Publications

Links to abstracts are provided after citations, if available.  If you are affiliated with an educational institution or ResearchGate, most of these articles are available to you, free of charge, through these sources. You may also contact me for a copy at: kanya.goddechrisco@mvc.edu 

1. Hens, S.M., Godde, K. 2008. Skeletal biology past and present: are we moving in the right direction? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 137: 234-239.   Abstract

2. Godde, K. 2009. An Examination of Nubian and Egyptian Biological Distance: Support for Biological Diffusion or In Situ Development? Homo Journal of Comparative Human Biology 60: 389-404.  Abstract

3. Godde, K. 2010. Who were the Meroites? A biological investigation into the Nubian post-hiatus group. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 20: 388-395.  Abstract

4. Godde, K. 2010. An examination into causes of auditory exostoses. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 20: 486-490.  Abstract

5. Godde, K., Wilson Taylor, R. 2011. Musculoskeletal marker differences in the modern American upper limb and pectoral girdle in relation to activity level and body mass index (BMI). Forensic Science International 210: 237-242.  Abstract

6. Godde, K. 2012. A fresh perspective on Nubian population structure: a population genetics approach using cranial discrete traits in Mesolithic – C-Group Nubians. South African Archaeological Bulletin 67: 44-51.

7. Godde, K., Hens, SM. 2012. Age-at-death estimation in an Italian archaeological sample: a test of the Suchey-Brooks and transition analysis methods. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 149: 259-265. Abstract

8. Godde, K., Wilson Taylor, R. 2013. Musculoskeletal stress markers of the lower limb: A look at obesity's effect on modern American males. Forensic Science International 226: 303.e1-303.e7. Abstract

9. Stull, K., Godde, K. 2013. Sexual dimorphism in the infant skeleton: estimation of sex from the femur and humerus. Journal of Forensic Sciences 58: 13-20. Abstract

10. Godde, K. 2013.  An examination of the spatial-temporal isolation model in Nubians. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 23: 324-333.  Abstract

11. Herrera, B., Hanihara, T., Godde, K.  2014.  Comparability of multiple data types from the Bering Strait region: cranial and dental metrics and nonmetrics, mtDNA, and Y-chromosome DNA.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154: 334-348.  Abstract

12. Godde, K.  2014.  Secular trends in cranial morphological traits: a socioeconomic perspective of change and sexual dimorphism in North Americans 1849-1960. Annals of Human Biology 42: 253-259.  Abstract.  

13. Godde, K, Hens, SM.  2015.  Modeling senescence changes of the pubic symphysis in historic Italian populations: a comparison of the Rostock and forensic approaches to aging using transition analysis.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 156: 466-473.   Abstract

14. Suckling, J, Spradley, MK, Godde, K.  2016.  A longitudinal study on human outdoor decomposition in Central Texas. Journal of Forensic Sciences 61: 19-25.  Abstract

15. Hens, SM, Godde, K.  2016.  Auricular Surface Aging: Comparing two methods that assess morphological change in the ilium with Bayesian analyses.  Journal of Forensic Sciences 61S:S30-S38.  Abstract

16. Keita, SOY, Godde, K.  2016.  A preliminary analysis of diachronic craniometric geographical variation during the Predynastic-Early Dynastic period: possible population implications for the theories of the merger of upper and lower Egypt. Göttinger Miszellen 249: 97-110.  Publication details. 

17. Weaver, KF, Morales, V, Nelson, M, Weaver, PF, Toledo, A, Godde, K.  2016.  The benefits of peer review and a multi-semester capstone writing series on inquiry and analysis skills in an undergraduate thesis.  CBE Life Sciences 15: ar51-ar51. Abstract.

18. Godde, K. 2017. The use of informative priors in Bayesian modeling age-at-death; a quick look at chronological and biological age changes in the sacroiliac joint in American males. AIMS Public Health 4:278-288. Link to full paper

19. Godde, K, Jantz, RJ. 2017. Evaluating Nubian Population Structure from Cranial Nonmetric Traits: Gene Flow, Genetic Drift, and Population History of the Nubian Nile Valley. Human Biology 89.4: . Cover photo for the issue is by K. Godde.

20. Weaver, KF, Morales, V, Dunn, SL, Godde, K, Weaver, PF.  2018. An introduction to statistical analysis in research: with applications in the biological and life sciences. Wiley.  Promotional site.

21. Godde, K, Wilson Taylor, R.J., Gutierrez, C. 2018. Entheseal changes and demographic/health indicators in the upper extremity of modern Americans: associations with age and physical activity. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 28: 285-293. Abstract

22. Leung-Gurung, L., Escalante Cobb, P., Mourad, F., Zambrano, C., Muscato, Z., Sanchez, V., Godde, K. and Broussard, C., 2018. Methoxychlor metabolite HPTE alters viability and differentiation of embryonic thymocytes from C57BL/6 mice. Journal of immunotoxicology 15: 104-118. Abstract

23. Godde, K. 2018. An Application of a New Analysis to the Interpretation of Nilotic Relationships and Peopling of the Nile Valley. Homo: Journal of Comparative Biology 69: 147-157.  Abstract. 

24. Godde, K, Thompson, M, Hens, SM. 2018. Sex estimation from cranial morphological traits: A look at the methodology across American Indians, modern North Americans, and ancient Egyptians. Homo: Journal of Comparative Biology 69: 237-247. Abstract.

25. Gough, M, Godde, K. 2018. A Multifaceted Analysis of Social Stressors and Chronic Inflammation. SSM - Population Health 6:136-140. Link to full text.

26. Gough, M, Godde, K. 2019. Accelerated Aging: A Model of Socioeconomic, Social, Demographic, and Biological Factors on Bone Mineral Density. Research on Aging 41: 443-466. Link to full text.

27. Hens, SM, Godde, K, Macak, KM. 2019. Iron deficiency anemia, population health and frailty in a modern Portuguese skeletal sample. PLoS ONE 14: e0213369. Link to full text. Link to press release

28. Prevost, J, Worrell, R, Gough, M, Godde, K. 2019. A Public Health Problem: Consequences of Trauma on Health Outcomes and the Role of Social Support. Spotlight on Public Health Research. Link to full text.

29. Lopez, KA, Godde, K. 2019. Ancient Egyptian Health: the Prevalence of Anemia at the Origins of Agriculture and State Level Society. Homo: Journal of Comparative Biology 70: 217-224. Abstract.

30. Hens SM, Godde K. 2020. New approaches to age estimation using palatal suture fusion. Journal of Forensic Sciences 65: 1406-1415. Abstract

31. Godde, K., Pasillas, V, Sanchez, A. 2020. Survival analysis of the Black Death: Social inequality of women and the perils of life and death in Medieval London. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 173: 168-178. Abstract.

32. Godde, K. 2021. A Reevaluation of Kulubnarti: A Synthesis of the Osteoarchaeological Evidence . International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 31: 54-65. Abstract.

33. Godde K, Hens SM. 2021. An epidemiological approach to the analysis of cribra orbitalia as an indicator of health status and mortality in medieval and post-medieval London under a model of parasitic infection. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174: 631-645. Abstract

34. Broussard C, Gough Courtney M, Dunn SL, Godde K, Preisler V. 2021. Success in Remotely Teaching CUREs During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of College Science Teaching 51(1). Full Text

35. Avellaneda E, Lim A, Moeller S, Marquez J, Escalante Cobb P, Zambrano C, Patel A, Sanchez V, Godde K, Broussard C. 2021. HPTE-induced embryonic thymocyte death and alteration of differentiation is not rescued by ERa or GPER inhibition, but is exacerbated by concurrent TCR signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22: 10138. Abstract

36. Godde, K. 2021. A biological perspective of the relationship between Egypt, Nubia, and the Near East during the Predynastic period. In Köhler, E.C., Kuch, N., Junge, F., and Jeske A.-K., editors.  Egypt at its Origins 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference "Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt", Vienna, 10th-15th September 2017. Leuven: Peeters.

37. Gough Courtney M, Quintero Y, Godde K. 2021. Assessing the roles of demographic, social, economic, environmental, health-related, and political factors on risk of osteoporosis diagnosis among older adults. Archives of Osteoporosis 16:177 Enhanced PDF

38. Godde K, Rangel González M. 2022. Uncovering the hidden history of transpacific contact between Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia through skeletal population genetics. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177: 357-364. Enhanced PDF 

39. Hawks SM, Godde K, Hens SM. 2022. The impact of early childhood stressors on later growth in medieval and post medieval London. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 32: 804-812. Abstract.

40. Gough Courtney M, Roberts J, Godde K. 2022. How social/environmental determinants and inflammation affect salivary telomere length among middle-older adults in the health and retirement study. Scientific Reports 12 (8882). Open Access Article

41. Hens SM, Godde K. 2022. A Bayesian approach to estimating age from the auricular surface of the ilium in modern American skeletal samples. Forensic Sciences 2: 582-595. Open Access Article

42. Godde K, Gough Courtney M, Roberts J. 2023. Health Insurance Coverage as a Social Determinant of Osteoporosis Diagnosis in a Population-Based Cohort Study of Older American Adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology 42: 302-312. Open Access Article 

43. Gough Courtney M, Roberts J, Quintero Y, Godde K. 2023. Structural Inequity and Socioeconomic Status Link to Osteoporosis Diagnosis in a Population-Based Cohort of Middle-Older-Age Americans. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing 60. Open Access Article 

44. Gough Courtney M, Roberts J, Quintero Y, Godde K. 2023. Childhood Family Environment and Osteoporosis in a Population-Based Cohort Study of Middle-to Older-Age Americans. Journal of Bone Mineral Research Plus 7: e10735. Open Access Article 

45. Gough Courtney M, Roberts J, Godde K. 2024. Development of a Diverse Osteoporosis Screening Tool for Older US Adults from the Health and Retirement Study. Heliyon 10: E23806. Open Access Article

46. Godde K, Gough Courtney M, Roberts J. 2024. Psychological Disorders Linked to Osteoporosis Diagnoses in a Population-Based Cohort Study of Middle and Older Age United States Adults. The Gerontologist 64: gnae027. Open Access Article

47. Godde K, Hens SM. 2025. A Bayesian approach to Suchey-Brooks age estimation from the pubic symphysis using modern American samples. Journal of Forensic Sciences 70: 9-18. Abstract.

48. Baker BJ, Godde K, Ullinger J. 2025. Exploring Kinship within a Late Meroitic to Medieval cemetery in Sudan Using k Modes Clustering. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 186: e70016. Abstract.

49. Broussard C, Gough Courtney M, Dunn SL, Godde K, Preisler V. 2025. Expanding the CURE: the impact of course-based undergraduate research experiences across natural and social sciences. Frontiers in Education 10:1593436. Open Access Article

50. Godde K, DeWitte SN, Beaumont J, Walter BS,  Redfern R, Bekvalac J. 2025. Selective mortality during famine and plague events in medieval London. Scientific Reports 15: 27133. Open Access Article