Anthropology Graduate Student Organization

The Anthropology Graduate Student Organization (AGSO) 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 the AGSO Symposium, 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 AGSO to be added to the listserv, in order to receive necessary graduate and departmental information.

List of Officers 2019-2020

President
Ingrid-Morgane Gauvin
ggauvin@albany.edu

Vice President
Lauren Prosper
lprosper@albany.edu

Secretary
Hannah Noblewolf
hnoblewolf@albany.edu

Speaker Reception Chair
Holly Cruger
hcruger@albany.edu

Webmaster
Jamilläh Rodriguez
jrodriguez20@albany.edu

AGSO GSA Representative
Loretta Tucker
ltucker@albany.edu

Current Anthropology Graduate Students

Archaeology

Caroline Antonelli

Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Masson
Email: cantonelli@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: agricultural intensification, human & environment interactions, geoarchaeology, geographical information systems (GIS) applications

Jeff Bryant

Advisor: Dr. Robert Rosenswig
Email: jeffbryantarch@gmail.com
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica

Holly Cruger

Advisor: Dr. Sean Rafferty
Email: hcruger@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeastern America

Josalyn M. Ferguson

Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Masson
Email: jferguson@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: Maya Prehistory, the Terminal Classic, migration, cave use, architecture, ceramics

John Garbellano

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Wolff
Email: jgarbellano@albany.edu

Ingrid-Morgane Gauvin

Advisor: Dr. Sean Rafferty
Email: ggauvin@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeast North America

Vivian S. James

Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Masson
Email: vjames@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeast North America
Research Interests: Woodland and Colonial Periods, zooarchaeology, faunal domestication, GIS

Matthew Kirk

Advisor: Dr. Robert Rosenswig
Email: mkirk@albany.edu

Antonio Martinez Tunon

Advisor: Dr. Robert Rosenswig
Email: amartineztunon@albany.edu

Steve Moragne

Advisor: Dr. Sean Rafferty
Email: smoragne@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeast North America
Research Interests: microartifacts, soil chemistry, spatial analysis, public outreach and education

Holly Neville

Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Masson
Email: hneville@albany.edu
Research Interests: Maya Epigraphy

Cody Ng

Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Masson
Email: cng2@albany.edu

Yahaira Nuñez Cortes

Advisor: Dr. Robert Rosenswig
Email: ynunez-cortes@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Lower Central America
Research Interests: ceramics, trade, interaction spheres

Kristy Primeau

Advisor: Dr. Sean Rafferty
Email: kprimeau@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeast North America
Research Interests: GIS

Amanda Samuels

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Wolff
Email: asamuels@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeast US
Research Interests: Northeastern Archaeology, Lithics, Subsistence Patterns, Social Hierarchy, Trade, Lithics in Ritual Use

Alyse Strohmeyer

Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Masson
Email: astrohmeyer@albany.edu

Loretta Tucker

Advisor: Dr. Sean Rafferty
Email: ltucker@albany.edu

Jessica Vavrasek

Advisor:Dr. Sean Rafferty
Email: jvavrasek@albany.edu
Regional Focus:Northeast North America
Research Interests: St. Lawrence Iroquois, zooarchaeology

Dana Yakabowskas

Advisor: Dr. Chistopher Wolff
Email: dyakabowskas@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeast North America; Newfoundland, Canada
Research Interests: Maritime Archaic, Precontact, Geoarchaeology, Debitage Analysis, Ground Slate Tools

Biological Anthropology

Elizabeth Holdsworth

Advisor: Dr. Lawrence Schell
Email: eholdsworth@albany.edu
Research Interests: biocultural anthropology, psychosocial stress, human growth and development, health disparities

Florence Lee

Advisor: Dr. Lawrence Schell
Email: flee2@albany.edu

Venus Lliguicota

Advisor: Dr. Cara Ocobock
Email: vlliguicota@albany.edu

Kyrie Nelder

Advisor: Dr. Lawrence Schell
Email:knelder@albany.edu
Research Interests: psychosocial stressors, human growth and development, health disparities

Antonio Rafael Otero

Advisor: Dr. Adam Gordon

Email: aotero@albany.edu

Research interests: Functional morphology, paleoanthropology, skeletal biology, hominin evolution, primate and hominid locomotion

Casey N. West

Advisor: Dr. Lawrence Schell
Email: cwest@albany.edu
Research Area: Northeast U.S.

Ajay Yesupriya

Advisor: Dr. Timothy Gage
Email: ayesupriya@albany.edu

Cultural Anthropology

Sarah Appelhans

Advisor: Dr. Elise Andaya
Email: sappelhans@albany.edu
Research Interests: anthropology of science, gender, & work

Alejandro Arango-Londoño

Advisor: Dr. Elise Andaya
Email: aarangolondono@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Colombia, Latin America
Research Interests: medical anthropology, gender, political economy, anthropology of the body

Kaori Otera Chen

Advisor: Dr. Walter Little
Email: kchen3@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeast US, Japan
Research Interests: Weaving, Women artisans, Quilting, Material Culture

Jennifer Crowley

Advisor: Dr. Walter Little
Email: jcrowley@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northern Ireland
Research Interests: political economy, cultural performance, symbolic representation

Abelardo de la Cruz de la Cruz

Advisor: Dr. Louise Burkhart
Email: adelacruzdelacruz@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Huasteca Region, Veracruz, Mexico
Research Interests: Nahua religion, Mexican Catholicism and Protestantism and Nahua culture

Claire Drake

Lauren Effinger

Advisor:Dr. Sean Rafferty
Email: leffinger@albany.edu

Michalina Grzelka

Advisor: Dr. Elise Andaya
Email: mgrzelka@albany.edu

Aisha Kearney

Advisor: Dr. Walter Little
Email: aishana84@yahoo.com
Regional Focus: Northeast U.S.

Ramon Lee

Advisor: Dr. Elise Andaya
Email: rlee3@albany.edu
Regional Focus: North America
Research Interests: cultural anthropology, psychological anthropology, critical race theory, gender, ethnohistory

Aphizetl Lemus Medina

Advisor: Dr. Louise Burkhart
Email: alemusmedina@albany.edu

Ryan Levy

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Burrell
Email: rlevy@albany.edu
Research Interests: medical anthropology, sexuality, HIV/AIDS, urban anthropology

Cathlo Morton

Advisor: Dr. Elise Andaya
Email: cmorton@albany.edu

Christa Mylin

Advisor: Dr. Louise Burkhart
Email: cmylin@albany.edu
Research Interests: anthropology of religion

Marie Peterson

Advisor: Dr. Louise Burkhart
Email: mapeterson@albany.edu

Research Interests: Localized religious practices, religious material culture, syncretism, indigeneity, community relations, political protest movements

Jimmy Powell

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Burrell
Email: jcpowell@albany.edu

Catlin Renaud

Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Masson
Email: crenaud@albany.edu

Jessica Somers

Advisor: Dr. Elise Andaya
Email: jsomers@albany.edu
Research Interests: biocultural/medical anthropology, applied anthropology, medical knowledge, Lyme disease

Casandra Walker

Advisor: Dr. Elise Andaya
Email: cmwalker@albany.edu
Research Interests: biocultural anthropology

Heungtae Yang

Advisor: Dr. Louise Burkhart
Email: yhtbtn@gmail.com
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica

Linguistics

Lisabeth G. Dashman

Advisor: Dr. James Collins
Email: lisa.dashman@gmail.com
Regional Focus: Americas
Research Interests: Metaphors, Speech Markers, Linguistic Landscape, Humor

Rebecca Dinkel

Advisor: Dr. John Justeson
Email: bdinkel@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: Mesoamerican languages, writing systems, & art

Sharone Horowit-Hendler

Advisor: Dr. James Collins
Email: shorowit-hendler@albany.edu
Research Interests: gender & sexuality

Saeid Kamrani

Advisor: Dr. Aaron Broadwell
Email: skamrani@albany.edu

Hannah Noblewolf

Advisor: Dr. James Collins

Email: hnoblewolf@albany.edu

Research interests: Reproductive rights, discourse analysis, Pro-life rhetoric, gender

Isabelle Poitras

Advisor: Dr. John Justeson
Email: mailto:ipoitras@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: language documentation, Tseltal, Classic Mayan Script, linguistic relativity

Jamilläh Rodriguez

Advisor: Dr. Lauren Clemens
Email: jrodriguez20@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica (Otomanguean)
Research Interests: Phonology, syntax, grammatical tone, language documentation, Copala Triqui, tonosyntax, diaspora linguistics