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Recent UO Graduate Ph.D. Academic Appointments

  • Cheney, Melissa, Ph.D. 2004: Asst. Prof., Oregon State University
  • Fitzpatrick, Scott. Ph.D. 2003. Asst. Prof. North Carolina State University
  • Guerron-Montero, Carla. Ph.D. 2002. Asst. Prof. University of Delaware
  • Jacka, Jerry. Ph.D. 2003. Asst. Prof. North Carolina State University
  • Rick, Torben, Ph.D. 2004: Asst. Prof., Southern Methodist University
  • Roach, Paul, Ph.D. 2006: Asst. Prof., Century College, St. Paul MN
  • Robbins, Gwen. Ph.D. 2007. Asst. Prof., Appalachia State University
  • Robert Losey, Ph.D. 2003: Asst. Prof., University of Alberta
  • Tiedje, Kristina. Ph.D. 2004: Asst. Prof., Faculté d'Anthropologie Université Lumière Lyon 2
  • Tveskov, Mark. Ph.D. 2000. Asst. Prof. Southern Oregon University
  • Vallianatos, Helen. Ph.D. 2004: Asst. Prof., University of Alberta
  • Vellanoweth, Rene. Ph.D. 2001. Asst Prof. Humbolt State University
  • Younker, Jason. Ph.D. 2004: Asst. Prof. Rochester Institute of Technology

Recent Graduate Student Research Appointments

  • Brewster, Mel. Ph.D. 2003. Skull Valley Goshute Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Utah.
  • Byram, Scott R. Ph.D. 2002. Consulting Archaeology: Coos Bay OR and Palo Alto CA
  • Fechner, Mary. Ph.D. 2004. Director of Faculty Development, Office of the Vice President for Research, U. of Oregon
  • Griffin, Dennis. Ph. D. 1999. State Archaeologist, Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
  • Kramer, Stephenie. M.S. 2000. Asst. State Archaeologist, Wash. State Historic Preservation Office, Olympia WA
  • Largaespada, Tony. M.S. 2001. US Forest Sevice Archaeologist, Seward Alaska
  • Mitchell, Denise. M.A. 1999. Consultant to Coquille Indian Tribe. North Bend, OR
  • Potter, Amiee. Ph.D. 2004: Scientist, DNA Reference Lab, Commonwealth Biotechnologies
  • Tasa, Guy. Ph.D. 1997. Research Associate, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon

More Recent Graduates

  • Fulton, Kathryn Anne. Ph.D. 2008.
  • Hannibal, Darcy Lee. Ph.D. 2008.
  • Winterhoff, Ernest "Quent" Harold. Ph.D. 2008.
  • Magaña, Maurice Rafael. MA. 2008.
  • Katherine Ann Seikel. MA. 2008.
  • Turley, Kevin Emmet. MA. 2008.
  • Malone, Nicholas Martin. Ph.D. 2007 “the socioecology of the critically endangered Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch): Assessing the Impact of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Primate Social Systems” Advisor: White
  • Braje, Todd Jason. Ph.D. 2007. “Archaaeology, Human Impacts, and Historical Ecology on San Miguel Island, California” Advisor: Erlandson
  • O’Grady, Patrick Warren. Ph.D. 2007. “Before Winter Comes: Archaeological Investigations of Settlement and Subsistence in Harney Valley, Harney County Oregon.” Advisor: Aikens
  • Long, Montana McBride. MS. 2007. “A GIS-based test of an Ideal Free distribution model on terminal pleistocene and early holocene human occupations on Idaho’s Snake River Plain.” Advisor: Kennett
  • Berte, Sekou. MA. “From Senufo Jegele to Festival Triangle du Balafon: The role of the xylophone in local and transnational identity politics in West Africa.” Advisor: Wooten

2008 Undergraduate Graduates

  • Alvarado, Nichole Lynn
  • Angotti, Megan Michael
  • Barbera, Jacqueline Rose
  • Bayern, Dorothy Ruth
  • Berne, Adam Charles
  • Bilbertson, Lena Marie
  • Blackmore, Kevin Charles
  • Bortz, Taylor Welty
  • Bratton, Kelley Ann
  • Bridges, Karen Winona
  • Brown, Laura Danielle
  • Brown, Rebecca Audrey
  • Cadena, Claire Ai
  • Caron, Hannah P
  • Carty, Laila Alexandra
  • Chanin, Brett Garrett
  • Clarck, Lindsey Christine
  • Clayburn, Rosie Marie
  • Cox, Ellen Elizabeth
  • Culligan, Kelsey Lee
  • Dance, Catherine Emily Zak
  • Doherty, Andrew Rogers
  • Dowty, Lorraine Suzanne
  • Dunbar, Gary Leo
  • Duncan, Courtney Brooke
  • Egelhoff, Megan Rose
  • Ferrare, Leslie N
  • Fried, Ruby Laurel
  • Godsey, Michael Marshal
  • Goldbroch, Samuel Thomas
  • Goodling, Benjamin Thomas
  • Grant, Kathryn Mara
  • Greenwood, Eric Starr
  • Hagestedt, Elizabeth Ann
  • Hagiwara, Takuya
  • Hale, Ashley Nicole
  • Harper, Ryan Andrew
  • Hayward, Anne Marie
  • Heckard, Hillary Elizabeth
  • Hemmings, Olivia Mae
  • Herring, Kasey Delight
  • Hucek, Matthew Walter
  • Hunt, Melissa Danelle
  • Hurley, Steven James
  • Jackley, Julia Anne
  • Jakien, Roman Stanley
  • Jefferson, Liberty M
  • Jensen, Andrea Dianne
  • Jones, Natalie Jean
  • Jones, Nicholas Halley
  • King, Katie Erin
  • Kinney, Alison Jean
  • Lewis, Michelle Erin
  • Lovell, Autumn Mist
  • Lubov, Alyssa Ripka
  • Lynn, Jordan Ryan
  • Magretts, Amelia Rose
  • Maiss, Rachel Ann
  • Manelick, Elizabeth Autumn
  • Marinella, Lauren Beth
  • Matthews, Kathryn Ruth
  • McClellan, Megan Ellen
  • McKenzie, Meredith Leigh
  • McMullen, James David
  • Merckel, Courtney Gray
  • Middleton-Moreland, Regan D
  • Miesch, Patricia Ann
  • Montminy, Alyssa Evonne
  • Moore, Ashley Elizabeth
  • Mosbaugh, Brain William
  • Nash, Carl Gilead
  • Ormsbee, Margaret Ryan
  • Patti, Lauren Caroline
  • Phenix-Chambers, Bethany D
  • Platter, Branden Eugene
  • Pope, Shira Rachel
  • Prince, Kelley Lynn
  • Pulsipher, Anthony A-E
  • Rasmussen, Kristen Jean
  • Rayome, Donald Dean
  • Redd, Travis Kenneth
  • Renwick, Meagan Kathleen
  • Ridgeway, Daniel Alan
  • Roden, Kyle Andrew
  • Rogers, Jessica Venessa
  • Rosenblum, Kristen Nichole
  • Rothenfluch, Tami Ann
  • Runyan-Gless, Katelyn Rose
  • Salvetti, Joseph Noel
  • Sanchez, Rebecca Elizabeth
  • Sargis, Matthew
  • Schnatterly, Jennifer Lauren
  • Schnaubelt, Noah Christopher
  • Sheredy, Maegan Elisabeth
  • Smith, Lizabeth Ashley
  • Sorensen, Ashley Leann
  • Steeves, Tyler Laban
  • Sterling, Brenna Elyse
  • Stevens, Lisa Rose
  • Swiecick, Katelyn Rose
  • Tajipour, Natalie
  • Timothy, Sativa Maureen
  • Vecchitto, Catherine Boutin
  • Vogt, Kristen Anne
  • Votipka, Meagan Elizabeth
  • Wang, Ji Young
  • Wilkerson, Ryan Matthew
  • Willis, Whitney Lee
  • Wolford, Heather Lynn

Other Alumni

Brad Bowden, M.S. 1995
Archaeologist/Senior Manager
Gray & Pape, Virginia

Mel Brewster, Ph.D. 2003
Skull Valley Goshute Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Utah 

Scott R. Byram, Ph.D. 2002
Consulting Archaeology
Coos Bay, OR and Palo Alto, CA

Donald C. Dunbar, Ph.D. 1980
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine &
Director, Laboratory for Primate Morphology and Genetics
Caribbean Primate Research Center
P.O. Box 365067
University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR 00936-5067, USA

Jessica Falkenhagen, M.A. 2004
Ph.D. student, UCLA

Mary Fechner, Ph.D. 2004
Director of Faculty Development
Office of the Vice President for Research
University of Oregon

Jeff Fentress, Ph.D. 2002
Instructor & NAGPRA Coordinator
Department of Anthropology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA

Scott Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. 2003
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
North Carolina State University

Eric Forgeng, MA 1992
Permitting Officer
Archaeology Branch
Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts
Victoria, BC Canada

Michael Joseph Francisconi (Papa Sconi), Ph.D 1995
Associate Professor, Department of History, Philosophy,and Social Science
University of Montana Western
Box 2, 710 S. Atlantic St.
Dillon, MT 59725

Dennis Griffin, Ph. D. 1999
State Archaeologist
Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Salem, OR

Carla Guerron-Montero, Ph.D.  2002
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716

W. Penn Handwerker, Ph.D. 1971
Professor of Anthropology & Public Health
Head, Anthropology Department, U-2176
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT  06269-2176

Jerry Jacka, Ph.D. 2003
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
North Carolina State University

Stephenie Kramer, M.S. 2000
Assistant State Archaeologist
Washington State Historic Preservation Office
Olympia, WA

Christopher Landreau, M.S. 1995
Archaeologist for the Yakama Tribe
Washington

Leah Largaespada, M.S. 2001
Seward, Alaska

Tony Largaespada, M.S.2001
US Forest Service Archaeologist
Seward, Alaska

Robert Losey, Ph.D. 2003
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Denise Mitchell, M.A. 1999
Consultant to Coquille Indian Tribe
North Bend, OR

Amiee Potter, Ph.D. 2004
Scientist, DNA Reference Lab
Commonwealth Biotechnologies
Richmond, VA

Gwen Robbins, Ph.D. 2007
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
401 Sanford Hall
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
Office: (828) 262-7505
Fax: (828) 262-2982
http://www.appstate.edu/~Robbinsgm

Kristina Tiedje, Ph.D. 2004
Assistant Professor
Faculté d'Anthropologie
Université Lumière Lyon 2

Mark Tveskov, Ph.D. 2000
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR

Helen Vallianatos, Ph.D. 2004
Department of Anthropology
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Rene Vellanoweth, Ph.D. 2001
Assistant Professor
Department of anthropology
Humbolt State University
Arcata, California

George B. Wasson, Ph.D. 1994
Instructor
University of Oregon

Joan Wozniak, Ph. D. 2004
Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon

Jason Younker, Ph.D. 2004
Assistant Professor
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY

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