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Anthropology

Samantha Blatt

Samantha Blatt, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Dr. Blatt is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

 

Specialties: 

  • Human Osteology

  • Dental Anthropology

  • Bioarchaeology

  • Forensic Anthropology

  • Human Evolution

Presentations:

Anthropology Bites: Anthropology of Teeth

Bones, Stones, and Genomes: Human Origins in a Nutshell

Who Needs an Osteologist?

Digging and Dealing in Death: Tales of a Bioarcheologist

Forensic Anthropology: As Not Seen on TV

Becoming a Forensic Anthropologist

Cold Case Files

 

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Dr.John Dudgeon

John Dudgeon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Anthropology; Director of the Center for Archaeology Materials, and Applied Spectroscopy (CAMAS)

Dr. Dudgeon is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

 

Specialties: 

  • Alaska and Arctic Indigenous Peoples

  • Bioarchaeology

  • Ancient DNA

  • Plant and Animal Microfossils

Presentations:

Science-based Approaches to the Past: Prehistoric Mysteries Solved with Molecular Bioarchaeology

 

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Charles A. Speer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Curator of Anthropology at Idaho Museum of Natural History

Dr. Speer is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

 

Specialties:

  • Archaeology 

  • Ancient Craftmanship

  • Experimental Archaeology

  • Flintknapping

  • Lithic Technology

  • Neanderthals

Presentations:

Making a Mummy

Hunting Mammoths and Mastodons

Who were the Neanderthals?

 

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Elizabeth Redd

Elizabeth A. Redd, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Director of American Indian Studies

Dr. Redd is available for Zoom and in-person presentations.

 

Specialties:

  • Linguistics

  • Cultural Anthropology

  • Language Revitalization

Presentations:

Where did Language Come From, Anyway?

The Science of Speech Sounds

Wonderful World of Words!

Memetics- All about Memes

Language, Diversity, and Power

Native American History-Myths and Heroes

Native American Languages- A Window to Many Worlds

 

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Associate professor of anthropology

Kirsten G. Mink, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Dr. Mink is available for zoom and in-person presentations.

 

Specialties:

  • Bioarchaeology

  • Forensic Anthropology

  • Mesoamerica-Belize Classic Maya

  • Osteology

  • Human Remains Recovery

Presentations:

Forensic Anthropology - Case Studies from Montana

From Chavez Hummingbird to the Place of Ticks - A Bioarcheologist Journey

 

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