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Morning Paper Session | 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ELA 114
Opening Remarks | 9:00 am
- Dr. Mary Brennan | Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
Group 1 | 9:15 - 10:30 am
- Samuel Steele | Class and Glass in the North Texas Plain
- Afsana Islam | An Anthropological Study of Academic Burnout among International Graduate Students at Texas State University (San Marcos)
- Race Valenti | 3D Printing and Repatriation: Opening New Avenues in a Global Process
- Mara Stumpf | Current understandings of Dental modifications in the Andes
- Jamie Gee | Get It Girls!: Community in Competition Dance
Break | 10:30 - 10:45 am
Group 2 | 10:45 am- 12:15 pm
- Robin Galvan | The "Othering" of Werewolves in Western History
- Meah McCoy | Bilateral Asymmetry In a Sierra Leone Born, Wild Caught Male Chimpanzee Pelvis
- Ted Heckerman | Cognates: A Valuable Tool for Language Learning Incorporating cognates in the learning of non-native languages
- Katie Gerstner with Jill Pruetz, Elizabeth Erhart, Stacy Lindshield | Seasonality Patterns in the Gut Microbiome of wild Savanna Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in southeastern Senegal
- Annemarie Teagle | "If You Get Confused...": Deadhead Cultural Values in a Changing Musical Landscape
- Lauren Scott | Planning Inclusive Events
Plenary Speaker | 12:15 - 12:30 pm
Dr. Elaine Chu | Assistant Professor, Texas State University Department of Anthropology
Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 pm | ELA 245
Poster Session | 1:30 -pm 2:30 pm | ELA 2nd Floor
- Mandy Newport, Carolyn Boyd, Karen Steelman | People And Paintings: Inquiry Learning Through Rock Art
- Anna Katharina Maier, Dr. Nicholas Herrmann | Estimating Human Age utilizing FTIR Spectroscopy: Preliminary Findings from the Texas State Donated Skeletal Collection
- Makenzie Uwe | Illuminating The Unseen: The Application Of Ultraviolet Filter Photography Of Outdoor Death Scenes
- Gunnar Witcher | Trouble in Talheim: Investigating a Neolithic Massacre
- Alyssa Grace Evans, Valerie C. Arroyo, Shania C. Medearis | AnthroPathology: Communicating Evolutionary Change Through Disease Trade-Offs
- Lauren Keith, Almi Cabanzo, Luke Massongill | Science Communication in the Face of Clickbait Science
- Emily Ward, Morgan McGuire, Ted Heckerman | Human Evolution for the K-12 Classroom
- Harper Powell, Daniel Wescott, Elaine Chu, Nicholas Herrmann | Comparing Cortical Bone Mineral Density in the Proximal Tibia Between Obese and Moderate BMI Groups
- Valeria Lee Jaime Hernández | Ceramics and Leisure at Castillo San Felipe del Morro, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Bianca Schueng Zancanela, Elisabeth Cuerrier-Richer Phd, Nicholas P. Herrmann Phd, Elaine Chu Phd, Melina Calmon Phd | Investigating Cranial Variation at the CEAF-UFP Collection in Brazil Using Geometric Morphometrics and a Quantitative Genetics Approach
- Susanna Jones, Daniel Wescott, Nicholas Herrmann, Kate Spradley | Osteometric Sorting and Pair-Matching of Commingled Tali and Naviculars
Thank you to all presenters, supporting mentors, and attendees! This conference would not have been possible without the efforts and time of Gerardo Galeana, Cira Polanco, Dr. Christi Conlee, and the Anthropology Department’s Faculty and Research Staff. We are also grateful to Dr. Mary Brennan for providing welcoming remarks. Great job everyone!
-The Organizers (Mara Stumpf, Heather Smith, Aimee Villarreal, and Rich Warms)