research
international geographic focus
- India | country
- Pakistan | country
- South Asia | trans-national region
- Sri Lanka | country
affiliations
emeritus faculty in
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Anthropology | graduate field
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | graduate field
- Zoology | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Archaeology Program | intercollege program
- South Asia Program | academic program office
teaching
teaches
- ANTHR 3710 - Human Paleontology (MWF 02:30:PM-03:20:PM) | fall 2008 class
- BIOEE 3710 - Human Paleontology (MWF 02:30:PM-03:20:PM) | fall 2008 class
background
educational background
- B.A., Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley
- M.A., Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley
- Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley
- Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, 1978-present
awards and distinctions
- T. Dale Stewart Award for Forensic Anthropology, American Association of Forensic Sciences, 1987
- Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1992
- Elected Vice-President of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1994-96
- Elected Secretary of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, 1998-2002
- Recipient of the William W. Howells Book Award by the American Anthropological Association (Biological Anthropology Section), 2002
- Recipient of research grants from: National Science Foundation, Howard Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, American Institute of Indian Studies, Smithsonian Institution
featured in
- Evolution and race: Biologically, race is no longer an issue, scientific panel agrees | Cornell Chronicle feature
Keywords: biological anthropology, forensic anthropology, human palaeontology