PhD. students supervised
• Carol Gelvin-Reymiller† –Ph.D. (2007-2016) Lowland Subarctic land use and human adaptation
• Holly McKinney –Ph.D. (2009-2013) (graduated) Taphonomic analysis of fish remains from the Mink Island Site: implications for zooarchaeological and stable isotopic research
• Gilbert (Feng) Qu –Ph.D. (2009-2013) (graduated) (co-chair with Peter Schweitzer) Prehistoric shamanism in the Bering Straits
• David Plaskett –Ph.D. (2013-2015) Archaeology of the Athabaskan Tradition
• Gerad Smith –Ph.D. (2013-2021) (graduated) Behavioral ecology of Interior Alaskan prehistoric hunter-gatherers
• Nicholas Schmuck –Ph.D. (2014-2021) (graduated) Southwest Alaska as a proving ground for the Coastal Migration Model: testing terminal Pleistocene coastal landforms and the early Holocene archaeological record
• Justin Hays –Ph.D. (2015-2018) Archaeology of the Upper Susitna Region, Alaska.
• Kathryn (Allie) Dewey –Ph.D. (2017-2019) Strontium analysis of prehistoric mobility in interior Alaska
• Jian (Sergio) Zhao – Ph.D. (2019-present) Geochemical analyses of sediments at historic mining sites.
• Wei Liu – Ph.D. (2023-present) Behavioral archaeology of microblade technology in Alaska
• Sierra Cotrona – Ph.D. (2024-present) Dental biodistance analyses in Northern India
M.A. students supervised
• Phoebe Gilbert –M.A. (2008-2011, graduated) Micromorphology, Site Spatial Variation and Patterning, and Climate Change at the Mead Site: A Multicomponent Archaeological Site in Interior Alaska
• Sam Coffman –M.A. (2008-2011, graduated) Archaeology at Teklanika West: An Upland Archaeological Site, Central Alaska
• Laura Crawford – M.A. (2009-2012, graduated) (co-chair with Claire Alix) Macrofossil Analysis at Cape Espenberg
• Sarah Ficarrotta – M.A. (2009-2012) Northern Archaic notched biface variability
• Devon Reid – M.A. (2009-2015, graduated) Geochemical lithic sourcing in SW Alaska
• Gerad Smith – M.A. (2009-2012, graduated) Archaeology at the White Mountains Upland/Lowland Interface
• Jill Sundby – M.A. (2009-2013) Stable Isotope Analysis and Zooarchaeology on the Alaska Peninsula
• Michael Wendt – M.A. (2009-2013, graduated) Archaeology at Butte Lake, Central Alaska
• Allison Little – M.A. (2010-2013, graduated) Lithic analyses at Mead, Central Alaska
• Patrick Hall – M.A. (2011-2015, graduated) Functional Comparisons between Formal and Informal Tools Sampled from the Nenana and Denali Assemblages of the Dry Creek Site.
• Joseph Keeney – M.A. (2012-2019, graduated) Zooarchaeological and Lithic Analysis of a 6000 year-old Faunal Assemblage from Lake Matcharak in Alaska's Central Brooks Range
• Crystal Glassburn – M.A. (2012-2015, graduated) A Reconstructin of Steppe Bison (Bison priscus) Mobility in the Yukon-Tanana Uplands and Implications for Prehistoric Human Behavior. (co-chair with Jamie Clark)
• Caitlin Holloway – M.A. (2013-2015, graduated) Paleoethnobotany in Interior Alaska
• Katherine Mulliken – M.A. (2013-2015, graduated) Holocene volcanism and human occupation in the middle Susitna River Valley, Alaska (co-chair with Josh Reuther)
• Kaitlyn Fuqua – M.A. (2014-2020, graduated) Northern Archaic notched biface variability
• Hilary Hilmer – M.A. (2015-2019, graduated) Faunal Analysis at Healy Lake Village (co-chair with Jamie Clark)
• Tom Allen – M.A. (2016-present) Lithic Analysis at Little Delta River #3 Site. (co-chair with Josh Reuther)
• Holly Smith – M.A. (2016-2019, graduated) Archaeological impacts of the White River Ash
• Brooks Lawler – M.A. (2016-2019, graduated) Geochemical Analyses of Central Alaskan Lithics (co-chair with Josh Reuther)
• Dougless Skinner – M.A. (2016-2019, graduated) Zooarchaeological Analysis at Togiak. (co-chair with Sveta Yamin-Pasternak)
• Preston Casey Jobe – M.A. (2017-present) Lithic Analysis in the Middle Holocene Component at Mead, Central Alaska.
• Korovin Ellis – M.A. (2019-present) Lithic Analysis at Swan Point. (co-chair with Josh Reuther)
• Jason Elder – M.A. (2022-present) Late Holocene – Historic use of Moose in central Alaska.
• Fiona Papile – M.A. (2023-present) Broken Mammoth Lithic Analysis
• Michael Jennings – M.A. (2024-present) – Small mammal use in the Brooks Range
• Austin Sweeney – M.A. (2025-present) – Geostatistical Analysis of Clovis distributions, North America.
• Caitlin Sullivan – M.A. (2025-present) – Stable isotope geochemistry of Mead hearths, central Alaska.
Undergraduate students
• Jessica Peterson –B.S. (2011) (graduated) A Study of Trade and Interaction at Lake Kinyiksukvik (Honors Thesis)
Graduate student committee member
Ph.D. students
• David Lukaszek –Ph.D. (2006-2017, graduated)
• Bonita Dainowski –Ph.D. (2006-2009)
• Joshua D. Reuther –Ph.D. (2007-2013, graduated) (University of Arizona)
• Michelle Kaye –Ph.D. (2007-2008, graduated)
• Michael Kenyhercz –Ph.D. (2009-2014, graduated)
• Kathryn (Allie) Dewey –Ph.D. (2009-2017)
• Hannah Stewart –Ph.D. (2014-2016)
• Sam Coffmann – Ph.D. (2023-present)
• Miranda Ehler – Ph.D. (2023-present)
• Wyatt Rowe – Ph.D. (2023-present)
M.A. students
• Sarah Meitl –M.A. (2006-2008, graduated)
• Luanda Skeete –M.A. (2006-2008, graduated)
• Lisa Slayton –M.A. (2007-2008)
• Bjorn Iverson –M.A. (2007-2015)
• Clarissa Dicke – M.A. (2009-2012, graduated)
• Briana Horwath – M.A. (2009-2012, graduated)
• Aimee Ely – M.A. (2010-2015)
• Mallory Fisher – M.A. (2012-2016, graduated)
• Robert Bowman – M.A. (2013-2017, graduated)
• Keenan Britt – M.A. (2015-2018)
• Kevin Sippel – M.A. (2017-2020, graduated)
• Audra Darcy – M.A. (2018-2021, graduated)
• Haley McCaig – M.A. (2022-present)
• Irene Maxwell – M.A. (2023-present)
• Kendra Nichols – M.A. (2025-present)
• Alexis McKnight – M.A. (2025-present)
• Cameron Nugent – M.A. (2025-present)
• Kade Howard – M.A. (2025-present)
• Sebastian Weatherbee – M.A. (2025-present)