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MA Graduate Students
Michael Bagnall -- Applied Archaeology
Thesis Supervisor: Neal Ferris
Research Interest/Specialization
Ontario archaeology; Indigenous Late Woodland and Contact Period archaeology; Euro-Canadian historical archaeology (18th-19th centuries); settlement archaeology; craft traditions and material culture; Cultural Resource Management archaeology; heritage policy; and Caribbean archaeology.
Natascha Beisswenger-Mooney -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Trish Markert
Research Interest/Specialization
Historical and Indigenous archaeology; migrant identity negotiation and narration; material culture; archival records; photogrammetry and digital heritage documentation; and community-based archaeological research.
Zoë Bernier -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Andrea Waters-Rist
Research Interest/Specialization
Bioarchaeology; juvenile bioarchaeology; human skeletal biology; dietary reconstruction and paleonutrition; and human evolution.
El Berry -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Trish Markert
Research Interest/Specialization
Queer theory; gender in the archaeological record; feminist theory; rematriation and repatriation
Jayden Bilous -- Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Jay Stock
Research Interest/Specialization
Bone functional adaptation and biomechanics; skeletal variation and phenotypic plasticity.
Samantha Breau -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Andrew Nelson
Avery Clague -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Trish Markert
Charlotte Cleve -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Lisa Hodgetts
Research Interest/Specialization
Arctic archaeology; community-based research; Indigenous archaeology; material culture; and digital archaeology.
Avery Dowling -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Andrew Nelson
Robyn Flanders -- Applied Archaeology
Thesis Supervisor: Neal Ferris
Research Interest/Specialization
Accessibility in archaeology; historical archaeology; museums; Indigenous archaeology in Ontario; and European sites of the 1700s and 1800s.
Matthew Gibson -- Applied Archaeology
Thesis Supervisor: Neal Ferris
Research Interest/Specialization
Material culture in settler period Ontario.
Dana Gonzalez Zavala -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Neal Ferris
Research Interest/Specialization
Indigenous archaeology; the Late Woodland period in Southwestern Ontario; museums and heritage; material culture; and data consolidation.
Rojah Hajimirzakhani -- Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology
Thesis Supervisors: Randa Farah and Trish Markert
Research Interest/Specialization
The Middle East and North Africa; Orientalism; Palestine; collective identity and memory; diaspora; material culture; nationalism; colonialism and settler-colonialism; and culture as resistance.
Holly Hancox -- Archaeology
Thesis Supervisor: Lisa Hodgetts
Research Interest/Specialization
The use and curation of human bodies, Indigenous belongings, and archaeological material within museum contexts, as well as community-based Indigenous archaeology.
Lance Jacobs -- Applied Archaeology
Thesis Supervisor: Peter Timmins
Research Interest/Specialization
Sweat lodges in Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) culture; and religious practices of Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) culture.
Bryn James-Cavan -- Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Pamela Block
Research Interest/Specialization
Caregiving; disability; infectious disease; colonialism; and gender and sexuality.
Mackenzie Kerr -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Jay Stock
Research Interest/Specialization
Bioarcheology. Diet adaptability. Phenotypic plasticity. Skeletal biology. Hunter-gatherers.
Blair Kingdon -- Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Andrew Walsh
Research Interest/Specialization
Transportation ideology; identity; built environment; active transportation; and environmental conservation.
Thomas Prince -- Applied Archaeology
Thesis Supervisor: Neal Ferris
Research Interest/Specialization
Ontario archaeology; the Archaic and Woodland periods; and lithic analysis.
Holly Scott -- Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Karen Pennesi
Research Interest/Specialization
Language and identity; language and social justice; discourse analysis; verbal art; and genre.
Ella Siciliano -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor - Trish Markert
Research Interest/Specialization
Historical archaeology; community-based research; Italian immigration; archival research; material culture; oral history; and decolonization.
Kyara Vizcaino -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Andrea Waters-Rist
Kate Woodley -- Archaeology & Biological Anthropology
Thesis Supervisor: Andrew Nelson
Research Interest/Specialization
Peruvian bioarchaeology; bioarchaeology of care; paleopathology; physical trauma; mummification; and forensic identification.