Anthropology Graduate Student Association

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About the AGSA

The Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA) provides anthropology graduate students with a unified voice within the Department and University. It is an opportunity for us to organize and engage in activities beyond those of studying, attending class, and fulfilling other academic and professional responsibilities. Activities and events include weekly meetups for discussing issues that bother students, professional development workshops, and assistance with the Anthropology Department Speakers Series.

Incoming students often find themselves a bit confused as to what is expected of them when they begin graduate work in Anthropology at UAlbany. Incoming students may contact any of the following officers in the AGSA to be added to the listserv, in order to receive necessary graduate and departmental information.

Also, we have a space in Discord where students share news and graduate opportunities with each other. You can reach us through the AGSA Instagram or you can email [email protected].

 

List of Officers for 2022-2023

President:  Aindrila Chakraborty

Vice President:  Jonathan Muller

Treasurer:  Alba Tellez Nieto

Secretary:  Drew Somoray

Faculty Liaison: Rafia Rahman

Webmaster:  Subhajit Pal


Contact us: [email protected]

Anthropology Graduate Students
Archaeology
Stephen Butz

Stephen Butz

Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: [email protected]
Regional Focus: Northeastern America
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology, XRF scanning


Ava Cristiano

Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: [email protected]


Holly Cruger

AdvisorRafferty, Sean M
Email[email protected]


Barry Dale

AdvisorRafferty, Sean M
Email[email protected]


Danielle Duguid

AdvisorWolff, Christopher B
Email[email protected]


Emma Falk

AdvisorWolff, Christopher B
Email[email protected] 


John Michael Garbellano

AdvisorWolff, Christopher B
Email[email protected]


Lucinda Herrick


Dana Keil

AdvisorWolff, Christopher B
Email[email protected]


Matthew Kirk

AdvisorRosenswig, Robert M
Email[email protected]


Dylan Lewis

AdvisorRafferty, Sean M
Email[email protected]


Augustus Lovett

AdvisorWolff, Christopher B
Email[email protected]
Regional Focus: Northeast North America; Newfoundland, Canada
Research Interests: Maritime Archaic, Lithics, Use-wear Analysis, Subsistence Patterns


Antonio Martinez Tunon

AdvisorRosenswig, Robert M
Email[email protected]


Holly Maxwell

AdvisorMasson, Marilyn A
Email[email protected]


Xavier McClean

AdvisorRosenswig, Robert M
Email[email protected]


Sara Regensburger

AdvisorRafferty, Sean M
Email[email protected]


Eiryn Sheades

AdvisorMasson, Marilyn A
Email[email protected]


Alba Tellez-Nieto

Alba Tellez-Nieto

AdvisorPerez Rodriguez,Veronica​​​​​​​
Email[email protected]
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: Posclassic, Displacement, Resettlement, Lithics, Metztitlan


Daniel Wilcox

AdvisorWolff, Christopher B​​​​​​​
Email[email protected]​​​​​​​

Biological Anthropology

Everlyne Omondi

Advisor: Rowan, John
Email: [email protected]


Christianne Ormsby

Christianne Ormsby

AdvisorRowan, John
Email[email protected]
Regional Focus: East Africa
Research Interests: Functional postcranial morphology, mammal locomotion, paleontology


Antonio Otero

AdvisorGordon, Adam D
Email[email protected]


Erica Tyler

AdvisorSchell, Lawrence M
Email[email protected]


Casey West

AdvisorSchell, Lawrence M
Email[email protected]


Ajay J. Yesupriya

AdvisorGage, Timothy B
Email[email protected]

Cultural Anthropology
Alondra Aca Garcia

Alondra Aca Garcia

AdvisorBurrell, Jennifer L
Email[email protected]
Regional Focus: Mexico
Research Interests: Migrations, Integration, Repatriation, Transnationalism, Belonging


Rebecca Akers

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email[email protected]


Abigail Cahill

AdvisorAndaya, Elise L
Email[email protected]


Aindrila Chakraborty

Aindrila Chakraborty

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email[email protected]
Regional Focus: Puducherry, India
Research Interests: Diaspora, Post/Colonialism, Cultural Politics, Heritage, Tourism


Kaori Chen

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email[email protected]
Research Interests: Weaving; Creativity; Aging; Ethnography; Ethnographic Writing


Jazmin High

AdvisorAndaya, Elise L
Email[email protected]


Chelsea Jones

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email: [email protected]


Aisha Kearney

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email[email protected]


Ryan Levy

AdvisorBurrell, Jennifer L
Email[email protected]


Florencia McDowell

Florencia McDowell

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email[email protected]


Jonathan Muller

AdvisorBurrell, Jennifer L
Email[email protected]


Morgan Mulroe

Morgan Mulroe

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email[email protected]
Regional Focus: United States, Wisconsin
Research Interests: Colonialism, Gender, Power Dynamics, Social Movements


Hannah Noblewolf

AdvisorAndaya, Elise L
Email[email protected]


Subhajit Pal

Subhajit Pal

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email[email protected]
Research Interests: Tourism and Travel Narratives


Marie Peterson

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email[email protected]


Rafia Rahman

Rafia Rahman

AdvisorAndaya, Elise L
Email[email protected]
Regional Focus: Bangladesh, South-East Asia
Research Interests: Garment industry, Female Factory Labor, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Health of Female Labor Force, Global Economy and Assembly Line Workers


Kate Reddy

Kate Reddy

AdvisorBurrell, Jennifer L
Email[email protected]


Drew Somoray

Drew Somoray

AdvisorLittle, Walter E
Email[email protected]​​​​​​​
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: Community Archaeology, museums, tourism


Rebecca Stoner LaFountain

AdvisorLittle, Walter E​​​​​​​
Email[email protected]


Heungtae Yang

AdvisorBurkhart, Louise M​​​​​​​
Email[email protected]

Linguistics

Lisabeth Dashman

Advisor: Clemens,Lauren
Email: [email protected]


Jessica Holtz

Advisor: Bickmore, Lee S
Email: [email protected]