Graduate Students
The anthropology department has a vibrant graduate student community. Graduate students regularly host brown-bag talks and colloquia, as well as engaging in research and teaching undergraduate courses.
| Name | Anthropology Sub-field | Research Specialties |
|---|---|---|
| Easlin Anderson | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Yige Bao bao00061@umn.edu |
Archaeology PhD | ZooMS (Zooarchaeology of Mass Spectrometry); microarchaeology; middle paleolithic Balkans Peninsula; Neanderthal subsistence; paleodiet; zooarchaeology; taphonomy, paleoenvironment |
| Akashleena Basu she/her/hers basu0040@umn.edu |
Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | anthropology of religion; anthropology of the body and senses; multispecies studies; philosophical anthropology |
| Selena Bernier she/her/hers wimme066@umn.edu |
Archaeology PhD | indigenous North American archaeology, Minnesota precontact archaeology, glacial geology, copper materials, ancient mining practices, archaeological ethics and repatriation |
| Yessica Berumen Martinez she/her/hers berum007@umn.edu |
Archaeology PhD | Latinx diaspora archaeology, material culture studies, migration/mobility, heritage studies, memory and forgetting, oral histories |
| Emily Briggs she/her/hers brigg184@umn.edu |
Archaeology PhD | North American archaeology, isotope analyses (87Sr/86Sr, d18O), indigenous archaeology, repatriation and restorative archaeological practices |
| Nathan Buckley buckl317@umn.edu |
Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | political anthropology, sovereignty, everyday geopolitics, critical European studies, Gibraltar, queer theory |
| Berkant Caglar | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | queer anthropology; court ethnography; denialism; legal & political anthropology; reproductivity; temporality |
| Miguel Angel Contreras Sieck contr223@umn.edu |
Biological Anthropology PhD |
Phenotype-genotype interactions, quantitative genetics, ancient DNA, ethical research and data sharing in biological anthropology, virtual anthropology
|
| Deniz Coral | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Sean Devlin | Archaeology PhD | |
| Kadir Yavuz Emiroglu | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Yun Feng feng0154@umn.edu |
Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | e-commerce villages/towns, digital technology, algorithm, land policy, housing land loss of rural women, platform capitalism, rurality, family workshop |
| Samantha Gogol she/her/hers gogol006@umn.edu |
Biological Anthropology PhD | |
| Leonie Gussone gusso009@umn.edu |
Biological Anthropology PhD | primate behavioral ecology, movement ecology, competition, intergroup conflict, effects of environmental and anthropogenic change |
| Abigail Hall she/her/hers |
Biological Anthropology PhD | |
| Muhammad Osama Imran | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Peter Johnson joh13533@umn.edu |
Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | agribusiness, development, ecology, settler colonialism |
| Penina Kadalida kadal002@umn.edu |
Biological Anthropology PhD | |
| Fa'aumu Kaimana she/her/hers |
Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Esther | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Panchen Lo lo000142@umn.edu |
Sociocultural Anthropology PhD |
queer and trans studies, feminist anthropology, transnational feminism, temporalities
|
| Risa Luther she/her/hers luthe067@umn.edu |
Biological Anthropology PhD | paleoanthropology, primate dietary ecology, dental topographic analyses, tooth wear, human and primate evolution, eastern Africa, inclusive science communication |
| Rania Madani | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Vasilije Marojevic maroj003@umn.edu |
Archaeology PhD | hunter-gatherer archaeology, Mediterranean prehistory, lithic raw material studies, lithic technology, Neanderthal behavior, landscape archaeology |
| Annie Melton she/her/hers melto041@umn.edu |
Archaeology PhD | lithic technology, middle to upper Paleolithic transition, cultural transmission, digital archaeology, near Eastern prehistory |
| Pranav Menon Pra-nav he/they/them menon126@umn.edu |
Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | intersections of legal anthropology, anthropology of Islam and caste, environmental humanities, human non human relations, forest governance and legal geographies |
| Sophie Minor she/her/hers minor109@umn.edu |
Archaeology PhD | historical archaeology, enslavement in the midwest, preservation and representation |
| Megan Moore | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Samuel Muteti mutet002@umn.edu |
Biological Anthropology PhD | |
| Thanzeel Nazer | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Emmanuel Kipruto Ngetich | Biological Anthropology PhD | |
| Kelly Plevniak she/her/hers |
Archaeology PhD | |
| Laura Pott pott0195@umn.edu |
Biological Anthropology PhD | human population genetics, evolutionary genomics, admixture, ancient DNA |
| Stephen Savignano | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Samantha Schwartz she/her/hers schw2534@umn.edu |
Archaeology PhD | Korean diaspora archaeology, landscape, gender, multi-ethnic communities, United States |
| MaryGrace Trifilio she/her/hers trifi005@umn.edu |
Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | kinship and care, eldercare policy, critical disability studies, medical carcerality, and urban life |
| Madelaine Walker she/her/hers walke845@umn.edu |
Biological Anthropology PhD | life history and paleoecology of early Miocene catarrhines, primate paleobiology |
| Annika Yates yates104@umn.edu |
Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | anthropology of sport, atmosphere, Vietnam |
| Wei Ye | Sociocultural Anthropology PhD | |
| Jaime Zolik zolik006@umn.edu |
Biological Anthropology PhD |