Spotlight Spring 2025

Mia Chaw (BA Anthropology in Progress) Mia Chaw is a senior majoring in Anthropology and MCDB. She does ancient DNA and bioinformatics work in Dr. Fernando Villanea's lab. She is focused on the role of archaic introgressed (mostly Neanderthal

Christopher Keller Morris (Anthropology, PhD 2014)Dr. Morris is an assistant professor of anthropology at George Mason University. A sociocultural anthropologist focused on Southern Africa, his research examines environmental governance,

Annabelle Lewis (Archaeology, PhD Candidate)Annabelle researches the production, consumption, and display of mortuary goods in 19th century rural communities. During her time at CU, she has worked on sites in New York state and Colorado; she

Fernando Villanea (Biological Anthropology)"I study the Neanderthal and Denisovan ancestry that lives in our genomes, the consequence of our ancestors admixing with these two archaic populations over 40,000 years ago. That archaic ancestry is a