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EDUCATION
2007
Ph.D. Biological Anthropology, University of Oregon
Dissertation Title: Population Dynamics, Growth and
Development in Chalcolithic Sites of the Deccan Plateau, India
Chair: John Lukacs
2000
M.S. in Biological Anthropology, University of Oregon
Master's Paper: Dental Histology and Age Estimation in
Mesolithic India
Advisor: John Lukacs
1998
B.S. in Anthropology with honors, University of Oregon
Honor’s
Thesis:
Discrete Traits as a Measure of Biological Distance In
Gujarat, India
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2007-present Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University, Boone,
NC
2008-present Assistant Professor
Department of Global Studies, Appalachian State University,
Boone, NC
2006-2007
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University, Boone,
NC
2004-2006
Instructor
Social Science, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2004-2005
Barnett Teaching Fellow
Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2001-2006
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
FIELDS OF
SPECIALIZATION
Bioarchaeology, human skeletal biology, human growth and
development, paleodemography,
paleopathology, histology, South Asia
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals
Robbins G. (in press) Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater: estimating fertility from subadult skeletons. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. (Early View)
PDF
Dixon K., S. Novak, G. Robbins, J. Schablitsky, R. Scott , and G. Tasa. (2010) Men, Women, and Children are Starving: Archaeology of the Donner Family Camp. American Antiquity
75(3):627-656. PDF
Robbins G., P. Sciulli, and S. Blatt (2010) Estimating Body Mass in Subadult Human Skeletons. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143(1):146-150.
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Robbins G., V. Mushrif, V.N. Misra, R.K. Mohanty, V.S. Shinde, K.M. Gray, and M.D. Schug (2009) Ancient skeletal evidence for Leprosy in India (2000 B.C.). Plos One e5669. PDF
(Metrics
indicate this paper was viewed 5225 times in the first year
after publication)
Robbins G., V. Mushrif, V.N. Misra, R.K. Mohanty, and V.S. Shinde (2007) Adult skeletal material from Balathal: A full report and inventory. Man and Environment XXXII(2: December):1-26.
Robbins G., V. Mushrif, V.N. Misra, R.K. Mohanty, and V.S. Shinde (2006) Biographies of the Skeleton: Pathological Patterns at Balathal. Man and Environment XXXI(2: December):150-165.
Peer reviewed books
Robbins Schug G. (in press) Bioarchaeology and climate change: a view from Indian prehistory. University Press Florida in the book series:
Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Perspectives, Clark Larsen (series editor). (Expected
in print July 2011)
Robbins G., V.D. Misra, J.N. Pal, and M.C. Gupta (2004) Mesolithic Damdama: Dental Histology and Age Estimation. India: Allahabad University Press. OCLC: 60453955.
Peer reviewed book chapters
Robbins G., M. Irish, K. Gray, R. Danielson. (forthcoming) Bone Histology and Identification of a Starvation Diet. In: The Archaeology of the Donner Party Campsite, eds. Dixon, K., J. Schablitsky, and S. Novak, eds. Arthur H. Clark Co., University of Oklahoma Press.
Other Contributions
Robbins G. (2008) Fertility and Infertility. In: Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Smith, B., ed. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Robbins G. (2008) Demography- an overview. In: Encyclopedia of Women in World History. Smith, B., ed. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Work in Preparation
Robbins Schug G., P. Sciulli and S. Blatt. A maximum likelihood algorithm for estimating subadult body mass in archeology. To be submitted to American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
Robbins Schug G. and V. Mushrif. Kalibangan revisited: paleopathology at the rise of urban civilization in India. To be submitted to American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
Robbins Schug G. and V. Mushrif. Paleopathology and Urbanization: the evidence
from Harappa. To be submitted to American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
V. Mushrif and
G. Robbins Schug Jotsoma: paleopathology in northeastern India. To be submitted to Man and Environment.
Cowgill LW and G. Robbins Schug. Nutritional Deprivation, body mass, and long bone robusticity in the immature skeleton. To be submitted to American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
POPULAR MEDIA
PRESENTATIONS OF MY RESEARCH
May 27, 2009 Work on ancient
leprosy in India featured in Science News, Science Daily, New
York Times, MSNBC news, and over 250 other news outlets
worldwide.
July, 2007 NOVA:
Science Now: profile of work on Donner party cannibalism.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3410/04.html
April 24, 2006 The
New Yorker Magazine “What Really Happened at Alder Creek?”
by Dana Goodyear
March, 2006 The
History Channel: “Cannibals: Secrets Revealed”
March 12, 2001
India Today “The Ahars: Piecing the Ahar Puzzle” by Rohit
Parihar
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
AND PRESENTATIONS
Robbins G.
(2010) Human versus non-human: the burned, fragmentary osseous
assemblage from the Donner party campsite. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 141 S50:206.
Robbins G.
and L. Cowgill (2009) Bayesian Approaches to Measuring Body Mass
in Subadults from Kulubnarti, Grasshopper Pueblo, and Inamgaon.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138 S48:314.
Robbins G.
(2008) Resolving Stressful Relationships in Prehistory:
macroscopic and histological indicators of growth disruption in
subadult long bones. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology 135 S46:181.
Robbins G.
(2007) Cortical Bone Ontogeny: Activity, Nutritional Status, and
Archaeology. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Human Biology
Association, Philadelphia.
Robbins G.
(2007) Saving the Babies from the Bathwater: a new method for
paleodemography in subadult samples. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology 132 S44:201.
Robbins G. and J.R. Lukacs (2006) Adaptive Diversity, Growth and
Development in Chalcolithic India.
American Journal of Physical
Anthropology 129
S42:154.
Robbins G.
and M. Hanks (2006) Profile of a Starvation Diet: Bone Histology
and Species Identification of Calcined Food Refuse at a Small
Donner Party Campsite. 39th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Historical Archaeology, Bakersfield.
GRANTS AND RESEARCH
FELLOWSHIPS
2010
Fulbright Faculty
Research Fellowship
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Research on Paleopathology and the Indus Civilization
2004 American
Institute of Indian Studies, Junior Research Dissertation
Fellowship
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Dissertation research on human growth and development in India
2003 George Franklin
Dales Scholarship
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Research on histological age estimation for adults from
Inamgaon
2002 UO Department of
Anthropology Travel Grant
2001 Fulbright IIE
Student Fellowship
2000 Graduate Student
Research Award, Graduate School, University of Oregon
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Dental histology section preparation technique (UT,
Knoxville)
2000 Research
Assistantship, Dr. John Lukacs, University of Oregon
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Research on cortical bone maintenance and LHPC in India
ACADEMIC AND TEACHING
HONORS
William C. Strickland
Outstanding Young Faculty Award, Appalachian State University
College of Arts and Sciences (nominee), 2009
Homer Barnett
Teaching Fellowship, U of O Department of Anthropology,
2004-2005
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Departmental teaching award for doctoral candidates
Graduate Teaching
Fellowship, U of O Department of Anthropology, 2001-2006
Comprehensive Exams
Passed with Distinction, 2004
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Exams
in the subjects of Human Evolutionary Anatomy and South Asian
Bioarchaeology
Cressman Prize, U of
O Department of Anthropology, 2003
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Annual
award for graduate student research paper of publishable quality
Graduate Teaching
Fellowship, U of O Department of General Science, 1998-2000.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Appalachian State University
Catalogue Courses
2006-present
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Our Primate Heritage (Gen
ed- lower division)
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Introduction to
Biological Anthropology (Majors- lower division)
·
Human Biological
Variation (Majors- upper division)
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Human Evolution
(Majors- upper division)
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Human Osteology
(Majors- upper division)
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Bioarchaeology
(Majors- upper division)
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Paleoanthropology
of South Asia (Majors- upper division)
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Anthropology of
Human Reproduction (occasional course)
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Forensic Taphonomy
(taught as independent study and upper division seminar)
Summer Programs and Study Abroad
2010-present
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Human Evolution at
Olduvai (short term study abroad course in development)
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Forensic Anthropology
Summer Camp Experience (Week long residential camp for high
school students)
University of Oregon
Instructor of
Record
2004-2005
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Human Growth and
Development
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Bioarchaeology
Graduate Teaching Fellow
2000-2006
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Assistant Director
of Archaeological Field School in Tutuila, American Samoa
(University of Oregon-American Samoa Community College Course)
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Introduction to Biological Anthropology (J. Josh Snodgrass)
·
Monkeys and Apes
(Joanna Lambert)
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Introduction to
Human Sexuality (Frances White)
·
Human Evolution
(John Lukacs)
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Human Osteology
(Steven Frost)
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Primate Feeding and
Nutrition (Joanna Lambert)
·
People of India
(John Lukacs; Lamia Karim)
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Pacific Island
Archaeology (Bill Ayres)
Lane Community
College
Instructor of
Record
2003-2006
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Introduction to
Biological Anthropology
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Introduction to Archaeology
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Introduction to
Cultural Anthropology
SERVICE
To the Discipline
Peer review panel
member
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2010 – National Science
Foundation 2010 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Panel
member (March 2-4, 2010)
Peer reviews of
grants and journal articles
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2005 – present: National
Science Foundation, American Journal of Physical
Anthropology, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology,
Pearson.
Guest Lectures
- January 25, 2010
– UNC Chapel Hill lecture for ‘Women in Archaeology’ speaker
series (Chapel Hill, NC)
- March 12, 2008 –
McMaster University Department of Anthropology (Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada)
At Appalachian
State University
Committee Work
(University-wide)
- 2010 -
present: Life, Earth, and Evolution Theme Coordinator for
General Education
- 2009 –
2012: Science Inquiry Faculty Curriculum Committee
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2007 – 2009:
Darwin Day Speaker Series Organizing Committee
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2006 – 2008:
International Education Program: South Asia Committee
- 2007
– 2008: Core Curriculum Committee
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2006 – present:
Dewel-CAS Microscopy Facility Advisory Committee
Committee Work
(Department of Anthropology)
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2009:
Anthropology Department Biological Anthropology Faculty
Search Committee
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2009: Department
five-year plan committee
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2007 - 2009:
Anthropology Department Personnel Committee
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2007-2008:
Developed and Implemented new Biological Anthropology
Curriculum
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2007-2008:
Developed and Implemented new Biological Anthropology
Concentration
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2007:
Anthropology Department Cultural Anthropology Faculty Search
Committee
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2006 – present:
Anthropology Department Curriculum Committee
Summer Programs and
Study Abroad
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2009-10:
Developed a residential summer camp on Forensic Anthropology
for High School students
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2010:
Developing a study abroad/alumni trip to Tanzania with Susan
Lappan. Course will focus on ape conservation biology,
paleoenvironments and ecology, and Hominin evolution at
Olduvai Gorge
Conferences and
Workshops
Attended as part of Service Commitment at ASU
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June, 2010: Theme Coordinators
Workshop (General Education)
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November, 2008:
Association of American Colleges and Universities Conference
entitled: Engaging Science, Advancing Learning: General
Education, Majors, and the New Global Century.
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April, 2007: NC
State Undergraduate Education Assessment Conference.
In the Community
(Boone, NC)
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Spring, 2009: Mountain
Pathways Evolution Short Course
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Fall, 2009: Misconceptions of
Evolutionary Theory (Public Library Event)
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Summer, 2007: Hartley
Cemetery Project: Osteological identifications of
exhumations and report on the site of the new Watauga County
High School, NC.
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
American Anthropological Association
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Paleopathology Association
Dental Anthropology Association
Human Biology Association
Sigma Xi (associate member)
ADVISING AND
MENTORING: STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
2006-2007
Elizabeth
Brandt - MS Forensic Anthropology from Texas State, San Marcos
2009; JPAC internship 2010
Sarah Kindschuh - MS
Central Florida University 2009; PhD student Binghamton
Jamie Minns - graduate student at
Michigan State University, East Lansing
2007-2008
Ryne Danielson - 1 publication
Matt Irish - 1 publication; MSc University College, London 2009
2008-2009
Rebecca Gillis - Americorps
2009-10
Brittany Glarrow - applying
to graduate schools
Kelsey Gray - 2 publications;
applying to graduate schools
Kaitlyn Kluge
2010-2011
Anna Barefoot
Lori Epstein
Corbin Linebarrier
Amanda Turner
2011-2012
Lindley Bess
Meagan Brown
Kirstie Cooper
Brett Cox
Christine Hinson
Victoria Pearsall
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