MA Graduate Students
Samantha Albanese
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Peter TimminsResearch Interests / Specializations: Middle Woodland Period in the National Capital Region, Digital Archaeology, and Gatekeeping and Accessibility in Archaeology
Daniel Amacker
Archaeology & Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrea Waters-RistResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology, age estimation methods, dental analysis, skeletal biology, and human evolution.
Rawand Amsdr
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisors: Lindsay Bell & Randa FarahResearch Interests / Specializations: Visual ethnographic methods, Civilian photography, Humanitarian responses/intervention, Areas of conflict
Isaac Bender
Archaeology & Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Lisa HodgettsResearch Interests / Specializations: Remote Sensing and Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning for Archaeological Reconnaissance, Public/Community Archaeology, Arctic Archaeology
Sarah Bidinosti
Archaeology & Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology, mortuary practices, osteology, paleopathology, violence & crime, societal structures & inequality, ethical & sustainable archaeology, decolonization
Sarah Bolstridge
Intensive Applied Archaeology - Thesis Supervisor: Neal FerrisResearch Interests / Specializations: Post 1870s sites, materials &CHVI since the implementation of the Standards & Guidelines in Ontario
Robyn Flanders
Applied Archaeology - Thesis Supervisor: Neal FerrisResearch Interests / Specializations: Accessibility in Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, museums, Indigenous Archaeology in Ontario, and 1700-1800s European sites
Mathew Gibson
Aplplied Archaeology - Thesis Supervisor: Neal FerrisResearch Interests / Specializations: Material culture in settler period Ontario
Yadixa Guardia
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Tania GranadilloResearch Interests / Specializations: Revitalization of Indigenous languages, Gunadule therapeutic songs, Dulegan language ecology, Climate change and Conservation, Archaeology
Halee Hawkins
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Pamela BlockAshley Henry
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Greg BeckettResearch Interests / Specializations: Post-colonialism, Economic Imperialism, Globalization, Violence, Caribbean
Emily Henry
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Lisa HodgettsResearch Interests / Specializations: Indigenous archaeology, the Canadian Arctic, digital archaeology, community based research, visual and material culture, community heritage management, museums, knowledge transmission
Lance Jacobs
Applied Archaeology - Thesis Supervisor: Peter TimminsResearch Interests / Specializations: Sweat Lodges from the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) culture and studying the religious practices of the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) Culture
Bryn James-Cavan
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Pamela BlockResearch Interests / Specializations: Caregiving, disability, infectious disease, colonialism, gender and sexuality.
Dima Kassem
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Pamela BlockResearch Interests / Specializations: Complex and rare medical conditions, transitions from childhood to adulthood (medical journeys), disability culture, the influence of cultural health backgrounds, race/ethnicity, Canada, and the Middle East
Blair Kingdon
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrew WalshResearch Interests / Specializations: Transportation Ideology, Identity, Built Environment, Active Transportation, and Environmental Conservation
Rebecca Lahosky
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Jay StockResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology, human evolution, evolution of bipedalism, phenotypic plasticity and regional variability
Katie Lewis
Archaeology & Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisors: Lisa Hodgetts & Andrea Waters-RistResearch Interests / Specializations: Indigenous archaeology, Canadian Arctic and subarctic, zooarchaeology, stable isotopes, subsistence patterns, migration and mobility
Kate Mahoney
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Kim ClarkResearch Interests / Specializations: Institutional ruling relations, public health, policy, nursing, and the privatization of Canadian health care
Kun Mu
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Randa FarahResearch Interests / Specializations: International Migration, Social Integration of Ethnic Groups, Cross Cultural Comparison of Beliefs
Teegan Muggridge
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisors: Andrew Walsh & Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology and post-mortem agency
Lauren Poeta
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology- Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Mummies, bioarchaeology of childhood, osteology, paleoradiology, feminist archaeology, non-destructive archaeological techniques, Andean archaeology, Peru
Sorcha Rountree
Archaeology & Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Peruvian mummies, Cranial modifications, Knowledge mobilization, and Geology (specifically stratigraphy)
Maris Schneider
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, osteology, mortuary archaeology, ancient DNA, digital and non-invasive anthropology, hominin evolution, adaptation, and variation
Holly Scott
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Karen PennesiResearch Interests / Specializations: Language and identity, language and social justice, discourse analysis, verbal art, genre
Anonya Tanchangya
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Lindsay BellResearch Interests / Specializations: Indigenous women, traditional knowledge, labor rights, environment, postcolonial states, development
Kate Woodley
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Peruvian bioarchaeology, bioarchaeology of care, paleopathology, physical trauma, mummification, forensic identification