Anthropology
Erin Kimmerle
Erin Kimmerle
Assistant Professor
Contact
Office: SOC 118
Phone: 813/974-5139
Email:
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Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
M.A., Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B.A., Anthropology, Hamline University
Teaching
Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, Osteology, Bioarchaeology, Introduction to Forensic Science.
Research
My research takes a population approach to study variation in aging, growth, and development as it is applied to facial recognition, human identification, demography, and trauma analysis. Demography is important for interpreting human variation and is increasingly becoming an important tool for the strategy of both Prosecutors and Defense lawyers in genocide and war crime trials. As an applied biological anthropologist, I am interested in both the underlying skeletal biology and variation of populations and the ways in which such information is used to enforce human rights through transitional justice initiatives, such as international criminal trials.
Graduate Students
Casey Anderson, Rhonda Coolidge, Meryle Dotson, Annette M. Doying, Christina Echazabal, Melissa Pope, Samantha Seasons
Current Courses