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Anthropology Alumni


WKU's anthropology alumni have found success in anthropology careers, other jobs in which they can apply their anthropology training, and graduate programs in anthropology and other disciplines. We are proud of the accomplishments of our Anthropology Program alumni, and we thoroughly enjoy getting updates from our former students. Check out what are alumni are doing and how they are making impactful contributions to the discipline and to communities here and around the world. Alumni, contact us to let us know what you're doing.

 Meet Our Alumni

Project title: Mobility and Ritual in Zuunkhangai Mongolia: Strontium-87/86 Isotopic Analyses of Bronze Age Khirigsuur Horses
WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2015
American Center for Mongolian Studies Field Research Fellowship 2015

Project title: Origins of Bronze Age Horses in Khanuy Valley, Central Mongolia, Based on Oxygen Isotope Compositions of Tooth Enamel
WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2014
WKU Office of Scholar Development Lifetime Experience Grant 2014

Presentation and Publications 
Heather Byerly, Cheryl Makarewicz, Jean-Luc Houle 2016. Ritual and Mobility: 87Sr/86Sr, δ18O and δ13C Analyses of Bronze Age Khirigsuur Horses from Khanuuy Valley, Mongolia. 7th Worldwide Conference of the Society for East Asian Archaeology, Cambridge/Boston (June 8-12).

Heather Byerly, Cheryl Makarewicz, Jean-Luc Houle 2016. Ritual and Mobility: 87Sr/86Sr, δ18O and δ13C analyses of Bronze Age khirigsuur horses from Khanuuy Valley, Mongolia. 46th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU (April 2).

Heather Byerly, Cheryl Makarewicz, Jean-Luc Houle 2015. Ritual and Mobility: δ18O and δ13C analyses of Bronze Age khirigsuur horses from Khanuuy Valley, Mongolia. 80th SAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California (April 15-19).

Heather Byerly 2015. Ritual and Mobility: δ18O and δ13C analyses of Bronze Age khirigsuur horses from Khanuuy Valley, Mongolia. Second Annual Dr. Lindsey Powell Memorial Conference (May 2).

Heather Byerly 2015. Ritual and Mobility: δ18O and δ13C analyses of Bronze Age khirigsuur horses from Khanuuy Valley, Mongolia. 45th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU (March 28).

William Childers using Virtual Reality Headset

Project title: Visualizing Language: The Utilization of Virtual Reality and 360-Degree Videography in Creating Second-Language Environments
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2017

Gilliam holding WKU red towel in front of a castle in the UK 
Project title: White Perception of Muslims in Britain and the United States
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2016
Diversity Abroad Grant 2016
Office of Scholar Development: Lifetime Experience Grant 2017

Publications 
Norman, F. J., Adkins, O. C., Dowell, C. J., Hoyng, S. C., & Gilliam, A. N.(2017). Aging and haptic-visual solid shape matching. Perception . doi:10.1177/0301006617690168

Norman, F. J., Adkins, O. C., Hoyng, S. C., Dowell, C. J., Pedersen, L. E., & Gilliam, A. N. (2016). Aging and the haptic perception of material properties. Perception , 45, 1387-1398. doi: 10.1177/0301006616659073

Project title: Bioarchaeology and Paleodietary Analysis in Western Mongolia
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2017
Office of Scholar Development: Lifetime Experience Grant 2017

  

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