Relevant Experience

Spring 2023

Clemson University

Guest Lecturer for Clemson University’s Professional Development Course

Lectured on gaining experience as an undergraduate, applying for graduate school, and other opportunities
Discussed and provided resources for writing professional documents and creating online accounts for networking or research
Answered academic and career questions

Spring 2023

Texas State University – San Marcos, TX

Graduate Research Assistant

Performs data collection and lab processing for archaeological projects
Assists with remote sensing, geophysical surveys, and data processing
Prepares archaeological technical reports

Fall 2022 – Summer 2023

Texas State University – San Marcos, TX

Forensic Case Analyses with the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS)

Assists with forensic anthropological analyses
Co-authors biological profile case sections
Co-authors full case reports

Fall 2021 – Spring 2023

Texas State University – San Marcos, TX

FACTS Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF)

Assists with the Willed Body Donation Program
Photographs donors at FARF
Recovers donor remains from FARF
Completes preliminary skeletal inventories during donor remains recovery

Fall 2021 – Fall 2022

Texas State University – San Marcos, TX

Graduate Instructional Assistantship, Department of Anthropology

Taught Biological Anthropology Laboratory
Planned lessons and graded assignments

Fall 2022

Texas State University – San Marcos, TX

FACTS Osteological Research and Processing Laboratory (ORPL)

Processed donor remains prior to placement in the Grady Early Forensic Anthropology Research Laboratory

Fall 2022

Texas State University – San Marcos, TX

Advanced Human Remains Recovery: Fire Death Investigation (FACTS)

Assisted the course with scene examinations and remains recovery

Spring 2022

Texas State University – San Marcos, TX

FACTS Lecture for High School Students

Assisted with an introduction lecture on forensic anthropology, osteology, and FACTS in the Grady Early Building Laboratory Facility
Engaged with students in one-on-one learning and demonstrations
Answered questions and assisted with hands-on participation

Summer 2022

Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

Georgian Recovery, Documentation, and Identification Project, Anthropological Analysis of Victims of the 1930’s Soviet Occupation in Georgia

Humanitarian and Human Right Resource Center Awarded Project
Worked with Georgian Association of Forensic Anthropology
Member of Research Team from Texas State University
Analyzed skeletal remains of 28 individuals
Conducted biological profiles for all individuals, including sex, age, population affinity, stature, trauma, and pathology
Analyzed all artifacts, separately recovered hand and foot elements, and separately recovered body parts

Summer 2021

Batumi, Republic of Georgia

Georgian Recovery, Documentation, and Identification Project, Anthropological Recovery of Victims of the 1930’s Soviet Occupation in Georgia

Humanitarian and Human Right Resource Center Awarded Project
Member of Research Team from Texas State University
Worked with Georgian Association of Forensic Anthropology
Exhumed individuals from mass grave
Utilized a total station and photogrammetry technology
Cleaned and processed remains for analysis
Cleaned, logged, and photographed artifacts

Summer 2021

Nicosia, Cyprus

Ayioi Omoloyites Research Project

Documented and analyzed commingled remains excavated from tombs
Utilized Osteoware software to perform skeletal inventories and analysis
Identified, recorded, and photographed pathologies

Summer 2021

Harma, Greece

Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Research Project – Ancient Eleon

Member of research team from Texas State University
Performed geophysical surveys, including resistivity, gradiometry, and resistivity lines
Cleaned and prepared bones for analysis

Summer 2021

Tragana, Greece

Ancient Mitrou - aDNA Temporal Testing

Photographed and collected the petrous portion of temporal bone for aDNA sampling

Summer 2021

Larnaca, Cyprus

Ancient Kition Sarcophagus Excavation

Excavated a sarcophagus from the site
Documented identifiable skeletal elements using mapping techniques
Logged identifiable skeletal elements by element and side
Created photogrammetry models
Determined the minimum number of individuals (MNI)

Spring, Summer 2021

Clemson University – Clemson, SC

Research Assistant, Craniofacial Dysmorphology Associated with Phelan-McDermid Syndromeusing using Three-Dimensional Morphometrics

Performed research and data management for a National Institute of Health funded research project
Rendered and landmarked facial morphology using craniofacial scans

Fall 2019 – Spring 2021

Clemson University – Clemson, SC

Creative Inquiry Research – An Examination of Death in Pickens County

Collaborated with Pickens County Coroner’s Office to input records online
Explored patterns of death to compare to larger trends
Managed database using ArcGIS

Summer 2020

Sam Houston State University – Huntsville, TX

Forensic Anthropology Internship, Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Science (STAFS) Facility

Labeled and inventoried skeletal remains
Assisted in preparing chain of custody documentation of STAFS Skeletal Collection for loan of skeletal remains
Macerated skeletal remains
Assisted in placement of donated bodies for decomposition research
Estimated age, sex, stature, and ancestry of human remains
Utilized FORDISC software

Summer 2020

Texas State University – San Marcos, TX

Human Remains Recovery Course, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS)

Instructed in estimating postmortem interval and human osteology
Identified graveside decomposition indicators
Recovered buried and scattered human remains in the field
Practiced correct protocol and documentation of forensic cases

Summer 2020

Texas State University – San Marcos, TX

Forensic Anthropology Methods Course, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS)

Received instruction in developing biological profile, establishing identification, interpreting bone trauma, human versus non-human osteology identification methods, and skeletal inventory
Gained hands-on training by examining the Texas State Donated Skeletal Collection
Estimated biological profile of human remains
Utilized ADBOU, TA2, TA3, and FORDISC

Summer 2019

University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN

Human Osteology Course, Forensic Anthropology Center (FAC), University of Tennessee

Studied human skeletal anatomy and terminology
Identified complete and fragmentary human skeletal remains
Examined anatomical variations in bones

Summer 2019

Maynooth University – Wexford, Ireland

Forensic Anthropology Fieldwork, The Irish Archaeology Field School

Mapped and excavated human skeletal remains
Analyzed archaeological human skeletal remains
Determined age-at-death, sex, and stature of human skeletal remains
Differentiated between non-human and human skeletal remains

Summer 2019

Clemson University – Clemson, SC

Archaeological Artifact Analysis Summer Research

Fort Hill Archaeological Project

Cleaned artifacts for preservation
Identified, cataloged, and bagged artifacts
Collaborated to determine origin of artifacts
Attended additional research site at Clemson University Restoration Institute, Warren Lasch Conservation Center in Charleston, South Carolina

Summer 2019

Clemson University – Clemson, SC

Forensic Anthropology Case – Oconee County Coroner’s Office

Assisted with cleaning of skeletal remains
Photographed skeletal remains for documentation