Download my current CV (updated January 2022)

Education
​2020   Ph.D. Biological Anthropology, University at Buffalo, NY

• ​​​​​Dissertation – An integrative assessment of the pattern and causes of bilateral asymmetry across the human skeleton 

2013   M.S. Human Biology, University of Indianapolis, IN

• Thesis – Taphonomy and Trauma in Rwandan Virunga Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

2005   B.S. Anthropology/Archaeology, Mercyhurst College, PA​ ​

​Previous Academic Positions

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix​, AZ (2019-2021)
• Adjunct Instructor, Villa Maria College, Buffalo, NY (2017-2019)
• ​Lab Instructor, University at Buffalo, NY (2015-2019)
• Visiting Instructor, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA (2011-2012)

Awards & Grants

• Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award (2019) 
• Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (2018)
• Morris and Lucille Opler Dissertation Writing Scholarship (2018)
• College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship (2018)
• University at Buffalo Mark Diamond Research Fund (2017 & 2018)
• Morris and Lucille Opler Dissertation Research Scholarship (2017)
• American Association of Physical Anthropologists Pollitzer Student Travel Award (2016)
• Tuition Scholarship Fund, University at Buffalo–SUNY (Fall 2015–Spring 2019)
• Student Travel Grant, University of Indianapolis (2009)​

Laying out a gorilla skeleton.

Receiving the graduate student excellence in teaching award from University at Buffalo.