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EDUCATION
University of Oregon, Ph.D. Biological
Anthropology, 2007
Dissertation Title: Population Dynamics, Growth and
Development in Chalcolithic Sites of the Deccan Plateau, India
Chair: John Lukacs
University of Oregon, M.S. in Biological Anthropology, 1998-2000
Master's Paper: Dental Histology and Age Estimation in
Mesolithic India
Advisor: John Lukacs
University of Oregon, B.S. in Anthropology (with departmental
honors), 1996-1998
Thesis:
Discrete Traits as a Measure of Biological Distance In
Gujarat, India
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Appalachian State University (Boone, NC), 2007-present
Faculty Member, Global Studies Program
Appalachian State University (Boone, NC), 2008-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Appalachian State University (Boone, NC), 2006-2007
Instructor, Department of Social Sciences, Anthropology
Lane Community College (Eugene), Spring 2004, 2005-2006
Instructor, Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon (Eugene), Summer 2005
Barnett Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon (Eugene), 2004-2005
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology
University of Oregon (Eugene), 2001-2006
Academic Advisor, Department of General Science
University of Oregon (Eugene), 1998-2000
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Bioarchaeology and Subsistence Transition
Paleodemography
Human Growth and Development
Human Osteology
Skeletal and Dental Histology
South Asian prehistory
PUBLICATIONS
Robbins G.,
Mushrif V., Misra V.N., Mohanty R.K., and Shinde V.S. (2007) Adult skeletal material from Balathal: A full
report and inventory. Man and
Environment XXXII(2: December):1-26.
Robbins G.,
Mushrif V., Misra V.N., Mohanty R.K., and Shinde V.S. (2006)
Biographies of
the Skeleton: Pathological Patterns at Balathal.
Man and Environment XXXI(2: December):150-165.
Robbins G., Misra V.D., Pal J.N., and Gupta M.C. (2004)
Mesolithic Damdama: Dental Histology and Age Estimation. India:
Allahabad University Press.
OCLC:
60453955.
Ayres, William C., Joan A. Wozniak, Gwen Robbins, and Epi
Suafo'a (2001) Archaeology in American Samoa: Maloata, Malaeimi,
and Malaeloa. In: Pacific 2000: Proceedings of the Fifth
International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific,
Stevenson, C.M., G. Lee, and F.J. Morin (eds). California:
Bearsville Press: 227-235.
PUBLICATIONS IN PRESS, IN REVISION, OR UNDER REVIEW
Dixon K.,
Novak S., Robbins G., Schablitsky J.,
Scott R., and
Tasa
G.
(in press) Archaeology of the Donner Party’s Alder Creek Camp.
American Antiquity.
Robbins G.
(in press)
Fertility and Infertility. In: Encyclopedia of Women in
World History. Smith, B., editor. New York and Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Robbins G.
(in press)
Demography- an overview. In: Encyclopedia of Women in
World History. Smith, B., editor. New York and Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Robbins G.
(submitted to editor) Bone Histology and Identification of a Starvation
Diet. In: The Archaeology of the Donner Party Campsite, eds.
Dixon, K., Schablitsky, J. and S. Novak eds. Has been accepted
by University of Nebraska Press/ Society for Historical
Archaeology. (forthcoming 2009)
Robbins G.
(submitted to editor) Dental Histology and Paleodemography.
In: Holocene Foragers of North India: Bioarchaeology of
Mesolithic Damdama,
Lukacs, J.R. and Pal, J.N.. John and
Erica Hedges Ltd., U.K.: BAR International Series. (projected
date for submission to press: 10/2008)
Robbins, G.
(in revision) Saving the babies and the bathwater: expanding
available methods for fertility-centered demography. Submitted
to Current Anthropology (University of Chicago Press).
Robbins, G.
and
Lukacs J.R. (in
review)
Cementum Annulations, Age Estimation, and Demographic Dynamics
in a Middle Holocene Site, India. Submitted to Homo
(Elsevier).
PUBLICATIONS UNDER CONTRACT AND IN PREP
Robbins G. (under
contract) Biodemography of the Deccan Chalcolithic,
India. Book contract with University Press Florida (due August 1, 2009).
Robbins, G.
and Cowgill L. (in prep)
Compact Bone, Low Body Mass, and Biocultural Stress. Will be submitted to American Journal
of Physical Anthropology (Wiley).
Robbins G. (in prep) Harappans from Kalibangan Revisited. Will
be submitted to Man
and Environment (DCPRI).
POPULAR ARTICLES, IMAGE CREDITS, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH
March, 2008
Our Origins: Image credit, chapter 5 (Fig. 5.9b):127.
July 10, 2007
Nova Science Now
online edition: Image credit for "Bone Histology" in
part 5 of the profile of archaeologist Julie Schablitsky.
April 24, 2006 New Yorker Magazine: My research was
featured in article “What Really Happened
at Alder Creek?” by Dana Goodyear
March, 2006 The History Channel:
My research was featured in
“Cannibals: Secrets
Revealed”
March 12, 2001 India Today:
My research was featured in article
“The Ahars: Piecing the Ahar
Puzzle” by Rohit Parihar
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS
Robbins G.
(2008) Resolving Stressful Relationships in Prehistory:
macroscopic and histological indicators of growth disruption in
subadult long bones.
Poster to be presented (by Gwen Robbins) at the seventy-seventh annual
meeting of the
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
(Apr 2008).
Whyte T., Robbins G.,
Seramur K., Staley K., Moore C., Thacker J., Brandt E.
(2008) The Sorority Skull Mystery: A Case of Grave Robbins in
Boone, North Carolina.
Poster to be presented (by Tom Whyte) at the seventy-third annual
meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
(Mar 2008).
Robbins G.
(2007) Cortical Bone Ontogeny: Activity, Nutritional Status, and
Archaeology.
Poster presented (by Gwen Robbins) at the thirty-second annual
meeting of the Human Biology Association
(Mar 2007).
Robbins G.
(2007) Saving the Babies from the Bathwater: a new method for
paleodemography in subadult samples. A.J.P.A. suppl. 38.
Poster presented (by Gwen Robbins) at the seventy-sixth annual
meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
(Mar 2007).
Robbins G., and Lukacs J.R. (2006) Adaptive Diversity, Growth
and Development in Chalcolithic India. A.J.P.A. suppl. 39.
Poster presented (by Gwen Robbins) at the seventy-fifth annual
meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
(Mar 2006).
Robbins G.,
and Hanks, M. (2006) Profile of a Starvation Diet: Bone
Histology and Species Identification of Calcined Food Refuse at
a Small Donner Party Campsite.
Paper presented (by Gwen Robbins) at the thirty-ninth annual
meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology (Jan 2006).
Robbins G. (2003) Calibrating Macroscopic and Microscopic Age
Determinations for Paleodemography.
Paper presented to the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies,
University of Oregon.
Robbins G., and Lukacs J.R. (2003) Cementum Annulations and Age
Estimation in an Early Holocene Population. Am. J. Phys.
Anthropol. suppl. 36: 179.
Poster presented (by Gwen Robbins) at the seventy-second annual
meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
Robbins G. (2001) Age Related Transformation and Paleodemography
at Damdama: Prospects for Histology on Archaeological Material.
Paper presented to the faculty and students at the Deccan
College Post-Graduate Research Institute, Pune, India.
Robbins G. (2001) Cannibalism: Bioarchaeology and Taphonomic
Signature.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International
Center for Cultural Studies, Nagpur, India.
Robbins G. (2000) Age Related Transformation and Paleodemography
at Damdama.
Paper presented at University of Oregon Anthropology Department
Fall Colloquium Series.
FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
Bone Histologist:
Species identification from calcined bone fragments, Donner
Party Project, Principal investigator Dr. J. Schablitsky (2005-
present).
Principal Investigator:
Human growth and development at Inamgaon, Nevasa, and Daimabad,
Deccan College Postgraduate Research Institute, India (2004-present).
Consultant:
Medical Examiner’s Office, Lane County (2004-2006)
Principal Investigator:
Age estimation and paleodemography at Inamgaon, Nevasa, and
Daimabad, Deccan College Postgraduate Research Institute, India
(2001).
Research Assistant:
Nutritional stress and LHPC in Maharashtran (India) tribal
populations. Principal investigators Dr. J.R. Lukacs and Dr. S.
Walimbe (2000).
Assistant Osteologist:
Analysis of previously unpublished remains from Maharashtran
Chalcolithic sites. Principal investigators Dr. J.R. Lukacs and
Dr. S. Walimbe (2000).
Assistant Director:
University of Oregon and American Samoa Community College
Archaeological Field School, Tutuila, American Samoa (1999).
Archaeological Lab Technician:
faunal analysis for the Carlon Village Project, Oregon State
Museum of Anthropology. Principal investigator Dr. George
Wingard (1997).
Archaeological Field Technician:
CRM for Oregon Department of Transportation Project in Hines,
Oregon State Museum of Anthropology. Principal investigators Dr.
T. Connolly and Dr. D. Jenkins (1997).
Archaeological Field Technician:
CRM for Oregon Department of Transportation Project in Salem,
Oregon State Museum of Anthropology. Principal investigators Dr.
T. Connolly and Dr. D. Jenkins (1997).
GRANTS AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
2003- 2004 American Institute of Indian Studies, Junior Research
Dissertation Fellowship ($14,225)
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Funding for 6 months of dissertation research on human growth and development at
Chalcolithic Sites of Inamgaon, Nevasa, and Daimabad
2003- 2004 George Franklin Dales Scholarship ($5,000)
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Funding for 6 months of research on histological age estimation for adults from
Inamgaon
2001 Fulbright Student Fellowship ($9,200)
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Funding for 12 months of dissertation research on paleodemography at Chalcolithic
Sites of Inamgaon, Nevasa, and Daimabad
2002 UO Department of Anthropology Travel Grant ($150)
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Funding for travel to present a poster at the AAPA Annual
Meeting
2000 Graduate Student Research Award, Graduate School,
University of Oregon ($400)
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Funding for dental histological section preparation for Master’s
research
2000 Research Assistantship, Dr. John Lukacs, University of
Oregon ($2,500)
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Funding for 2 months of research on cortical bone maintenance and LHPC in
Maharashtra, India
ACADEMIC AND TEACHING AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, U of O Department of Anthropology,
2001-2006
Homer Barnett Teaching Fellowship, U of O Department of
Anthropology, 2004-2005
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Departmental teaching award for doctoral candidates
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.
UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE-LEVEL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor,
Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University (Boone,
NC)
Courses taught: Introduction to Biological Anthropology,
Human Biological Variation, Human Osteology,
Bioarchaeology, Paleoanthropology of South Asia, Human
Evolution, Forensic Taphonomy,
Anthropology of Human Reproduction
Visiting Assistant Professor,
Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University (Boone,
NC)
Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Human Osteology, Bioarchaeology,
Anthropology of Human Reproduction.
Barnett Teaching Fellow,
Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon.
Summer 2005: Human Growth and Development
Spring 2005: Bioarchaeology
Visiting Instructor,
Social Science Department, Lane Community College (Eugene, OR).
Fall 2005, Winter 2006: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Spring 2004, Spring 2006: Introduction to Human Evolution
Spring 2006: Introduction to Archaeology
Graduate Student Teaching Fellow,
Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, 2001-2006.
Courses taught:
Human Evolution,
Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Evolution of
Human Sexuality, Primate Feeding and Nutrition,
Monkeys and Apes, People of India, Culture Contact,
Pacific Island Archaeology. Designed labs and discussion
sections, taught lab and discussion sections, conducted quizzes
and other assessments, graded exams and papers, and led review sessions.
Assistant Director of Archaeological Field School,
University of Oregon and American Samoa Community College, Pago
Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Peer Reviewer: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
peer reviewer,
National Science Foundation proposal reviewer, Pearson/Prentice Hall
textbook reviewer, McGraw-Hill textbook reviewer.
2005 to present
Academic Advisor:
Students in Biological Anthropology concentration of the
Bachelor of Science in Anthropology
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Appalachian State
University and the Town of Boone, NC
2007- present:
Developer, Coordinator, and Advisor for the
Biological Anthropology
concentration in the B.S. Anthropology, Appalachian State
University
2007- present:
Darwin Centennary Celebration 2009 Organizational Committee,
Appalachian State University
2007 - present: International Education Program South Asia
Committee, Appalachian State University
2007- present:
Core Curriculum Committee, Appalachian State University
2007 - present: Anthropology Department Search Committee,
Appalachian State University
Summer, 2007 Hartley
Cemetery Project: Osteological Identification of
Exhumations, Boone, NC.
2006 - present: Dewel-CAS Microscopy Facility Advisory
Committee, Appalachian State University
2006 - 2007: International Education Program South Asia
Working Group, Appalachian State University
April, 2007: NC State Undergraduate Education Assessment
Conference. Office of International Programs, Appalachian
State University
University of Oregon and City of Eugene, OR
2006-present: Web Master: Personal Home Page: http://www.appstate.edu/~Robbinsgm
2000 - 2006: Web Master: U of O Anthropology Department Home
Page: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~anthro
1998-2006: Web Master: Personal Home Page: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~grobbins
1999-2000: President, Association of Anthropology Graduate
Students, University of Oregon
1998: Assistant Organizer, Anthropology Department Colloquium,
University of Oregon
1994-1996: Member and Treasurer, New Zone Cooperative Art
Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
American Anthropological Association
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Paleopathology Association
Dental Anthropology Association
Human Biology Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Xi (Associate Member)
REFERENCES
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Professor
John Lukacs
Professor
Department
of Anthropology
University
of Oregon
Eugene, OR
97403
Phone:
541-346-5112
e-mail:
jrlukacs@uoregon.edu
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Professor
Debra Guatelli-Steinberg
Department
of Anthropology
The Ohio
State University
244 Lord
Hall
124 W.
17th Ave.
Columbus,
OH 43210
Phone:
614-292-9768
e-mail:
Guatelli-Steinbe.1@osu.edu
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Professor
Frances White
Assistant
Professor
Department
of Anthropology
University
of Oregon
Eugene, OR
97403
Phone:
541-346-5278
e-mail:
fwhite@uoregon.edu
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Dr. Guy
Tasa
Osteologist
Oregon
State Museum of Anthropology
University
of Oregon
Eugene, OR
97403
Phone:
541-346-3020
e-mail:
tasa@darkwing.uoregon.edu
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Professor
J. Josh Snodgrass
Assistant
Professor
Department
of Anthropology
University
of Oregon
Eugene, OR
97403
Phone:
541-346-4823
email:
jjosh@uoregon.edu |
Professor
Stephen Frost
Assistant
Professor
Department
of Anthropology
University
of Oregon
Eugene, OR
97403
Phone:
541-346-5102
e-mail:
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