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Vanessa Reeves

PhD Student       

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contact

Email: vcreeves@usf.edu
Office: SOC 11M

Education  

  • M.A., Anthropology, California State University, Chico       
  • B.A., Anthropology, Syracuse University                                 

Certification          

  • Registered Professional Archaeologist #4700       

Advisor

Jonathan Bethard

teaching

Teaching Associate: ANT 2000- Introduction to Anthropology, ANT 2410- Cultural Anthropology, ANT 3101- Archaeology, ANT 4012- Fantastic Archeology, and ANT 4525- Human Osteology and Osteometry. Instructor of Record: ANT 2511L- Biological Anthropology Laboratory.

Research Interests

My research interests include bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, biocultural theory, theories of agency and personhood, structural violence, intersectional theory, human-environment interactions, stable isotope analysis, and applied anthropological methods. I am most excited by projects that seek to combine strong biocultural theory with innovative scientific method.

Publications and Presentations

  • (In Prep) Milligan, C., K.A. Broehl, K. Hart, V.C. Reeves, K. Wells, and E. Bartelink. Paleopathology and Non-specific Stress Indicators at Point San Jose. In Bones by the Bay: Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Nineteenth Century Anatomized Skeletons at Point San Jose, San Francisco. Eds. P. Willey, P. Gavette, E. Bartelink, and C. Milligan. University of Florida Press.
  • 2021 Jonathan Bethard, Elizabeth Bews, and Vanessa C. Reeves. Building the basics with big data: sex estimation and bioarchaeology. Paper to be presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. 6-11 September 2021.
  • 2020 Bartelink, Eric J., Ashley E. Kendell, Jacqueline L. Galimany, Karen Gardner, Leigh Hayes, Casey A. Hegel, Vanessa C. Reeves, Alyssa Straub, Maura Timmons, Leah Tray. Search and Recovery Protocols for Fatal Fire Victims from the 2018 California Camp Fire. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
  • 2019 Reeves, Vanessa C. An Examination of Diet, Health, and Social Inequality within the Santa Clara County, CA Medical Center’s Potter’s Field (1871-1935). Society for California Archaeology, Sacramento, CA.