MA Graduate Students

Zsofia Agoston Villalba
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Kim ClarkResearch Interests / Specializations: Education, Storytelling, Embodiment, Intersectionality, Empathy, Difficult Knowledge, Children and Youth, Canada

Samantha Albanese
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Peter TimminsResearch Interests / Specializations: Middle Woodland Period in the National Capital Region, Digital Archaeology, and Gatekeeping and Accessibility in Archaeology

Corbin Albani
Applied Archaeology - Thesis Supervisor: Peter TimminsResearch Interests / Specializations: Studying historical archaeology in Ontario and the application of sub-soil sampling techniques

Rawand Amsdr
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisors: Lindsay Bell & Randa FarahResearch Interests / Specializations: Visual ethnographic methods, Civilian photography, Humanitarian responses/intervention, Areas of conflict

Sarah Bolstridge
Intensive Applied Archaeology - Thesis Supervisor: Neal FerrisResearch Interests / Specializations: Post 1870s sites, materials &CHVI since the implementation of the Standards & Guidelines in Ontario

Sarah Clarke
Intensive Applied Archaeology - Thesis Supervisor: Peter TimminsResearch Interests / Specializations: Archaeological management at the Mohawk Village

Halee Hawkins
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Pamela Block
Ashley Henry
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Greg BeckettResearch Interests / Specializations: Post-colonialism, Economic Imperialism, Globalization, Violence, Caribbean

Emily Henry
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Lisa HodgettsResearch Interests / Specializations: Indigenous archaeology, the Canadian Arctic, digital archaeology, community based research, visual and material culture, community heritage management, museums, knowledge transmission

Sydney Holland
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrea Waters-RistResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology, skeletal biology, infants and children, growth and development, activity and biomechanics, diet and nutrition

Dima Kassem
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Pamela BlockResearch Interests / Specializations: Complex and rare medical conditions, transitions from childhood to adulthood (medical journeys), disability culture, the influence of cultural health backgrounds, race/ethnicity, Canada, and the Middle East

Rebecca Lahosky
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Jay StockResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology, human evolution, evolution of bipedalism, phenotypic plasticity and regional variability

Victoria Lavallee
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrea Waters-RistResearch Interests / Specializations: Medieval Western Europe, Viking studies, infectious diseases, sub-adult growth and development, diet and medical practices

Kate Mahoney
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Kim ClarkResearch Interests / Specializations: Institutional ruling relations, public health, policy, nursing, and the privatization of Canadian health care

Teegan Muggridge
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisors: Andrew Walsh & Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology and post-mortem agency

Naomi Nakahodo Moromizato
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology, osteology, isotopes, diet, migration, diseases, health disparities, structural violence, gender violence, Andean bioarchaeology, PerĂº, open science

Lauren Poeta
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology- Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Mummies, bioarchaeology of childhood, osteology, paleoradiology, feminist archaeology, non-destructive archaeological techniques, Andean archaeology, Peru

Isabelle Rutherford
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology- Thesis Supervisor: Jay StockResearch Interests / Specializations: Phenotypic plasticity, functional adaptation, skeletal biology & biomechanics

Maris Schneider
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, osteology, mortuary archaeology, ancient DNA, digital and non-invasive anthropology, hominin evolution, adaptation, and variation

Holly Scott
Sociocultural & Linguistic Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Karen PennesiResearch Interests / Specializations: Language and identity, language and social justice, discourse analysis, verbal art, genre

Matthew Severn
Applied Archaeology - Thesis Supervisor: Peter TimminsResearch Interests / Specializations: Indigenous archaeological sites around the historic Lake Wawanosh as an area of "borderland" interaction

Ashley Ward
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Causes of differential health outcomes in past populations, bioarchaeology, paleopathology, biosocial frameworks

Kaylee Woldum
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Lisa HodgettsResearch Interests / Specializations: Arctic and subarctic archaeology, bioarchaeology, Indigenous collaboration, digital archaeology, and decolonization

Kate Woodley
Archaeology/Biological Anthropology - Thesis Supervisor: Andrew NelsonResearch Interests / Specializations: Peruvian bioarchaeology, bioarchaeology of care, paleopathology, physical trauma, mummification, forensic identification