tibet, Buddhism, Existentialism, Marxism, and “post-modern” theory.
Marx Navarro-Castillo Master Student BA, Archaeology University of Veracruz 2000-2004 Interests: Archaeology and Mesoamerican Writing Systems Areas: Gulf Coast and Coast of Chiapas.
	Jennifer A. L. Newman PhD student, Archaeology, Phase I chuljenn@hotmail.com Interests: Mayan polychrome pottery, Pottery, Mayan hieroglyphics (epigraphy), Mayan languages, Literacy, Residue analysis of ceramics Currently I am working on a cataloguing the attributes of surface decoration (glyphs and figures) of Mayan (Classic Period) polychrome ceramics. This database will help explore and examine the relationship of figures and text, artistic arrangement of elements and motifs, regional styles, individual style, and other issues. This is an extension of the research I conducted for my Master’s thesis. Also, I am researching the use of specific foodstuffs in ritual or ceremonial archaeological deposits. This research, while in its infancy, will likely include phytolith analysis in addition to liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of residues. Additionally I am currently the Graduate Assistant at the State Museum of New York in Archaeology and Collections– working on the John Swart Collection (100+ Mohawk Valley sites) and The Hurly Site. I am also interested in: Polynesian history. Rongorongo and Pictish scripts. Activities: Fencing, Mt. Biking, Skiing, Kayaking and Gardening. Some of the Projects I’ve worked on: Blue Creek, Belize (MRP) (Northern, Bajo, Bajo Vista) Zemitus Cedar Creek ( Ceader River and Shaky Lakes) White Pine Village Preservation and Restoration Project Garden Bed, Canada Prison Farm, Michigan Latin American Heritage Project Grand Valley State’s Ethnographical Field School
Heidi Nicholls PhD Student, Cultural, Phase I hjnicholls@nycap.rr.com Research Interests: Identity, indigenous tourism, human rights, intercultural communication and interactions, cognitive linguistics

Fernando Ocampo	fo366284@albany.edu
PhD student, Cultural, Phase I Interests: Colonial Mexico, Nahua Ethnohistory, Evangelization Areas: Mesoamerica
Keenya Oliver Ph.D. Student, Phase II. Biological Anthropology I am a Ph.D. student in Paleoanthropology. My current research involves the phylogeny of the genus Homo.
Erin O'Neill Regan	eo0379@albany.edu
PhD Student, Biological, Phase II Graduate Assistant Business Administration C15, BA-B18 Research Interests: birth weight and infant mortality, reproductive anthropology, medical anthropology, public health

Jason Paling MA student , Archaeology	jp544572@albany.edu
	Elizabeth Paris alpinebuff@yahoo.com PhD Student, Archaeology, Phase 2 Teaching Assistant Arts & Sciences 106 Interests: Economic archaeology, interregional interaction, metallurgy, lithics Areas: Mesoamerica
Jessica Phinney PhD phase 1, Cultural Interests: Ethnohistory, Museum Studies
Kristy E. Primeau PhD student, Archaeology, Phase I Teaching Assistant Arts & Sciences 106 keprimeau@yahoo.com Interests: archaeology of the northeast, GIS applications in archaeology ESRI certification in GIS, 2003 Graduate Student Rep, Northeastern Anthropological Association

Julia Ravenscroft
PhD Candidate, Biological, ABD MA, Anthropology, UAlbany	jr4800@albany.edu
YAWBS Data Manager, Children's Environmental Health Studies Arts & Sciences 101 ph: (518) 442-4326/fax: (518) 442-4563
Francis “Jess” Robinson IV PhD Student, Archaeology, Phase I Interests: Early Woodland exchange and mortuary ceremonialism; the emergence of agriculture; Late-Pleistocene and Early Holocene adaptations Area: The Far Northeast I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont, with a double major in anthropology and literature. Although I received an MA in literature from the University of Kent in England in 2001, I have spent my time since then as a research supervisor for the University of Vermont’s Consulting Archaeology Program. While I am interested Late-Pleistocene and Early Holocene adaptations, I plan to study Early Woodland exchange and mortuary elaboration as potential indicators of emerging territoriality and social hierarchy.
Bradley Russell PhD candidate, Archaeology MA, 2000, UAlbany bradley_russell@hotmail.com Research interests: ancient urbanism, craft production and experimental archaeology. My dissertation research is an urban settlement survey of peripheral Mayapán, Yucatán, Mexico, which was the dominant late Postclassic center for much of the surrounding region. The final dissertation is expected to be completed in May of 2008. My previous research was conducted at Laguna de On and Caye Coco, smaller Postclassic Maya sites in northern Belize that would have fallen under Mayapán’s influence.

Nelli Sargsyan PhD Student, Linguistics, Phase I TA, Arts and Sciences 110 Interests: Identity construction and representation informed by the spaces people find themselves in; deterritorialized identities; language contact; and migration. More specifically I am interested in the molding and representation of different forms of Armenianness in Armenia and Diaspora.
	Megan Keskitalo Schneeberger PhD Student, Biological, Phase II MA, Anthropology, UAlbany mk8623@albany.edu meganschneeberger@yahoo.com Interests: I am currently a PhD student in the department of anthropology. My dissertation work examines the impact of poverty on over-and-under weight among US children using mixture modeling and Bayesian analysis. Other research interests include lead and cognitive development, PCB exposure and Parkinsonianism, and child growth and development, and advanced statistics. I have also worked on the genetic influence of race on birthweight at the University at Albany and PCB exposure with the New York State Department of Health. My Master’s level work included an ethnohistory of Mayan women’s roles focusing on continuities throughout the aboriginal and contact periods. I am also currently working as a Senior Market Research Analyst with Family Office Exchange in Chicago. Lecturer, University at Albany Courses taught: Human Growth & Development (summer 2005)
Winston Scott PhD student, Cultural, Phase II ws688948@albany.edu
	Erin Slinker PhD student, Cultural, Phase II es597646@albany.edu Interests: Economic anthropology, identity, and tourism Areas: Chiapas, Mexico and highland Guatemala
Amanda Smith as249596@albany.edu PhD Student, Biological, Phase II BA, SUNY New Paltz, 2005 Teaching Assistant Art & Sciences 117c (518) 442-4699 Interests: Human evolution, Biomechanics, Functional morphology, Primate cranial pneumatization, mastication, Finite Element Analysis.
	Catherine Stanford PhD student, Cultural cs3523@albany.edu Interests: Mesoamerican ethnography; religion and politics; gender; ethnic studies and problems of racism; biotechnology issues, especially related to cotton production, organic farming, and agroecology; agriculture and human values; anthropological theory and methods; and non-profit advocacy organizations and public policy issues related to gender and immigration with a focus on New York State through my affiliation with the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society (SUNY-Albany).
Elena Stylianou PhD student, Archaeology, Phase II MA, Mediterranean Archaeology, Classics Department, UAlbany BA, History and Archaeology, University of Cyprus es7714@albany.edu Interests: Archaeology of Cyprus Areas: Cyprus Curriculum Vitae Publications: -(In Progress) Studying Area A (Units 18, 27-29, 44 and 57) of the Early Bronze Age site of Sotira Kaminoudhia for future publication with Stuart Swiny. -(In Progress) Studying Late Bronze Age Erimi-Pitharka for forthcoming publication in the 2005 Report of the Department of Antiquities. -July 2003 “The Hellenistic Tomb of Pegeia-Pappara:” RDAC 2003. Article published in collaboration with Dr. Eustathios Raptou and Emilia Vassiliou. Lecturer, UAlbany courses taught: Functional Anatomy of the Human Skeleton (summer 2005)

Matthew Taylor PhD Candidate, Biological, ABD mstylr@earthlink.net Interests: Human osteology, bioarcheology, forensic anthropology, Texas prehistory.
	Judith Torel PhD student, Cultural, Phase II JTorel2263@yahoo.com Interests: The study of various cultural practices involving sustained body performances and the effects on consciousness as influenced by cultural beliefs. This includes Native American Dance rituals and Postmodern American endurance athletics such as marathons and triathlons.
Yu-Ching Tseng PhD Candidate, Linguistics, ABD ty3067@albany.edu Interests: Optimality Theory and Chinese syntax, specifically the Mandarin and Hakka dialects spoken in Taiwan.

Thomas Van Alstyne	tv959925@albany.edu
PhD Candidate
Interests: sociolinguistics, adult workforce education, theories of literacy development.

Stephanie Wanek sdwanek@gmail.com PhD Student, Phase I, Archaeology BA, Archaeology and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Lycoming College BA, Criminal Justice, Lycoming College Interests: Old World religion, gender, Iron Age, and iconography Area: Cyprus Excavations: Field Supervisor for Lycoming College Expedition to Idalion, Cyprus (2003-Present) Publication: (In preparation for publication with the American Schools of Oriental Research) "The Stratigraphic Sequence" in Excavations on the East Acropolis of Idalion
Jennifer Wharton
PhD student	js9107@albany.edu
Interests: Mesoamerican archaeology with a focus on Central Mexico.
Scott Williams
PhD student	sw4632@albany.edu
Interests: Aspects and issues of contemporary Saami reindeer herding and management in northern Finland.