Advisor
Prof. Sonia Harmand
Research Interests
Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology, Lithics, Early Stone Age archaeology, African Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology
Field Projects
WTAP - West Turkana Archaeological Project
2018 - Present
Geneseo-Bloomsburg Ohio Archaeological Project
2012 - 2015
Jenna Anderson
PhD Candidate
Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences
Stony Brook University
Research
I am a PhD candidate in the Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences at Stony Brook University. I am an archaeologist interested in answering questions about human evolution through the excavation and study of stone tools. Although my early training was in North American Prehistory, I am now applying my previous experience with lithic analysis and experimental archaeology to the Plio-Pleistocene archaeological record of East Africa. My dissertation research focuses on the development of new technologies during the late Acheulean in West Turkana, Kenya.
Fellowships
SUNY Research Foundation Summer Fellowship 2014: Understanding Division of Labor Among Ohio Hopewell Populations Based On Gender Through the Analysis of Osteological Evidence
Teaching Assistantships
Summer 2014, 2015 - Archaeological Field School (SUNY Geneseo)
Fall 2014 - Exploration of Human Diversity (SUNY Geneseo)
Spring 2015 - Human Osteology (SUNY Geneseo)
Fall 2017 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Spring 2018 - Introduction to Archaeology
Fall 2018 - Computer-based Biostatistics
Spring 2019 - Primate Conservation
Fall 2019 - Ancient Mesopotamia
Spring 2020 - Animal Tool Use