Listening to the Dead: Biocultural anthropology, violence studies, and the political lives of dead bodies. 

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jennifer Birch and Professor Victor Thompson on their recent book publication, The Archaeology of Villages in Eastern North America!

My research uses animal bones to explore human-environmental interactions in the past. My focus is the Alm rock shelter in Wyoming, which lies in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, on the eastern side of the Bighorn basin. The site encompasses over 11,000 years of repeated use by humans, from the end of the last ice age until colonial contact.

As a Ph.D. candidate in Integrative Conservation and Anthropology, I specialize in primates, community perspectives, and participation in conservation. My academic focus is at the intersection of animal behavior, conservation biology, strategic communication, bioacoustics, social assessments, and science communication. I am committed to extending the impact of conservation efforts, as evidenced by my proficiency in science communication and stakeholder engagement. I aim to foster tangible and sustainable conservation outcomes. 

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) and part of the Human and Environment Change Lab (https://www.heclab.org) advised by Dr. Don Nelson. I am in the final stages of dissertation writing and am currently in the job market looking to start in August 2026.  I have teaching experience as an instructor of record at the Oxford College of Emory and as a Teaching Assistant for Introductory and upper-level courses at UGA. 

Doctoral student Isabelle Holland Lulewicz is an avid horsewoman who enjoys the sport of endurance riding. She is also a scientist and anthropologist keeping to a much longer course: to earn her third UGA degree in the fall of 2019. She completed undergraduate degrees in anthropology and geology in 2015 and entered graduate studies.

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Associate Professor Julie Velásquez Runk is a 2018-2019 National Humanities Center Fellow (selected for their National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship).

The study abroad classes are underway, and the UGA archaeology field schools begin soon.

Professor Brosius' "Bali and Beyond" Maymester program is in full swing and we look forward to catching up with their new experiences any day.

Suzanne Pilaar Birch, a faculty member with a dual appointment in the geology department, is the subject of an in-depth feature in the Spring issue of the University of Georgia Research Magazine.