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Curriculum Vitae January 2020 Curriculum Vitae January 2020 Jane E. Buikstra Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change Rm 233, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 Phone: 480-965-6931 • Fax: 480-965-7671 • [email protected] EDUCATION DePauw University, B.A. (Anthropology) 1967 University of Chicago, M.A. (Anthropology) 1969 University of Chicago, Ph.D. (Anthropology) 1972 HONORS AND AWARDS: McMahan Scholar, Alpha Lambda Delta, 1963-1967 DePauw University Phi Beta Kappa, DePauw University 1967 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1967-1970 Student Advisory Board, Teaching AWard, 1981 Northwestern University National Academy of Sciences, elected 1987 Gerrit Heinrich Kroon Memorial Lecture, University of Amsterdam 1988 Harold H. Swift, Distinguished Service Professor 1989-1995 University of Chicago National Association of Student Anthropologists, AAA, 1991 Service AWard SherWood Washburn Memorial Lecture, University of 1993 California, Berkeley, Department of Anthropology Distinguished Professor of Anthropology 1995-2000 University of New Mexico (UNM) Loren Eiseley Society Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania 1997, 2018 Museum of Anthropology Leslie Spier Distinguished Professor of Anthropology 2001-2005 University of New Mexico UNM General Library Award for Research Achievement 2002 George E. Burch Fellow in Theoretic Medicine 2003-2007 Affiliated Sciences at the Smithsonian Institution Annual Research Lecturer, University of New Mexico 2003 Pomerance AWard for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America 2005 Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution 2005- Honorary Professor, Department of Archaeology, 2005- University of Durham, UK Institute of Advanced Study Distinguished FelloWship, University of Durham, UK 2007 American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Physical Anthropology Section 2008 1 T. Dale SteWart AWard Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award, American Association of Physical 2008 Anthropologists Fulbright Senior Specialist AWard 2892/3295 2008 Koster Family Appreciation Award 2009 American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Board of Directors 2007+ Advisory Board, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 2009-2020 Regents’ Professor, Arizona State University 2009- Chancellor’s Lecture, Louisiana State University 2009 Wendorf Lecture, Southern Methodist University 2009 Fryxell AWard for Interdisciplinary Research, Society for American Archaeology 2010 Eve Cockburn AWard for Service, Paleopathology Association 2011 Medal of Culture, Municipality of Algarrobal, Perú, Public LaW 27972 2013 Honorary Doctor of Science, Durham University 2014 The Lloyd Cotsen Prize for Lifetime Achievement in World Archaeology 2016 Honorary Visiting Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong University 2016- National Science Foundation, SBE Distinguished Lecture 2017 The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2018 Lucy Wharton Drexel Medal Gorjanovic-Kramberger Medal in Anthropology, Croatian Society of Anthropology 2018 Aleš Hrdlička Memorial Medal, Anthropology Society of the Czech Republic 2019 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 2019 Shanghai Archaeological Forum, Lifetime Achievement AWard 2019 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT: Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology 1968-1969 University of Chicago Instructor, NorthWestern University 1970-1972 Assistant Professor, Northwestern University 1972-1976 Associate Professor, Northwestern University 1976-1982 Associate Dean for Studies, Northwestern University 1981-1984 Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History 1981-1990 Research Associate, Museum of the American Indian 1983-1986 Professor, Northwestern University 1982-1986 School of American Research, Resident Scholar 1984-1985 Professor, University of Chicago 1986-1995 Committees: Human Nutrition and Nutritional Biology; Evolutionary Biology Research Associate, University of Chicago 1995- Professor, University of NeW Mexico 1995-2005 Interim Chair, Spring Semester, 1998 Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, 1986- Washington University Research Associate, University of Florida 1991-1997 Research Associate in Anthropology, 2003-2008 Field Museum of Natural History Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History 2005-2014 Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of New Mexico 2005- Professor of Bioarchaeology and Founding Director, Center for 2005- Bioarchaeological Research, Arizona State University 2 RESEARCH GRANTS: National Science Foundation, Predoctoral 1969-1970 Research Grant GS-2831 Hinds Fund, University of Chicago 1970-1971 Committee on Evolutionary Biology Bio-Medical Sciences Support Grant FR7028-05, 1971 National Institute of Health National Science Foundation Grant GS-41242 1974-1976 Consultant in Prehistoric Human Biology National Science Foundation Grant GS-42969 1974-1976 A Paleobiological Perspective on the Hopewell "Decline", Principal Investigator Northwestern University Summer Research Grant 1974-1985 Wenner-Gren Foundation, Bio-Archaeological Research 1978-1979 Wenner-Gren Foundation, Spinal Pathology in 1983 Australopithecus africanus National Science Foundation, Latin American Program, 1983-1984 Division of International Programs: Archaeological Research on Marajo Island, Brazil, Co-principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant BNS83-18587 1984-1985 Cementum Annulation and Age Determination in Homo Sapiens, Co-principal Investigator National Geographic Society, Gatas Project (Spain) 1986-1989 Consultant in Physical Anthropology, Dr. Robert Chapman, Principal Investigator National Endowment for the Humanities RO-21541-87 1987-1989 Consultant in Physical Anthropology, Shiqmim Project (Israel) Dr. Thomas E. Levy, Principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant BNS88-06389 1988-1989 Carbon Isotope Analysis in the Prehistoric Midcontinent: A Perspective on Agricultural Intensification, Principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant ESI-8955622 1990-1992 Archaeology and the Natural Sciences, Co-principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant BNS89-20769 1990-1993 Chiribaya:A Biocultural Approach to the Study of a Prehistoric Andean Polity, Principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant BNS-9110734 1991-1993 Improvement in the Condition and Management of the Records at the Kampsville Archaeological Center, Co-principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant ESI-9155027 1992-1994 Archaeology and the Natural Sciences, Co-principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant ESI-9352983 1994-1995 Archaeology and the Natural Sciences, Co-principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant SBR-9321377 1994-1996 Prehispanic Alpaca and Llama Production on the South Coast of Peru, Co-principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant ESI-9552910 1996-1997 Archaeology and the Natural Sciences, Co-principal Investigator National Science Foundation Grant SBER-9708001 1997-2000 Strontium Isotope Analysis and Prehistoric Residential Change, Co-principal Investigator 3 National Science Foundation Grant SBR-9732417 1998-2001 Consultant in Research for Undergraduates, Site in Physical Anthropology: Preparing Students for Science Careers: Research Experiences and Socialization through Osteological Analyses and Scientific Visualization of Human Skeletal Remains, Co-principal Investigators M. K. Sanford and G. Kissling National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research (Supervisor): BNS77-04095 DeRousseau BNS79-06052 Gordon BNS79-19489 Pickering BNS85-15371 Bullington BNS87-17590 Williams BNS91- 527744 Wright SBR-9319784 Begley SBR-9910504 Rakita BCS-0221962 Lewis BCS-0242941 Nystrom BCS0034849 Wilbur BCS-0336402 East BCS 0654011 King BCS 0646781 Kohn BCS 0852610 Farnbach BCS-1207533 Milller BCS-1232582 Harkins BCS-1329406 Novotny BCS-1362025 Preverdorou BCS-1441894 Johnson BCS-1550691 Bolhofner BCS-1744335 Pacheco-Fores National Geographic Society Grant 1997-2000 Early Copan Acropolis Project Illinois Department of Transportation Grants for the folloWing projects: Elizabeth Mound Group 1974,1979-1981 Kuhlman Mound Group 1979-1981 Alexander Mound Group 1979 Jo Daviess County Site Jd-111 1979 Gauwitz Mound Group 1980 Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, The Mound House site 1994 Federal Emergency Management Agency / Grafton, Illinois: The Grafton Cemetery Project 1995-1999 National Science Foundation Grant BCS 9729956, Co-Principal Investigator 2001 Geoarchaeology of the Built Middle Woodland Landscape at 11-GE-7, Lower Illinois River Valley Ahau Foundation: Isotope Studies at Copan 2002-2004 Foundation for the Advancement of MesoAmerican Studies, Inc: Radiography at Copan 2002-2004 National Science Foundation Archaeometry Grant 041347 2004-2006 Human Migration in Ancient Mesoamerica National Science Foundation 2006-2008 Human Migration in Ancient Mesoamerica II, Co-principal Investigator National Science Foundation The Evolutionary History of Tuberculosis: 2006-2009 An ancient DNA approach, Co-principal Investigator 4 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. International Collaboration 2006-2008 Research Grant “Age and Dynasty in Ancient Maya Society.” National Science Foundation Grant BCS-0822880 Principal Investigator CAA/ASU 2008-2011 Prelude to Agriculture Social Science and Humanities Council, Canada, Co-Principal Investigator 2008-2011 Arizona State University’s Institute for Humanities Research, Principal 2009-2010 Investigator “Embodied Identity: Plants, Social Meaning, and Belief 2009-2010 Systems Among the Chiribaya.” National Science Foundation
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