Graduate Students

Current Students

Name Status Research Interests
Amy Klemmer PhD, continuing (ABD) climate change and prehistoric fishing strategies in coastal Ecuador, analysis of faunal remains from the site of Rio Chico
Laura Monahan PhD, continuing zooarchaeology in the Midwest, analysis of faunal remains from the site of Aztalan (47-JE-1) in Wisconsin
Katie Cianciola MS, continuing Nazca textiles, Andean archaeology, museum studies
Reagan Herdt MS, continuing analysis of shell remains from the Rio Chico site, coastal Ecuador, museum studies
Alyssa Rieger MS, continuing Milwaukee legacy collections, museum studies, public outreach
Calleigh Wondra MS, continuing knowledge production in museum contexts

Completed Degrees

Jordan Fourshee MS, completed 2022 Differentiating Human from Nonhuman Bone: Insights from a Medical Examiner’s Collection, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Rebekeh Ernat MS, completed 2019 Prehistoric Humans and Elk (Cervus canadensis) in the Western Great Lakes: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
Andrew Saleh MS, completed 2019 Using Historic GLO Data and GIS to Assess Potential for Local Bison (Bison bison) near Two Wisconsin Late Prehistoric Oneota Localities
Madison Auten MS, completed 2018 Ancient Andean Tattooing Practices
Amy Klemmer MS, completed 2018 A Zooarchaeological Study of Fishing Strategies over Time at the Rio Chico Site on the Central Coast of Ecuador
Emily Mueller Epstein PhD, completed 2017 Nobi Ni-Tse’tse’ede (House on the Cold One): Northern Great Basin Archaic Hunter-Gatherer Household Archaeology, Harney County, Oregon
Victor Ponte MS, completed 2016 Regional Perspective of Recuay Mortuary Practices: A View from the Hinterlands, Callejon de Huaylas, Peru
Rebecca Fetzer MS, completed 2015 Collecting in Context: A Study of the Milwaukee Public Museum’s French Paleolithic Faunal Collection
Kristen Mottl MS, completed 2015 Re-examined and Re-defined: An Exploration and Comparative Analysis of Moche Ceramic Vessels in the Milwaukee Public Museum Collections
Zachary Stencil MS, completed 2015 Vertebrate Evidence for Diet and Food-processing at the Multicomponent Finch Site (47-Je-0902) in Jefferson County, Southeastern Wisconsin
Diane Newbury MS, completed 2014 Andean Archaeological Featherwork at the Milwaukee Public Museum: A Case Study in Researching Potential Context for Limited Provenience Artifacts
Megan Leigle MS, completed 2014 An Intra-site Spatial Analysis of Selected Faunal Remains from Aztalan (47-Je-01)
Rachel McTavish MS, completed 2013 Faunal Subsistence Strategies among Initial Period Coastal Fishers at the Gramalote Site in the Moche Valley of Peru
Ralph Koziarski PhD, completed 2012 Meskwaki Fur Trade Economics: The Zooarchaeology of Cultural Contact
Mathew Warwick PhD, completed 2012 In the Shadow of the Penon: A Zooarchaeological Study of Formative Diet, Economy, and Sociopolitics in the Riod Pukara Valley, Peru
Katie Ross MS, completed 2011 Counting the Discounted: A Preliminary Zooarchaeological Study of Swiss Lake-Dwelling Collections in Two U.S. Museums
Peter Grimm MS, completed 2010 Vertebrate Resource Utiization at the McCauley Site (47-WN-222): Impacts of the Fur Trade on Subsistence and Seasonality in Eastern Wisconsin
Paul Johnson MS, completed 2009 The Hebior Mammoth: Skeletal Analysis and Experimental Butchery for Proboscidean and Paleoindian Interaction in Southeastern Wisconsin
Emily Mueller MS, completed 2007 Multi-Tasking on the Mountain: An Analysis of a Northern Great Basin Zooarchaeological Assemblage, Mortar Riddle Site (35HA2627), Steens Mountain, Oregon
Roberta Boczkiewicz MS, completed 2004 What’s Good for the Goose: The Use of Faunal Remains to Identify the Ethnicity and Economic Status of a Pomeranian Immigrant Farmstead
Ralph Koziarski MS, completed 2004 Vertebrate Resource Utilization at the Late Prehistoric Component of the Bell Site
Peter Fantle MS, completed 2003 Archaic Period Marine Mammal Hunting Strategies on the South Coast of Peru
Vanesa Zeitz MS, completed 2002 Pass the Duiker Please: Spatial Analysis of Animal Bone to Identify Social Differences
Matthew Warwick MS, completed 2002 A Diachronic Study of Animal Exploitation at Aztalan