Susan Guise Sheridan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
 
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EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 1992  University of Colorado,  Boulder, CO.
"Minor and Trace Element Distributions in Bone:  Reconstruction of Diagenetic, Dietary, and Disease Patterns in an Ancient Nubian Population"
MA, 1986  (forensic anthropology), University of Maryland - College Park, MD
BA, 1984  (anthropology/chemistry), University of Maryland, College Park, MD

AWARDS, HONORS, & FELLOWSHIPS:
2005
Kaneb Teaching Award
2004
Teacher as Scholar Program (TAS)
2003
Presidental Award  [University of Notre Dame]
2002
Kaneb Teaching Award
2001
Greenfield Fellow, Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls & Associated Literature
1998-00
Senior Research Fellow, Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR) - Jerusalem
1999-present 
Medieval Institute Fellow, University of Notre Dame
1997-98
NEH Fellow, Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR) - Jerusalem
1994
Lilly Foundation Course Development Fellowship
1991
Graduate Research and Creative Work Award, University of Colorado
1990-91
Graduate School Fellowship, University of Colorado
1990
Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado, Finalist 
1982
National Institutes of Health Distinguished Service Award
1980
Maryland Academy of Sciences Honors Seminar Award

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES:
2005-08

National Science Foundation Advisory Panel for Physical Anthropology
[Dissertation Improvement Grants Committee]
2005
External Review Committee, Dept. of Anthropology, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2003-08        .
Board of Trustees, American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR)
[Membership Committee; Archival Project Fundraiser; Officers Nomination Committee]
2001-02
Board of Trustees, Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) - Jerusalem

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Biocultural analyses of ancient diet and disease patterns with particular interest in childhood health/ adaptability, female reproductive status, infectious disease, and occupational stress.  Populations/ regions of interest include the ancient Near East, Sudanese Nubia, and the American Southwest.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Associate Professor
Dept. of Anthropology, University ofNotre Dame  (1999-present)
Endowed Collegiate Chair
Nancy O'Neill Associate Professor of Anthropology, Univ. of Notre Dame (2002-2005)
Visiting Professor
London Program, University of Notre Dame (Fall 2004)
Annual Professor
W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological  Research  (AIAR) - Jeruslem  (2000-01)
Assistant  Professor 
Dept. of Anthropology, University ofNotre Dame  (1992-99)
Osteologist 
(Project Co-director) Soil Systems Inc, Archaeological Consultants (AZ;  6/90-5/92)
Graduate Part -Time Instructor 
Department of Anthropology, Univ. of Colorado, (6/87-8/90;1/92-5/92)
Clinical Chemist
(Lab Supervisor)  Trace Minerals Intern'tl, Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, (Boulder, CO; 6/90-12/91)
Meteorological Draftsman 
Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA, (Boulder, CO; 1/87-12/89)
Instructor 
Metropolitan State College  (8/88-12/88)
Environmental Chemist 
Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA,  (Silver Spring, MD; 6/85-12/86)
Orthopedic Pathology Intern
Armed Forces Inst. of Pathology, Orthopedic Pathology, (Washington, DC; 9/85-8/86)
Graduate Teaching Assistant 
Dept. of Anthropology, University of Maryland (8/84-5/86)
Nuclear Chemistry Lab Technician
Dept. of Chem., Analytical, Nuclear & Environ. Chem., (University of Maryland; 1/82-8/84)
Biochemistry Laboratory Aide
Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, Dept. of Chemistry, (Univ. of Maryland; 8/81-7/84)
Immunology Laboratory Aide
Clinical Immunology Division, National Institute on Aging, (NIH; 5-9/80)

COURSES TAUGHT:
Human Osteology (ANTH 405)
Introduction to Human Evolution (ANTH 329)
Human Diversity (ANTH 336)
Primate Behavior  (ANTH 406)
Biological Anthropology (ANTH 405)
NSF Field School in Biocultural Anthropology (ANTH 487/587)
University Seminar  (ANTH 180E)

Advanced Seminar  (ANTH 495)
Senior Thesis (ANTH 499)
Honors Thesis (AL 499)
Directed Readings in Bio. Anth (ANTH 488)
Directed Research in Bio. Anth (ANTH 489)
Introduction to the Holy Land (THEO)

FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE/RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Bab edh-Dhra
Jordan

Osteologist;  Fall 2003-present.  Directing the analysis of the remains from the early Bronze Age site of Bab edh-Dhra, Jordan as part of the larger Dead Sea Plain Project, co-directed by Professors Thomas Schaub and Meredith Chesson.
St. Stephen's
Jerusalem

Director.  1995-present.  Exhumation  and analysis of Byzantine monastic remains for biocultural reconstruction. 
WEBSITE: (http://www.nd.edu/~stephens)
Qumran
Director.  July 1999 to present.  Analysis of the French collection of Qumran skeletal remains.  Coordinated through Prof. Jean-Baptiste Humbert, OP of the École Biblique andProf. Mario Chesh of  the Museé de L'Homme, Paris
Dothan
Project Osteologist.  June 1999to present.  Analysis of remains from the Late Bronze/Early Iron Agesite of Dothan. Coordinated through Dr. Robert Cooley, President emeritus,Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and St. George's College, Jerusalem.  (http://www.gordonconwell.edu/dothan/)
Tel el-Hesi
Project Osteologist.  Summer 2000-present.  Consultant for renewed excavations at Tel el-Hesi.
Zacatecas, 
Mexico

Co-PI, December 1992.  Examination of human remains from Zacatecas for possible biocultural analysis.  Project coordinated with Dr. Michael Foster, Center for Indigenous Studies in the Americas.
Phoenix,
AZ

Osteology Co-Director, 1990-92.  Analysis of human remains exhumed from the Classic Hohokam site of Pueblo Grande.  Project Directors: Corey Breternitz and Michael Foster, Ph.D., Soil Systems, Inc.
Yellow Jacket
CO

Osteologist, Summer 1990.  Analyzed human remains from the Anasazi site of Pueblo Grande, University of Colorado Summer Field School.  Project Directors:  Dr. Fredrick Lange and Jeannette Mobley-Tanaka.
Bairoil, WY
Osteologist, July 1988.  Exhumation and analysis of the human remains uncovered during Amoco pipeline installation. Project Director:  J. Greer.
Annapolis, MD
Participant, Summer 1984.  University of Maryland Summer Field School in Historic Archaeology. Project Director: Richard J. Dent, Ph.D

PROFESSIONAL AND HONOR SOCIETIES:
  •  American Association of Physical Anthropologists
  • American Anthropological Association
  • American Academy of Forensic Sciences
  • American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
  • American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Society for Biblical Literature
  • Paleopathology Association

  • Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
  • Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
  • Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity

  • PUBLICATIONS:
    Monographs l Refereed Arrticles l Edited Works l Non-Refereed Articles l Book Reviews l Websitesl Submitted Works
    Monograph:
    1994  DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan, eds.  The Bioethnography of a Classic Hohokam Population:  Nutrition, Health, and Disease at Pueblo Grande.  The Pueblo GrandeProject , Volume 6, SSI Publications in Archaeology, No. 20,  Phoenix,199 p.

    Refereed Articles:
    2005 J Ullinger, SG Sheridan, D Hawkey, CG Turner, II, and R Cooley.  "Bioarchaeological Analysis of Cultural Transition in the Southern Levant Using Dental Non-Metric Traits."  American Journal of Physical Anthropology  128:466-476  [PDF]
    2002 SG Sheridan.  "Scholars,Soldiers,  Craftsmen, Elites?  Analysis of the Human Remains from Qumran." Dead  Sea Discoveries, 9(2):199-248. [PDF]
    2000 MS Driscoll and SG Sheridan.  "Every Knee Shall Bend: Liturgical and Ascetical  Prayer in V-VII Century  Palestine. " Worship, 74(5):453-468 [PDF]
    2000  KC Bautch, R Bautch, G Barkay, and SG Sheridan. "'The Vessels of the Potter Shall be Broken': Material  Culture from the Tombs of St. Stephen's Monastery." Revue Biblique, 105:561-590. [PDF]
    1999 SG Sheridan.  "New Life the  Dead Receive:  The Relationship Between Human Remains and the Cultural  Record for Byzantine St. Stephen's, " Revue Biblique 106(4):574-611. [PDF]
    1997 SG Sheridan and DP Van Gerven.  "Female biological resiliency:  Differential stress response by sex  in human remains from Ancient Nubia."  Human Evolution, 12(4):  241-5.  [PDF]
    1995 DP Van Gerven, SG Sheridan,  and WY Adams.  "Health and nutrition of a Medieval Nubian population:  The impact of political and economic change." American Anthropologist, 97(3):468-480. [PDF]
    1992 SG Sheridan, JL Mobley-Tanaka, DP Van Gerven, and WL Shields. "A case of Late Prehistoric mutilation onthe Northwest Plains." Plains Anthropologist, 37(141): 289-298. [PDF]
    1992 DM Mittler and SG Sheridan. "Sex  determination in subadults using auricular surface morphology: A forensic-science  perspective." J. of Forensic Sciences, 37(4):1064-71. [PDF]
    1992 DM Mittler, DP Van Gerven, SG Sheridan, and R Beck.  "The epidemiology of enamel hypoplasia, cribra orbitalia,  and subadult mortality in an ancient Nubian population." IN AH Goodman and LL Capasso, eds. Recent Contributions to the Study of Enamel Developmental  Defects, Journal of Paleopathology Monograph Publication 2, Chieti (Italy): National Archaeological Museum, pp 212-221. [PDF]
    1991 SG Sheridan, DM Mittler, DP Van  Gerven, and HH Covert.  "Biomechanical association of dental and temporomandibular  pathology in a Medieval Nubian population." American Journal of Physical  Anthropology,  85(2):201-205. [PDF]

    Refereed Chapters:
    In Press SG Sheridan.  “Oblates, orphans, or outsiders?  The role of children in Byzantine monasticism.”  In Entering the Monastery in the Middle Ages. Ed. by B. Caseau,  I. Cochelin, A. Diem. Paris: Beauchesne.
    In Press
    M. Spigelman, CL Greenblatt, K Vernon, SG Sheridan, DP Van Gerven, Z Shaheem, HD Donoghue.  “Preliminary findings on the paleomicrobiological study of 400 naturally mummified human remains from Upper Nubia.”  Proceedings of 5th World Congress on Mummy Studies, Torino:  Università di Torino.
    2006
    SG Sheridan, J. Ullinger.  "A reconsideration of the French Qumran collection,” In Qumran - The Site of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Archaeological Interpretations and Debate, ed. by K Galor & J Zangenberg,  Brill Publishers, pp. 135-148.  [PDF]
    2003 SG Sheridan, J Ullinger, and J Ramp. "Anthropological analysis of the human remains from Khirbet Qumran:  The French Collection."  In  The Archaeology of Qumran II, J-B Humbert and J Guneweg, eds., Presses Universitaires de Fribourg, Suisse and the École Biblique et Archéologique Française. [PDF]
    2003 SG Sheridan.  "Childhoodhealth  as an Indicator of biological stress," IN Centuries of Decline During the Hohokam Classic Period at Pueblo Grande, ed by D Abbott, Universityof Arizona Press, pp. 82-106. [PDF]
    2001 SG Sheridan.  "Morbidity and  mortality in a Classic-period Hohokam community."  IN Ancient Burial  Practices in the American Southwest, ed by DR Mitchell and JBrunson-Hadley,  Albequerque: University of New Mexico Press. pp. 191-221. [PDF]
    1994 DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan. "Introduction."  In The Bioethnography of a Classic Hohokam Population:  Nutrition,  Health, and Disease at Pueblo Grande.   DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan,  eds.   The Pueblo Grande Project: Volume 6, SSI Publications inArchaeology, No. 20,  Phoenix:  Soil Systems, Inc., pp. 5-24. [PDF]
    1994 DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan.  "Life and Death at Pueblo Grande:  The demographic context."  IN        The Bioethnography of a Classic Hohokam Population:  Nutrition,  Health, and Disease at Pueblo Grande.  DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan,  eds.   The Pueblo Grande Project: Volume 6, SSI Publications inArchaeology, No. 20,  Phoenix:  Soil Systems, Inc., pp. 5-24.  [PDF]
    1994 SG Sheridan and DP Van Gerven.  "Bone growth and cortical bone maintenance at Pueblo Grande."  IN The Bioethnography of a Classic Hohokam Population:  Nutrition, Health, and Disease at Pueblo Grande.  DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan, eds.  The Pueblo Grande Project: Volume 6, SSI Publications in Archaeology, No. 20,  Phoenix:  Soil Systems, Inc., pp. 47-54. [PDF]
    1994 DL Jones and SG Sheridan.  "Reconstruction of Hohokam diet utilizing trace-element variation."  IN The Bioethnography of a Classic Hohokam Population:  Nutrition,  Health, and Disease at Pueblo Grande.  DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan,  eds.  The Pueblo Grande Project: Volume 6, SSI Publications in Archaeology,  No. 20,  Phoenix: Soil Systems, p 75-86.  [PDF]
    1994 SG Sheridan and P Tunnell.  "Elemental variation in subadult remains from Pueblo Grande"  IN The Bioethnography of a Classic Hohokam Population:  Nutrition, Health, and Disease at Pueblo Grande.   DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan,eds.  The Pueblo Grande Project: Volume 6, SSI Publications in Archaeology,No. 20,  Phoenix:  Soil Systems, Inc., pp. 87-96. [PDF]
    1994 DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan.  "A biocultural reconstruction of a Classic period Hohokam community"  IN The Bioethnography of a Classic Hohokam Population:  Nutrition,  Health, and Disease at Pueblo Grande.  DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan,  eds.  The Pueblo Grande Project: Volume 6, SSI Publications in Archaeology,  No. 20,  Phoenix:  Soil Systems, Inc., pp. 123-128. [PDF]

    Edited Periodical:
    1991  SG Sheridan and DP Van Gerven, eds. Ascent,  Biological Anthropology Edition, Volume 4, Number  1, September.  (Journal issue).   [Intro PDF]

    Articles (non-refereed):
    2001 SG Sheridan.   "Anthropological analysis of the human remains from Khirbet Qumran:  The French collection."  ASOR Newsletter, 51(3):5-6.  [PDF]
    2000 SG Sheridan.  "Biocultural reconstruction of Byzantine St. Stephen's."  ASOR Newsletter, 50(1):14.
    1998 SG Sheridan . "Biocultural Reconstruction of Byzantine Monastic Life: A Synthesis of the Historical and Biological Records in an Assessment of Human Adaptability"  ASOR Newsletter, 48(1).  [http://www.asor.org/pubs/news/48_1.html#Albright]
    1991  DL Jones and SG Sheridan. "Reconstruction of diet and status in a prehistoric Hohokam population fromPueblo Grande, Arizona."  Ascent, 4(1):31-40.  [PDF]
    1991 C-H Chiu and SG Sheridan. "Trace elements in the dental tissues of an ancient Nubian population." Ascent , 4(1):51-56.   [PDF]
    1991 SM Kolbrenner and SG Sheridan. "Preindustrial lead levels in bone from an ancient Nubian population." Ascent, 4(1):43-50.    [PDF]
    1991 MR Garcia and SG Sheridan.  "Hair analysis in an ancient Sudanese Nubian population." Ascent,4(1):57-64. [PDF]
    1986 R Artz, U Dayan, and SG Sheridan.  "Meteorological Summary of WATOX 1985 Research Intensive, February- April." NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL/ARL-145, Air Resources Laboratory,76 pp.

    Web Sites:
    "Byzantine St. Stephen's:  A Biocultural Model for the Study of Urban Monasticism."   A large teachingand research site for the dissemination of information about the St. Stephen's project, and tool for teaching the interdisciplinary methods used in the research.     <http://www.nd.edu/~stephens/>
    "Ancient Disease & Nutrition:  Biomedical Issues of Past and Present Concern."  A website outlining a hew curriculum at Notre Dame synthesizing biomedical topics with the humanities as part of a submission for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's 2002 Professor's competition.  <http:www.nd.edu/~sheridan/HHMI.html>

    PRESENTATIONS
    2007
    76th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/G. Samcolczk, T Shugg,l J Ullinger. ‘Put your shoulder into it’: Upper limb pathology at a Byzantine Jerusalem monastery. Philadelphia, PA, March 30-April 2, 2007. Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 132:205.
    2007
    76th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/A. Cooper, J Ullinger, DS Coleman. Assessing mobility patterns for the Early Bronze Age community of Bab edh-Dhra’ using radiogenic isotope analysis of human enamel. Philadelphia, PA, March 30-April 2, 2007. Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 132:90-91
    2007
    76th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/L. Gregoricka, MR Schurr. Children of God: subadult weaning, mortality, and isotopic associations with monastic diet in Byzantine Jerusalem. Philadelphia, PA, March 30-April 2, 2007. Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 132:119.
    2006
    American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) National Meetings
    w/L. Gregoricak, M Schurr. Weaning patterns at St. Stephen’s monastery in Byzantine Jerusalem, Washington, DC, November.
    2006
    American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) National Meetings
    w/J Ullinger, D. Ortner. Daily activity and its skeletal impact at Bab edh-Dhra’, Washington, DC, November.
    2006 Byzantine Congress
    Constructing the Future of the Past in Egypt and the Levant:  Culturally-Specific Points of View session, London, UK, July 11-14. INVITED
    2006 75th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/L. Gregoricka, A Cooper, M Schurr.  An application of ancient DNA analysis to an early Byzantine monastic community. Accepted for presentation at the AAPA meetings, Anchorage, AK, March.
    2006 75th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/AL Cooper, ZJ Viets. Sacred elements:  assessing Byzantine pilgrimage to Jerusalem using elemental and isotopic composition of human bone. Accepted for presentation at the AAPA meetings, Anchorage, AK, March.
    2006 75th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/E Williams, J Ullinger, DP Van Gerven. Pilgrimage to Byzantine St. Stephen’s monaster:  a dental metric perspective. Accepted for presentation at the AAPA meetings, Anchorage, AK, March.
    2006 75th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/A Guappone, J Crate, J Ullinger, DP Van Gerven.  Heading to Jerusalem:  assessing migration and pilgrimage to a Byzantine monastery using cranial non-metric traits. Accepted for presentation at the AAPA meetings, Anchorage, AK, March.
    2005 1st Paleopathology Association Meetings in South America
    w/ M Spigelman, CL Greenblatt, K. Vernon, DP Van Gerven, Z Shaheem, HD Donoghue.  Paleomicrobiological study of 400 naturally mummified human remains from Upper Nubia:  Preliminary results.   Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL, July 25-26.

    2005 International Medieval Conference of Leeds
    Oblates, orphans, or outsiders?  The role of children in Byzantine monasticism, Leeds, UK, July 11-14. INVITED
    2005 Archaeological Institute of America
    Soldiers, scholars, craftsmen, elites?  The human remains from Qumran.  Cleveland, OH.  May. INVITED
    2005 74th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/J Ullinger, ME Kovacik, DP VanGerven, B DeVries.  Metatarsal articular modifications and kneeling in a Byzantine monastic community.  Milwaukee, WI, April. Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 40:1209-10.
    2005 74th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/ M Regan, L. Gregoricka, J Ullinger, and M Schurr.  Stable isotope analysis of diet in a Byzantine monastic community.  Milwaukee, WI, April. Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 40:174.
    2004 5th World Congress on Mummy Studies
    w/Spigelman, M, CL Greenblatt, K Vernon, DP Van Gerven, Z, Shaheem, and HD Donoghue,  Initial findings on the paleomicrobiological study of 400 naturally mummified human remains from Upper Nubia, Torino, Italy, September 2-5.
    2004 IX European Multicolloquium of Parasitology
    w/ M.I. Zylber, D.P. Van Gerven, C. Greenblatt, M. Spigelman.  Coproparasitological studies from Medieval Nubian mummies.  Valencia, Spain.  July 18-23.
    2004 7th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules
    w/Spigelman, M, HD Donoghue, K Vernon, Z Shaheem, DP Van Gerven, CL Greenblatt.  Palaeomicrobiology of naturally mummified human remains from Upper Nubia,  Brisbane, Australia, July 10-17.   (abstract)
    2004 25th Congress of theEuropean Society for Mycobacteriology
    w/ HD Donoghue, K Vernon, Z Shaneem, and DP Van Gerven.  Tuberculosis in naturally mummified human remains from Upper Nubia, Sardinia, Italy, June 27-30.
    2004 73rdAmerican Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/ME Kovacik, L Talarico, J Ullinger.  "Non-metric Traits of the femur and tibia related to prayer practice in a Byzantine monastic community from Jerusalem."   Tampa, FL, April.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 38:127-28.
    2004 73rdAmerican Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/J. Jennings, J Inman, J. Ullinger.  "Femoral neck activity and kneeling at a Byzantine monastery." Tampa, FL, April.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 38:120-21.
    2004 73rdAmerican Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/ J. Ullinger, B de Vries.  "Fall on your knees:  Squatting facets and Byzantine monasticism."  Tampa, FL, April.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 38:198.
    2004 73rdAmerican Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/A Hatch, B Hayden, J Ullinger, D Van Gerven.  "Musculoskeletal indicators of the hip in kneeling behavior in a Byzantine Jerusalem monastery."  Accpeted for presentation, Tampa, FL, April.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 38:110-111.
    2003 Society for Biblical Literature Annual Meetings
    "Bioanthropological analysis of the cemetery of Qumran" (with Jaime Ullinger) in the session on "Death and Burial in the Holy Land." Session Chair, Professor Carol Meyers, November, Atlanta, GA   INVITED
    2003 72nd American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/Anne Holden, Jaime Schwebach and Jaime  Ullinger.  "Dental Morphology of Subadults from a Byzantine Monastery  in Jerusalem," April 22, Tempe, AZ.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 36:187.
    2003 Calvin College, Department of Theology and Religious Studies
    "Anthropological Analysis of the Qumran Skeletal Remains" Qumran Conference in Honor of Emmanuel Tov,  Grand Rapids, MI, March 31-April 1. INVITED
    2002 Brown University Center for Old World Archaeology and Art
    "Reconstruction of Life at Khirbet Qumran: Evidence from the Skeletal Remains," at the Archaeology of Qumran:  Site of the Dead Sea Scrolls conference, Providence, RI, November 17-19. INVITED
    2002 2002 American Schools of OrientalResearch Meetings
    w/Dennis Van Gerven.  "Bioarchaeological Reconstruction of Political and Economic Change in Medieval Nubia," November 22, Toronto, ON, Canada.
    2001 American Schools of Oriental Research Meetings
    "Anthropological Analysis of the Human Remains from Khirbet Qumran," Nov, 19, Broomfield, CO.
    2001 70th American Association of Physical Anthropology  Meetings
    w/J Ullinger.  "Let Us Go to theHouse of the Lord':  Analysis of Pilgrimage using Non-metric DentalTraits."  April. Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology , Supplement 32:152.
    2001 Western Michigan UniversityDepartment of Anthropology
    "Biocultural Reconstruction of Life at Byzantine St. Stephens," Kalamazoo, MI, Nov 12.   INVITED
    2001 Orion Center for the Study of theDead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature
    "Anthropological Analysis of the  Human Remains from Khirbet Qumran."  Greenfield Visiting Scholar'sLecture, Jerusalem, May 16.   INVITED
    2001 Al-Quds University, Department ofArchaeology
     "Dead Men DO Tell Tales" Jerusalem, January 25.   INVITED
    2001 WF Albright Institute of Archaeological Research
     "Scholars, Soldiers, Craftsmen?: Analysis of the Human Remains from Khirbet Qumran."  Jerusalem, Annual Professor's Lecture, January 11.   INVITED
    2000 Augusta Victoria Hospital Board of Trustees
     "Byzantine St. Stephen's:  A Biocultural Interpretation."  Jerusalem, Sept. 30.    INVITED
    2000 WF Albright Institute of Archaeological Research
     "Byzantine St. Stephen's:  A Biocultural Interpretation."  Jerusalem, Sept. 27.    INVITED
    2000 Indiana University, Department ofSociology and Anthropology
    "Byzantine St. Stephen's:  A Biocultural Interpretation."  South Bend, IN, April 21.    INVITED
    2000 University of Notre Dame, Medieval Institute
    "Byzantine St. Stephen's:  A Biocultural Reconstruction of Daily Life"  Notre Dame, IN, April 18.    INVITED
    1999 Societas Liturgica  Bi-Annual Meeting
    w/MS Driscoll.  "Every Knee Shall Bend:  A Biocultural Reconstruction of Ascetical Prayer at Byzantine St. Stephen's Monastery in Jerusalem."  Kottayan, INDIA, Aug. 20.
    1999 University of West Virginia,  Department of Religion Colloquium Series
    "Rise Up 'O Men of God":  Pathological Consequences of an Ascetic Life," Morgantown, WV, Apr 13.    INVITED
    1999 University of West Virginia,  Department of Religion
    Daily Life at Byzantine St. Stephen's: Demography, Diet, Disease, Morgantown, WV, Apr 14    INVITED
    1999 Amer. Friends of the ÉcoleBiblique, Inst for Church Life, &  Medieval Institute
    w/MS Driscoll.  "'Every Knee Shall Bend':  Anthropological and Liturgical Interpretation of the Bonesof St. Stephenâs Monastery."  University of Notre Dame, March22. (abstract INVITED
    1999 American Oriental Society / Midwest Regional Soc. for Biblical Literature Mtgs
    "Daily Life in a Byzantine Monastic Community from Jerusalem," Cincinnati, OH, Feb 14-16.    INVITED
    1999 Madison Biblical Archaeology Association
    "New Life the Dead Receive:  Reconstruction of Life in a Byzantine Jerusalem Monastic Community,"   Madison, WI, February 9.    INVITED
    1999 University of Wisconsin,  Department of Anthropology
    "New Life the Dead Receive:  Reconstruction of Life in a Byzantine Jerusalem Monastic Community", Milwaukee, WI,  February 8.    INVITED
    1999 34th International Congress on Medieval Studies
    w/MS Driscoll.  "Prayer in Our Bones:  The Monastic Prayer of St. Stephen's Monastery in Jerusalem - An Anthropological and Liturgical Investigation." Kalamazoo, MI, May 6.  (abstract)
    1999 68th American Association of Physical Anthropology  Meetings
    w/J Cheadle.  "Non-metric dental variation in a Byzantine Monastic Community from Jerusalem." Columbus, OH, April 27-30.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 28:105-6.  (abstract)
    1999 68th American Association of Physical Anthropology  Meetings
    w/R Sanders.  "All God's Children:  Subadult health in a Byzantine Judean monastery." Columbus, OH, April 27-30.   Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology , Supplement 28:239. (abstract)
    1998 67th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/SE Nieburh. "Vertebral pathology from a Byzantine Judean monastery." Salt Lake City, UT, April.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 26:170.   (abstract)
    1998 W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research
    w/MS Driscoll.  "Rise Up O Men of God:  Anthropological and Liturgical Interpretation of the Bones of St. Stephen's Monastery."  Jerusalem, ISRAEL, Oct 23.     INVITED
    1998 Augustana College -- Rock Island, IL     (summer session abroad program)
    "Biocultural analysis of a Byzantinemonastic community." Jerusalem, ISRAEL, July 4      INVITED
    1998 St. John's Seminary -- Collegeville, MT   (summer session abroad program)
    "Biocultural analysis of a Byzantinemonastic community in Jerusalem" Jerusalem, ISRAEL, June 24     INVITED
    1998 Center for the Study of Early Christianity
    "Biocultural analysis of a Byzantinemonastic community in Jerusalem." Jerusalem, ISRAEL, June 5     INVITED
    1998 Jerusalem University College Graduate Seminar Series
    "Biocultural analysis of a Byzantine  monastic community." Jerusalem, ISRAEL, April 21     INVITED
    1998 École Biblique Archeology Lecture Series  (for the French Consul General's Office)
    "Biocultural analysis of a Byzantinemonastic community." Jerusalem, ISRAEL, March 7     INVITED
    1997 66th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    "Biocultural reconstruction of kneeling pathology in a Byzantine Judean monastery."  St. Louis, MO, April 2-5.  (Session Chair). Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 24:209.  (abstract)
    1997 W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeology   (NEH Fellows' Lecture)
    "Biocultural analysis of a Byzantinemonastic community: Human adaptability at St. Stephen's Monastery, Jerusalem,"  Jerusalem, ISRAEL, December 6.     INVITED
    1997 Arizona State University Anthropology Colloquium Series
    "A Synthesis of the Historical and Biological Records at St. Stephen's Monastery  in an Assessment of Human Adaptability."   Tempe, AZ, October 31.     INVITED
    1997 L'École Biblique et Archéologique Française
    "Biocultural Analysis of St. Étienne's Byzantine Occupation." Jerusalem, ISRAEL, Aug 5.     INVITED
    1997 California State University - LosAngeles
    "Biocultural Analysis of St. Étienne's Byzantine Occupation." Los Angeles, CA, June 6.     INVITED
    1997 North American Patristic Society Meetings
    "Biocultural Analysis of St. Étienne's Byzantine Occupation." Chicago, IL,  May 29-31.     INVITED
    1997 University of North Carolina, Department of Anthropology  and 
     Duke University,  Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
    "Biocultural Analysis of St. Étienne's Byzantine Occupation." . Raleigh, NC, February 21     INVITED
    1996 L'École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
    "Biocultural analysis of the human remains from the St. Étienne's crypt complex.",  Jerusalem, ISRAEL,July 15-27.    INVITED
    1996 Henkel's Visiting Scholars Symposium
    "Differential resiliency in childhood:  Male/female differences in subadult health in antiquity." Symposium co-organizer and speaker at the " Biocultural Perspectives on Childhood Health and Adaptability", University of Notre Dame, November 8-9
    1996 65th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/JS Richtsmeier and DP Van Gerven. "Elemental analysis of cribra orbitalia: Iron, magnesium, and zinc in subadult human remains."  Durham, NC, April 10-14.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 22:197. (abstract)
    1995 64th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    "Minor and trace element distributions in bone:  Diagenesis in archaeological human bone." Oakland CA, March 30-April 3.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 20:194.   (abstract)
    1995 64th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/JL Sansoni and DP Van Gerven.  "Fluoride analysis of an ancient Hohokam population from Pueblo Grande:  Antemortem fluoride patterns?" Oakland CA, March 30-April 3.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 20:188.    (abstract)
    1994 American Anthropological Association Meetings
    "Elemental analysis of iron deficiency in a Medieval Nubian population"  From Paleoenvironments to Political Complexity:  Advances in the Chemical Study and Interpretation of Anthropological Remains" symposium (R. Tykot, organizer), Atlanta, GA, November 30.  (abstract)    INVITED
    1994 63rd American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/DP Van Gerven.  "Sex differences in stress response in human remains from Sudanese Nubia."   "Female Biological Superiority: Fact or Fiction?" symposium (P. Stuart-Macadam,organizer), Denver, CO, March 30-April 2. Abstract published in the Amer.Jour. of Physical Anthropology, Supp.18:201.    INVITED
    1994 Israeli National Police Forensic Science Division
    "Forensic anthropology: 'Dead men DOtell tales,'" Expert Witness Education Program, Jerusalem, ISRAEL, October16.    INVITED
    1994 Duke University Medical School Seminar Series
    "Trace elements and human prehistory." Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy,  Durham, NC,  March 18.    INVITED
    1994 63rd American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/BJ Magee, DP Van Gerven, and DL Greene.  "Elemental analysis of Mesolithic bone from Wadi Halfa: A diagenetic anddietary investigation of permineralized human remains." Denver CO, March30-April2.  Abstract published in the Amer. Journal of PhysicalAnthropology, Supplement 18:134.   (abstract)
    1994 63rd American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/MPE Connelly and MR Schurr.  "Antemortem fluoride levels in an ancient Nubian population." Denver CO, March 30-April 2.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology , Supplement 18:70.   (abstract)
    1994 Arts and Letters Advisory Council
    "Dead wo/men DO tell tales." Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.  Sept 8.    INVITED
    1993 21st Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    "Minor and trace element analysis ofsex differences in diet among adults from an ancient Nubian population.""Life After Death on the Nile:  Reconstructing Human Evolution andAdaptation in Ancient Egypt and Nubia" symposium (N Lovell, organizer),St. John's,Newfoundland, CANADA, October 21-24. (abstract)    INVITED
    1993 62nd American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    "Elemental analysis of iron-deficiency in an ancient Nubian population." Toronto, CANADA, April 14-17.  Abstract published in Amer. Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supp. 16:178. (abstract)
    1993 62nd American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/DP Van Gerven and DB Burr.  "Bone growth and cortical bone loss in a Classic Hohokam population from Pueblo Grande." Toronto, Canada, April 14-17.  Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 16:200. (abstract )
    1992 University of Colorado Departmentof Anthropology Colloquium Series
    "Bone chemistry and ancient populations," Boulder, CO,  March 13.    INVITED
    1992 61st American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/DL Jones and DP Van Gerven.  "Reconstruction of diet and status in a prehistoric Hohokam population from Pueblo Grande, Arizona." Las Vegas, NV,  March 30-April 4. Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology,  Supplement 14:96.
    1992 61st American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/C-H Chiu and DP Van Gerven.  "Trace elements in the dental tissues of an ancient Nubian population." Las Vegas, NV,  March 30-April 4.  Abstract published in the Amer. Journal of Physical Anthropology,  Supplement 14:60.
    1992 61st American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/SM Kolbrenner and DP Van Gerven.  "Preindustrial lead levels in bone from an ancient Nubian population." Las Vegas, NV,  March 30-April 4.  Abstract published in the Amer. Journal of Physical Anthropology,   Supplement 14:102.
    1992 61st American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/KE McCafferty, DM Mittler, DP Van Gerven.  "Vertebral osteophytosis in a Hohokam population." Las Vegas, NV,  March 30-April 4. Abstract publishedin the American Journal of Physical Anthropology,  Supplement14:119
    1992 61st American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/C Kuzawa, DP Van Gerven. "Patternsof age-related bone loss in a Classic Hohokam population from Pueblo Grande, Arizona." Las Vegas, NV,  March 30-April 4.  Abstract published American Journal of Physical Anthropology,  Supplement 14:103.
    1992 68th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
    w/DP Van Gerven and DM Mittler.  "Temporal changes in nutritional stress, degenerative disease, and mortality at Pueblo Grande, Arizona."  Tucson, AZ,  May 17.  (abstract )
    1992 68th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
    w/DP Van Green and DM Miter. "Patterns of enamel hypoplasia, portico hyperostosis, and infant  mortality in ancient Nubia." Tucson, AZ,  May 17-22.  (abstract)
    1991 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting
    w/DP Van Gerven  and SL Karhu. "The impact of political change on the health and nutrition of an ancient Nubian population." "Effects of Political and Economic Change in Prehistory" symposium (A Roosevelt, organizer), Washington DC, February 14-19.  (abstract)    INVITED
    1991 University of Colorado Alumni Organization
    "Diet and disease reconstruction using bone chemistry profiles." Boulder, CO,  July 15.    INVITED
    1991 11th Annual Mtg of the Mountain, Desert and Coastal Forensic Anthropologists
    w/DM Mittler. "Sex determination in subadults using auricular surface morphology:  A forensic perspective." May 28-31.
    1991 60th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/DP Van Gerven. "Paleodemography ofthe Pueblo Grande site:  Issues of preservation and demographic reconstruction." April 3-7. Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Supplement 12:14
    1991 60th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/DM Mittler and DP Van Gerven. "Sexdetermination in subadults using auricular surface morphology." April 3-7. Abstract published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology,  Supplement 12:24.
    1990 59th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/KP Moore and DP Van Gerven. "Patterns of age-related bone loss (osteopenia) in two Medieval Nubian populations." Miami, FL, April 4-8.  Abstract published in the Amer. Journal of Physical Anthropology,  81(2): 271
    1990 Metropolitan State College Speakers Series
    "Forensic Anthropology". Denver, CO  February 26    INVITED
    1989 58th American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings
    w/DM Mittler, DP Van Gerven, and HH Covert. "Evidence for the mandible-as-lever model from a Medieval Nubian population." San Diego, CA, April 4-8.  Abstract published in the Amer. Journal of Physical Anthropology,   78(2): 301.

    TECHNICAL REPORTS:   FORENSIC l ARCHAEOLOGICAL
    Forensic Reports:
    2002 SG Sheridan, D. Lang, M. Kovacik, A. Deis, P. Green, A. Valatis, A. Lopez, L. Talarico, C. Longanecker.  "Analysis of the mummified remains found in Elkhart County,"  Report for the Elkhart County Coroner, October.
    1997 SG Sheridan.  "Analysis of the remains discovered in Southern St. Joseph County, December 31,1996."  Report for the South Bend Police, Jan 20, 1997.
    1996 SG Sheridan.  "Analysis of the remains (#53-5353-96) exhumed in Niles, Michigan, December 9, 1996."   Report for the Mich. State Police, Niles Division.
    1996 SG Sheridan.  "Analysis of the remains (#24-15318) exhumed in Bremen, Indiana, September 7,1996."  Report for the Indiana State Police, Bremen Div.
    1996 SG Sheridan.  "Analysis of the remains (#96-03-090) exhumed near the Walkerton Cemetery, March 23,1996."   Report for the Walkerton Police Department, March.
    1995 SG Sheridan and JS Richtsmeier.  "Analysis of the human remains (#53-2175-93) exhumed in Jefferson Township, October 7, 1995."  Report submitted to the Cass County ProsecutingAttorney and the Michigan State Police Criminal Task Force, October. [Testified in District Court,  January 15, 1997].
    1993 SG Sheridan.  "Analysis of the human remains exhumed near Dowagiac, MI October 30, 1993."  Report submitted to the Cass County Sheriff's Department and the Michigan State Police Criminal Task Force, November.  [Testified in District Court, March 1995].
    1991 DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan.  "Analysis of the human remains from the 11/24/91 propane furnace explosion, Nederland CO."  Report submitted to the Boulder Chief Medical Investigator and the Nederland City Police Department, November.
    1991 SG Sheridan, DM Mittler, and DP Van Gerven. "Investigation of human remains exhumed from the Boulder County Library Expansion site, April 16, 1991."  Report submitted to the Boulder County Chief Medical Investigator and the Boulder City Police Department, April.
    1991 SG Sheridan.  "Investigation of the remains exhumed from a septic tank, Nederland CO."  Report for the Boulder County Chief Medical Invest., June.
    1991 SG Sheridan and DP Van Gerven.  "Report on the remains uncovered near a rock shelter in Estes Park, CO."  Report for the Boulder Count Chief Medical Investigator, September.
    1991 SG Sheridan and DP Van Gerven.  "Report on the non-human remains from SGI-11475."  Report for the Boulder County Chief Medical Investigator, September.
    1990 SG Sheridan and DP Van Gerven.  "Analysis of human remains from the 4/1/90 Boulder, CO plane crash."  Report for the Boulder County Chief Medical Investigator, April.
    1989  DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan.  "Report on the case of Nyman vs. Dutch Creek."  Report for the Law Offices of Fortune and Lawritson, P.C., Aug 1989.

    Archaeology Reports:
    1996  SG Sheridan and JS Richtsmeier.  Biocultural Analysis of the Human Remains From St. Étienne's:  Preliminary Discussion of the Contents from Burial Chamber 6, Cave Complex I. Submitted to L'École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem, and the Israeli Antiquities Authority, July, 150 pp
    1992 DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan, eds.  The Biocultural Analysis of a Hohokam Population:  Nutrition, Health, and Disease at Pueblo Grande,  Final Report submitted to Soil Systems Incorporated & the Arizona Department of Transportation, June, 276 pp
    1991 DP Van Gerven and SG Sheridan.  "Report on the human remains (5SH350) from Flattened Skull site."  Report submitted to the Colorado State Archaeologist, September.
    1990 JL Mobley-Tanaka and SG Sheridan.  "Report for the 1990 Field Season - Yellow Jacket Archaeological Field School." Report submitted to the Colorado State Archaeologist, August.
    1988 SG Sheridan and DP Van Gerven.  "Report on the remains GLM-1 Bairoil, Wyoming."  Report for J. Greer Archaeological Consulting Co., July 1988.
    1988 SG Sheridan and DP Van Gerven. "Report on the remains found at Shallow Cave (23PH148)."  Report submitted to G. Wessel, August 1988.

    GRANTS & SUPPORT   FUNDED l PENDING l MENTORED
    Funded:
    2007
    NEW COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANT - $3,500
    2007-09
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES - $270,286
    2003-06 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES - $207,000 (plus $140,000 ND match)  [2003-06]
    2003 KANEB CENTER FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITIES - $5,000
    2003 ASOR HARRIS/TORCH FUND - $1,200
    2002 PILOT FUNDS FOR STUDENT-FACULTY TEAMS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES - $15,000
    2002 ISLA SUMMER RESEARCH AWARD - $4,000
    2001-03 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCHEXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES - $127,300 (plus $90,000ND match)   [2001-03]
    2001 ORION CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND ASSOCIATED LITERATURE - $1,000
    2000 WF ALBRIGHT ANNUAL PROFESSORSHIP - $30,000
    2000 DOROT FOUNDATION  - $18,000
    2000 DISCOVERY CHANNEL - $2,550
    2000 DOTHAN PUBLICATION PROJECT - $5,000
    2000 ISLA SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT - $8,200
    2000 MEDIEVAL INSTITUTE - $3,000
    1999 AMERICAN THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS/LILLY FOUNDATION - $5,000
    1999 FOREIGN LANGUAGE GRANT  - $1,750
    1999 DOTHAN PUBLICATION PROJECT - $5,000
    1999 QUMRAN ANALYSIS PROJECT - $7,500
    1999 MEDIEVAL INSTITUTE  - $3,000
    1999 SUMMER GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN ARTS AND LETTERS - $5,000
    1999 ISLA COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SEED GRANT - $1,800
    1999 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, DEAN'S FUND - $10,000
    1999 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, DEAN'S FUND - $5,000
    1998 NEH RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (ASOR-ALBRIGHT INSTITUTE ) - $5,000
    1997 NEH RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (ASOR-ALBRIGHT INSTITUTE ) - $15,000
    1997 MULTIYEAR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GRANT - $91,439  [1997-00]
    1997 ISLA SUMMER RES. GRANT & GRAD. RESEARCH ASSIST. FELLOWSHIP - $8,050 
    1997 INSTITUTE FOR SCHOLARSHIP IN THE LIBERAL ARTS (ISLA) TRAVEL GRANT - $1,800
    1996 HENKELS VISITING SCHOLARS SYMPOSIUM  - $10,000
    1996 ISLA SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT - $6,000
    1996 ISLA MATERIALS GRANT - $500
    1995 FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD - $7,500
    1995 ISLA SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT - $5,000  (declined)
    1994 LILLY FOUNDATION SUMMER COURSE DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP - $5,000
    1994 DUKE UNIVERSITY PRIMATE CENTER - $550
    1994 CENTER FOR INDIGENOUS STUDIES IN THEAMERICAS - $200
    1994 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME GRADUATE SCHOOL - $600;  ISLA MATERIALS GRANT - $630; DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY -$300
    1994 ISLA INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FUND - $991
    1993 WENNER-GREN FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - $9,000
    1993 CENTER FOR INDIGENOUS STUDIES IN THEAMERICAS  - $200
    1993 FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD - $7,475
    1993 ISLA SUMMER RESEARCH FUND - $2,650
    1993 JESSE JONES TRAVEL FUND - $1,000
    1993 ISLA INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL FUND - $751
    1993 ISLA MATERIALS GRANT - $500
    1993 ISLA TRAVEL GRANT - $1,000; DEPT. OFANTHROPOLOGY TRAVEL FUND - $1,000
    1991 TRACE MINERALS INTERNATIONAL  -$2,000
    1991 SOIL SYSTEMS INCORPORATED - $6,000
    1990 NIH BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT FUND- $3,260
    1990 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESPROGRAM I - $6,000
    1990 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESPROGRAM II - $6,000
    1990 WALKER VAN RIPER MUSEUM FUND - $2,000
    1990 SOIL SYSTEMS INCORPORATED - $2,000
    1990 WILLIAM H. BURT FUND - $1,000
    1990 GRADUATE SCHOOL DEAN'S AWARD - $500
    1990 KAREN S. GREINER ENDOWMENT  - $300
    1987 GRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FUND AWARD - $250

    Mentored Awards:
    2006
    LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM - $1125
    Katie Keegan.  Travel to the AAPA meetings
    2006
    SUMMER HONORS PROGRAM RESEARCH GRANT -- $2,400
    Alicia Cooper.  "Migration to Byzantine Jerusalem:  Stable strontium analysis of human remains from St. Stephen’s monastery.”
    2006
    UNDERGRADUATE INTELLECTUAL INITIATIVE - $1,125
    Grace Samolczyk.  Funds for travel to Anchorage Alaska for the 2006 AAPA meetings.
    2005 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM - $3,000
    Anne Guappone, Erica Williams.  “Pilgrimage to Byzantine St. Stephen’s.”
    2005 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM - $1,500
    Alicia Cooper.  Funds for presentation at the AAPA meetings in Alaska.
    2005 UNDERGRADUATE INTELLECTUAL INITIATIVE - $1,125
    Anne Guappone.  Funds requested for travel to Anchorage Alaska for the 2006 AAPA meetings.
    2005 UNDERGRADUATE INTELLECTUAL INITIATIVE - $1,125
    Alicia Cooper.  Funds requested for travel to Jerusalem to procure animal bones.
    2005 UNDERGRADUATE INTELLECTUAL INITIATIVE - $1,125
    Erica Williams. Funds requested for travel to Anchorage Alaska for the 2006 AAPA meetings
    2005 SUMMER HONORS PROGRAM RESEARCH GRANT -- $2,400
    Alicia Cooper.  "Relative & Chronometric Dating of the Byzantine St. Stephen's Collection."
    2005 OFFICE OF THE DEAN, SUMMER RESEARCH FUNDS -- $3,600
    Lesley Gregoricka.  "Migration to Byzantine St. Stephens."
    2004 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM -- $3,000
    Mary Elizabeth Kovacik.  "Metatarsophalangeal joint changes associated with kneeling."
    2004 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM -- $3,000
    Lesley Gregoricka and Melissa Regan.  "Ancient Dietary Trends in Byzantine Populations."
    2004 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM -- $3,627
    Mary Aimonovitch, Melissa Regan, Jennifer Torres, and Juliette Hobbs.  "Occupational Stress at Byzantine St. Stephen’s Monastery."
    2004 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM -- $3,627
    Mary Elizabeth Kovacik & Lindsay Talarico.  "Indicators of Kneeling in a Byzantine Monastic Community from Jerusalem"
    2004 SIGMA XI -- $200
    Andrea Hatch (Univ. of Puget Sound).  "Musculoskeletal Stress Markers (MSM) of the Hip in a Byzantine Monastic Community."
    2002 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESPROGRAM  -- $1,500
    Devon Lang, Mary Elizabeth Kovacik, Andrea Deis, Paul Green, Audra Valatis, Annette Lopez, Lindsay Talarico, Charles Longanecker.  "Analysis of the Mummified Remains Found In Elkhart County."
    2000 UNDERGRADUATE INTELLECTUAL INITIATIVE -- $2,400
    Marie Cable and Amador Minjares.  "''Dust to Dust': Burial in Byzantine Palestine." 
    1999  UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESPROGRAM -- $1,400
    Marie Cable and Amador Minjares.  "''Dust to Dust': Burial in Byzantine Palestine." 
    1999 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESPROGRAM -- $2,250
    Jaime Ullinger, William Brennan, James Kwiatt.  "Let Us Go To The House Of The Lord:  Biocultural Reconstruction of Pilgrimage to Byzantine Jerusalem." 
    1998 FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP -- $15,000
    Rebeccah Sanders.  "BioculturalAnalysis of Subadult Health in an Urban Byzantine Monastic Community"
    1995 SIGMA XI - $600
    Jennifer Richtsmeier.  "Biocultural Analysis of Childhood Stress Indicators in Ancient Israel"
    1995 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESPROGRAM - $1,400
    Jennifer Richtsmeier and Kristen Carey. "Physiological Stress in Archaeological and Modern Human Populations:  Analysis of Age- and Sex-Related Patterns of Adaptation."  University of Notre Dame.
    1995 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESPROGRAM - $600
    Jennifer Richtsmeier. "Biocultural Analysis of Childhood Stress Indicators in Ancient Israel"  University of Notre Dame.
    1994 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESPROGRAM - $2,190
    Brian J. Magee, Michael PE Connelly,Julie Sansoni.  "Chemical Analysis of Ancient Human Bone:  Reconstruction of Health and Nutrition in Three Prehistoric Populations."  University of Notre Dame.
    1994 SIGMA XI - $450
    Michael PE Connelly. "Fluoride Dating of Two Ancient Nubian Cemeteries."
    1994 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIESPROGRAM - $650
    Julie Sansoni.  "Age-related Change in Archaeological Bone:  Analysis of Minor and Trace Element Concentrations in Ancient Human Remains."  University of Notre Dame.
    1993 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME ALUMNI ASSOCIATION - $300;  INSTITUTE FOR SCHOLARSHIP IN THE LIBERAL ARTS - $100; DEPART. OF ANTHROPOLOGY - $100
    Brian J. Magee.  "Demographic Analysis of Mesolithic (15,000 year old) remains from Wadi Halfa:  Travel to the Collection at the University of Colorado-Boulder"
    1991 HOWARD HUGHES SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - $2,500
    Debbi Jones.  "Diet and Status Reconstruction of an Hohokam Population from Pueblo Grande."  University of Colorado
    1991 HOWARD HUGHES SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - $2,500
    Kathryn McCafferty.  "Osteophytosis in an Ancient Hohokam Population from Pueblo Grande."  University of Colorado.

    SERVICE: UNIVERSITY l PUBLIC LECTURES l MEDIA APPEARANCES l DISSERATION COMMITTEES l UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESES
    University/Professional [on leave: Fall 1994; 1997-98; 2000-01]:
    2007
    Academic Council (2006-07)

    Officers Nominations Committee, ASOR

    Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Committee

    ASOR Archival Projects Fundraiser

    Awards Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Open Courseware Initiative, Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence

    Chair, Biological Anthropology Search Committee

    Arts & Letter’s Research Committee, Office of the Dean  (thru 2008)

    Chair, Honor Code Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Anthropology
    2006
    Academic Council (2006-07)

    Arts & Letter’s Research Committee, Office of the Dean  (thru 2008)

    Rhodes/Marshall/Mitchell Awards Selection Committee

    College Council, College of Arts & Letters

    College Seminar Advisory Committee, Office of the Dean

    Open Courseware Initiative, Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence

    Chair, Honor Code Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Anthropology

    ASOR Membership Committee
    2005 Session Chair, “Anthropology and Forensic Medicine”, Franco’s Mass Graves:  An Interdisciplinary International Investigation.  University of Notre Dame, October 28-29.

    Arts & Letter's Research Committee, Office of the Dean  (thru 2008)

    Research Guidelines Task Force, Graduate School

    College Seminar Advisory Committee, Office of the Dean

    College Council, College of Arts & Letters  (thru 2006)

    Open Courseware Initiative, Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence

    Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Anthropology

    Awards Selection Committee, Department of Anthropology  (faculty)

    Awards Selection Committee, Department of Anthropology  (students)

    Professional Specialist Selection Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Curriculum Committee, Department of Anthropology
    2004 Provost's Ad Hoc Committee for the Evaluation of the Music Department

    College Seminar Advisory Committee

    Provost's Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, Recruitment & Retention Panel  (01-04)

    Collegiate Appeals Committee  (Arts & Letters)

    College Council,  Arts & Letters (03-06)

    University Committee on Appeals  (alternate)

    Curriculum Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Student Awards Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Anthropology

    Forensic Consultant, Indiana State Police

    Michigan State Police Criminal Task Force
    2003 College Council,  Arts & Letters (03-06)

    Provost's Ad Hoc Committee for the Evaluation of the Music Department

    Provost's Affirmative Action Advisory Committee, Recruitment & Retention Panel  (01-04)

    Collegiate Appeals Committee  (Arts & Letters)

    University Committee on Appeals  (alternate)

    Medieval Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (01-04)

    Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Anthropology

    Curriculum Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Kaneb Teaching Award Selection Comittee

    Fulbright Fellowship Grant Selection Committee, Humanities (Undergraduate)

    Chair, Faculty Award Selection Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Building Bridges Mentoring Program, Multicultural Student Programs & Services Office

    Faculty Awards Selection Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Museum Fellowships Award Selection Committee, Department of Anthropology
    2002 Social Science Strategic Plan Advisory Panel, College of Arts & Letters

    Student Affairs Strategic Plan Advisory Panel, Office of the Vice President

    Session Chair.  "Theoretical and Anthropological Approaches to Near Eastern Archaeology II."  ASOR meetings, Toronto, ON, Canada, Nov. 23

    Provost's Affirmative Action Advisory Committee (01-04)

    Dean's Undergraduate Studies Advisory Committee (00-03)

    Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Anthropology

    Medieval Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (01-04)

    Graduate Student Fulbright Fellowship Grant Selection Committee, Office of the Graduate School

    Undergraduate Fulbright Fellowship Grant Selection Committee, Social Sciences Panel

    Building Bridges Mentoring Program, Multicultural Student Programs & Services Office

    Awards Selection Committee, Department of Anthropology
    2001 Provost's Affirmative Action Advisory Committee (01-04)

    Dean's Undergraduate Studies Advisory Committee (00-03)

    Nominations Committee, Arts and Letters College Council (99-02)

    Medieval Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (01-04)

    ISLA Annual Awards Proposal Review Committee (Social Science Panel)

    Provost's Affirmative Action Mentor Subcommittee

    Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department of Anthropology

    Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Selection Committee, Department of Anthropology

    Post-Doctoral Advisory Committee [Burgh]

    Lambda Alpha Honor Society Faculty Representative

    Biological Anthropology Search Committee
    2000 Faculty Senate, Student Activities Committee   (99-01)

    Undergraduate Studies Advisory Committee, College of Arts and Letters (00-02)

    Chair, Honorary Ph.D. Selection Committee

    Parking Appeals Board (99-00)
    1999 Faculty Senate, Student Activities Committee   (99-02)

    Search Committee --  Near Eastern Archaeology position

    Session Chair, "Paleopathology V andForensic Anthropology II", American Association of Physical Anthropology meetings, Columbus OH, May 1.

    Chair, Department of Anthropology Speakerâs Series (98-99)

    Tri Kappa Higher Education Scholarship Award Panel 

    Co-chair,  Racism & Ethics Committee, Scholar's Holocaust Project (96-99)

    Father Murray Selection Committee  (98-99)

    Major Crimes Task Force, Michigan State Police
    1998 Chair, Department of Anthropology Speakers Series

    Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Anthropology Self Study

    Co-chair,  Racism & Ethics Committee, Scholar's Holocaust Project (96-99)

    Search Committee - medical anthropology position

    Major Crimes Task Force, Michigan State Police
    1997 Session Chair, "Paleopathology II," American Association of Physical Anthropology meetings, St. Louis, MI, April 4.

    Ad Hoc Gender Studies Priorities Committee, Social Science Representative

    Lambda Alpha Honor Society Faculty Sponsor  (96-97)

    Co-chair,  Racism & Ethics Committee, Scholar's Holocaust Project (96-99)
    1996 Paul M. and Barbara Henkels VisitingScholar Series Symposium Organizer

    Co-chair,  Racism & Ethics Committee, Scholar's Holocaust Project  (96-99)

    Fulbright Review Committee (GraduateHumanities Panel)

    Faculty Research Prop. Grant Review Committee (Science & Engineering Section)

    Chair, Father Murray Award SelectionCommittee (95-96)

    Anthropology Speaker's Series Committee  (95-96)

    Major Crimes Task Force, Michigan State Police

    Forensic Consultant, Indiana State Police
    1995 Chair, Anthropology Lecture Series Committee  (94-95)

    Archaeology Position Search Committee   (94-95)

    Biological Anthropology Position Search Committee  (94-95)

    Anthropology Honor Code Committee/Honesty Committee  (94-95)

    Major Crimes Task Force, Michigan State Police
    1994  Father Murray Award Selection Committee

    Forensic Science Consultant, Michigan State Police Criminal Task Force

    Department of Anthropology Lecture Series Committee  (93-94)

    Department of Anthropology Library Liaison  (93-94)
    1993 Major Crimes Task Force member, Michigan State Police

    Father Murray Award Selection Committee

    Paul M. and Barbara Henkels VisitingScholar Series Committee  (92-93)

    Telecommunications Committee  (92-93)

    Anthropology Honor Code Committee/Honesty Committee  (92-93)

    Media Appearances:
    2007

    WBST new segment "The Tomb of Jesus"
    2002
    German documentary, "The Archaeologyof Qumran," December 28.


    Discovery Channel, "The Haunted Desert", January 10.
    1999
    BBC World News, "Ancient Civilizations," about the Hohokam. Sept. 25.


    "The Book and the Spade" radio program, Madison WI, about the St. Stephen's project, Sept 23.
    1995
    CNN Science and Technology Week, "The Mummy's Tale", presentation of the female resiliency research on the Nubian collection, February.

    Public Lectures/Appearances:
    2006

    Saturday Scholars Series, “The Bone Collector”, Notre Dame, IN   Oct 7.
    2006

    View Ridge Elementary School, “What Bones Tell Us,” Seattle WA, March
    2004
    View Ridge Elementary School "What Bones Tell Us."  Seattle, WA,  May 24.
    2002
    Department of Anthropology Club Student meeting about grant-writing, February.
    2001
    St. George's College, "The Human Remains from Tell Dothan." Jerusalem, April 16.
    2000
    St. John's Lutheran Church, "Byzantine St. Stephen's,"  Stamford, CT, March 26.
    1999
    Shaler Area High School.  "Bones and Behavior." Pittsburgh PA, May 13.
    1999

    Dr. Martin Luther Church, "ByzantineSt. Stephen's", Oconomowoc, WI, Feb 7.
    1997
    Shaler Area High School, "The Mummy's Tale,"  Pittsburgh PA, March 13.
    1996
    Kiwanas Club Speakers Series, "Life and Death in Ancient Nubia"  South Bend, IN, January 11
    1995
    Wesley Highlands School, "Reconstructing Behavior from Bones"  Pittsburgh PA  October 31
    1993
    Michigan State Police Detective's Regional Meeting, "Paleopathologist as Detective" Niles, MI, March 5.
    1992
    Sigma Xi Luncheon, "Paleopathologistas Detective,"  Univ of Colorado, Feb 4.
    1992

    Colorado-Wyoming Junior Academy of Sciences, "Life and Death in Ancient Nubia," University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO.  October 21
    1991
    CU Foundation Fund Dinner, "Undergraduate Experiential Learning", University of Colorado Alumni Council, November.
    1991

    Colorado-Wyoming Junior Academy of Sciences. "Life and Death in Ancient Nubia."  University of Colorado, Boulder CO,  March 16.
    1990 
    University of Colorado Museum, "Museum in the Dark"   Boulder, CO, Oct 31.

    Disseration & Thesis Committees:
    Jaime Ullinger

    Ohio State University-Columbus, "Urbanization at Bab  ehd-Dhra, Jordan"  Ph.D., Anthropology, Advisor:  Clark Spencer Lasen  (anticipated completion,Spring 2007)
    Lesley Gregoricka


    Ohio State University-Columbus, MA, Anthropology, Advisor:  Clark Spencer Lasen  (anticipated completion,Spring 2007)
    Alison French

    Indiana University-Bloomington, "Ancient DNA Analysis of a Byzantine Monastic Collection: Pilgrimage and Family Affinity."  Ph.D., Anthropology, Advisor:  Frederika Kaestle  (anticipated completion,Spring 2005)
    Jaime Ullinger

    Arizona State Univeristy, "A Reconstruction of Biological Relationships in the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age Transition of the Southern Levant using Dental Non-Metric Traits."  MA, Anthropology, Advisor:  Christy Turner, II  (May, 2001)

    UndergraduateHonors Theses Directed:
    2007
    Alicia Cooper

    Sacred Elements:  Analysis of Migration Patterns Using Bone Chemistry


    Grace Samolczyk

    Put Your Shoulder Into It:  Upper Limb Pathology at Byzantine St. Stephen's
    2006
    Erica Williams

    Migration to Byzantine Jerusalem Using Dental Metric Analysis
    2005
    Lesley Gregoricka
    Nutritional Reconstruction of Byzantine Monastic Diet Using Stable Isotope Analysis
    1997
    Rebeccah Sanders 
    Childhood Stress in a Byzantine Monastic Community in Jerusalem
    1996
    Jenny Richtsmeier 
    Elemental Analysis of Cribra Orbitalia:  Fe, Mg, & Zn  in Subadults


    Erin McClusky 
    Biocultural Reconstruction of Occupational Stress Indicators in a Byzantine Monastic Community from Israel 
    1995
    Julie Sansoni
    Fluoride Analysis of an Ancient Hohokam Pop. from Pueblo Grande:  Antemortem Fluoride Patterns?


    Suzanne Cassidy
    Fluoride Analysis of Subadults from Ancient Nubia


    Kristen Carey 
    Female Resiliency in Modern, Non-Industrialized Populations
    1994
    Michael Connelly 
    Antemortem Fluoride Levels in an Ancient Nubian Population


    Brian Magee 
    Elemental Analysis of Mesolithic Bone from Wadi Halfa:  A Diagenetic and Dietary Investigation of Permineralized Human Remains


    Jennifer Babula
    Mechanisms for Increasing Activity Levels in Captive Ring-tailed Lemurs 


    Justin Macariola-Coad 
    Fluoride Levels in Mesolithic Nubians from Wadi Halfa


    Craig Anzalotti 
    Increased Reproductive Activity in Captive Ring-tailed Lemurs


    Kimberly Pericelli 
    Iron Levels in Ancient Human Diets
    1992
    Scott Kolbrenner 
    A Comparison of Lead Levels in Bone Between an Ancient & Modern Human Population


    Debora Jones 
    Reconstruction of Dietary Variation in the Hohokam Pop. from Pueblo Grande During the Classic Period


    Keir Neighmond 
    Trace Element Patterns in an AnasaziPopulation from Yellow Jacket, Colorado


    Chi Hua Chiu 
    Trace Elements in Nubian Dental Tissues

    LANGUAGES:
    Arabic
    Spoken [beginner]; Palestinian dialect
    Hebrew
    Spoken [beginner]; Read/Write [beginner]
    French
    Spoken [beginner]; Read/Write [intermediate]

    REFERENCES:
    Biological Anthropology:
    Near Eastern Studies/Theology:
    Dennis P. Van Gerven, Ph.D.
    Professor of Anthropology; 
    Honors Director
    400 Norlin, Honors Program 
    University of Colorado, Boulder, CO  80309
    office:   (303) 492-7047 
    email:   vangerve@stripe.Colorado.edu

    Eugene C. Ulrich, Ph.D.
    Chief Editor, Qumran Biblical Scrolls
    O'Brien Chair of Theology,
    University of Notre Dame, 
    Notre Dame, IN    46556
    office:   (219) 631-6541
    email:   eugene.c.ulrich.1@nd.edu

    James McKenna, Ph.D
    Edmund P. Joyce Chair of Anthropology
    Department Chair
    611 Flanner Hall
    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN   46556
    office:  (219) 631-6433
    email:  mckenna.25@nd.edu

    Brian E. Daley, S.J. , D. Phil
    Catherine Huisking Chair of Theology
    Department of Theology, 
    327 O'Shaughnessy
    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN    46556
    office:   (219) 631-7811
    email:   daley.3@nd.edu

    Clark Spenser Larsen,Ph.D. 
    Distinguished Professor of Anthropology;
    Department Chair,
    Department of Anthropology
    Ohio State University;  Columbus, OH  43210
    email:  l arsen.53@osu.edu

    Columba Stewart, OSB
    Professsor of Theology
    Department of Religion 
    St. Johns University
    Collegeville, MN
    email:   CStewart@CSBSJU.EDU

    David Burr, Ph.D.
    Professor; Chair of Anatomy 
    259 Medical Science Building
    Indiana University School of Medicine 
    Indianapolis, IN   46202 
    office:   (317) 274-7495 
    email:   dburr@indyvax.iupui.edu

    Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, OP 
    Professor of New Testament 
    L'École Biblique et Archéologique Française 
    POB   19053 
    91190 Jerusalem 
    phone:    011 972 26264468 
    email:   jmoc@ebaf.edu



    Jodi Magness, Ph.D.
    Keenan Distinguished Professor
    Dept. of Religious Studies;  CB 3225
    206A Howell Hall; Univ. of North Carolina, 
    Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3225
    office:    (919) 962-3928
    email:    magness@email.unc.edu

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