Graduate Students

• AGOLLI, ESMERALDA - alda.esmer@gmail.com, alda.agolli@ucla.edu
  (PhD Candidate - Dissertation Title: The Shaping of Social Complexity, Networks and Cultural Transmissions: Pottery from the Bronze and Iron Age Communities of Southern Illyria (2500 – 500 BC) Masters Thesis: The Evolution of Household Pottery Production in the Iron Age Pottery of the Kamenicë Tumulus in Southeast Albania: Toward New Principles, Theories and Methodologies in Pottery Studies.) Subfield: Economic Anthropology, Social Organization and Small World Interactions and Networks, Cultural Transmissions and Boundaries, Models of Evolution.
  Research Interest: Pottery Technologies and Distribution in the Late Prehistoric Communities of the Balkan Region. Special focus on Albania. Comparative analysis on Kosovo, Macedonia, Epirus, Greece and Southern Italy.
• AUSTIN, ANNE ELIESE - aeaustin@ucla.edu
  (2007-2009 UCLA, Los Angeles, CA M.A., Interdepartmental Program of Archaeology 2002-2006 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA B.A. Cum Laude, Anthropology) Subfield: Bioarchaeology, Phaoronic Egypt, Gender Construction, Embodiment, Identity Construction, Disability Studies
  Research Interest: From 2008-2010, I have lead the Karanis Cemetery Survey Project. This mission is focused around properly documenting the surface skeletal material and architecture for the cemetery of Karanis, a Greco-Roman town in Egypt's Fayum region. During this time, I have also done research combining bioarchaeological data with art historical in order to understand patterns of gender construction in different periods of pharaonic Egypt, specifically the 5th and 6th dynasties and Amarna Period. For my dissertation, I will use similar theoretical constructs surrounding the interrelationship between identity and the body in order to better understand the role of disability in ancient Egypt.
• CARLSON, EVAN ANDERS - eacarlsn@ucla.edu
  (MA in Anthropology, Columbia University (2010) BA in Classical and Near Eastern Civilizations, Greek, and Computer Science, Creighton University (2008)) Subfield: Near Eastern Archaeology
  Research Interest: Ancient urbanism, power relations, mobility, phenomenology, temporality, spatial theory
• CHEW, KATHRYN JIN-JI CAHILL - chewk@ucla.edu
  
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• CHYKERDA, CHRISTOPHER MYLES - mchykerda@shaw.ca
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• COLLINS, CLAIRE ALIKI - cacollins@ucla.edu
  
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• DAVEY, JACK - daveyja@gmail.com
  (MA-Archaeology, 2008, University of California, Los Angeles Thesis Title: Mortuary Variation at Yean-ni, an Iron Age cemetery in Kimhae, South Korea. BA-Anthropology, Archaeology emphasis, 2003, Whitman College) Subfield: IDP
  Research Interest: East Asian archaeology especially Bronze and Iron Age Korea, mortuary archaeology, paleopathology and paleodemography, state formation, culture contact (migration, conquest, and transmission of technology), synthesizing archaeological data with historical texts, nationalism and archaeology in East Asia.
• DE ALARCON, TESSA - tdealarcon@gmail.com
  
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• DOAN, LILY THUY LY - lilydoan@gmail.com
  (M.A. 2012, UCLA/Getty Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials)
  Research Interest: (MA Thesis) From ethnographic to contemporary: How an artist interview may direct the study and treatment of a Balinese cili figure
• DOLPH, BRITTANY HELEN - brittany.dolph@gmail.com
  (BA Anthropology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2006) Subfield: Conservation
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• DROLET, ELIZABETH JOHNSON - drolet@gmail.com
  
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• FLEMING, CHELSEY QUINNE - cqf201@gmail.com
  
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• FONG, KELLY - kelfong@ucla.edu
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• FUENTES, AYESHA - ayesha.fuentes@gmail.com
  (2014 MA in Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials, UCLA/Getty Conservation Training Program 2011 MA in Art History, Tufts University 2003 BA in Art/Religion, Williams College) Subfield: Conservation
  Research Interest: Human remains; Arts and monuments of South and Central Asia; Social history of conservation; Cultural heritage management in post-conflict regions
• GRIFFIN, LAURA - lgriff5@gmail.com
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• GRISWOLD, GENEVA J - geneva.griswold@gmail.com
  (BA Art History and Hispanic Studies, Scripps College MA Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art MA Program in the Conservation of Ethnographic and Archaeological Material, UCLA-Getty)
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• GUPTA-AGARWAL, SONALI - sonaliga@ucla.edu
  (Archaeology Program, UCLA, M.A. Archaeology, 2009 Thesis: "Learning from learning: Cultural transmission and the impetus behind consumer demand using ceramics-Karanis: a case study" Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India LL.B., 2001 Department of History, University of Delhi, India M.A. History, 1998 Ancient Indian History & Archaeology. Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India B.A. History (Hons), 1996 National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation & Museum studies. New Delhi, India Course:India: Art & Culture, 1997 & Art Appreciation, 1995 ) Subfield: Egyptian Archaeology, Cultural Transmission, Anthropology, Greco-Roman period
  Research Interest: Egyptian Archaeology: Greco Roman period Indian Archaeology: Early Historic period Encyclopedia of Egyptology: Editorial assistant, 2008-2010 Courses Taught: Winter 2009, TA: Classics: Roman Art & Archaeology Spring 2009, TA: Anthropology: Introduction to archaeology Spring 2011, TA: Classics: Greek Art & Archaeology Fall 2011, TA: Art History: Ancient Art Winter 2012, TA: Medieval Art Spring 2012, TA: South Asian & South East Asian Art Spring 2012, TA: NELC: Egyptian Religion Reader: UCLA, Los Angeles: Anthro 114P, Mesoamerican Archaeology, Winter, 2012 Anthro 116A, Archaeology of South Asia, Spring 2011 Anthro 116A, Archaeology of South Asia, Spring 2010 Anthro 8, Introduction to Archaeology, Summer 2009
• HEIN, ANKE MARION - ankehein@ucla.edu
  (expected Summer 2013: PhD in Archaeology, UCLA, Dissertation Title: Prehistoric Cultures of the Liangshan Area –Cultural Contacts and Local Preconditions in a Multiregional Interaction Sphere 2011-2011: Visting Graduate Student, Department of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, China May 2009: Advancement to Candidacy for the Doctoral Degree at the University of California, Los Angeles. Since September 2007: Enrolled in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Archaeology, focusing on Chinese Archaeology 2006-2007: Visting Graduate Student, Department of Archaeology and Museum Studies, Peking University, China July 2006: Masters Degree in Classical Sinology, History of East Asian Art and European Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Heidelberg; Thesis Title: (Re-)Establishing Texts? – The Question of the ‘Authenticity’ of the Chinese Textual Heritage as seen from Excavated and Received Material on the Guicang 2001-2002: Exchange Student, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China August 2000: Berlitz Diploma June 1999: A-level at the Karl-Friedrich Classical Secondary School, Mannheim) Subfield: Chinese Archaeology
  Research Interest: Chinese Archaeology, Southeast Asian Archaeology, Central Asia, East Asian Art History, Chinese History, Textual Transmission, European Prehistoric Archaeology, Southwestern China, Migration, Cultural Contact, Ethnoarchaeology, GIS In my PhD thesis I am planning to focus on Southwest China, especially on the Liangshan region, which is one of the few areas on the territory of modern-day China where chronology, cultural sequence and cultural affiliation of the known archaeological sites are still largely unclear. One of the main reasons for this deficit is the multitude of different cultures and ethnic groups that have intermingled in this area since the late Neolithic. Material therefore provides an opportunity to reconsider general questions of cultural contact and exchange as well as ethnic identity and diversity, issues which are of paramount importance also in modern-day China.
• HILL, KEVIN BASSETT - kbhill@ucla.edu
  
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• HSIEH, ELLEN - ellenhsieh9999@gmail.com
  Subfield: IDP
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• JOHNSTON, CHRISTINE LEIGH - cljohnston@ucla.edu
  
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• JONES, TERRAH - temjones@ucla.edu
  
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• KALRA, KANIKA - kanikak@ucla.edu
  (MA Archaeology, UCLA Spring 2011; MA History, University of Delhi 2006 ) Subfield: South Asia
  Research Interest: Archaeology of Medieval South Asia; surface surveys; ceramic analysis; landscape archaeology; texts and archaeology.
• KAUFMAN, BRETT - bkaufman@ucla.edu
  
  Research Interest: Archaeology, Anthropology, Archaeometallurgy, Phoenician Studies, Bronze and Iron Age Levant
• LA FAVRE, KARL JEFFREY - klafavre@ucla.edu
  (BA University of Chicago 2007, MA UCLA 2011)
  Research Interest: Archaic and Formative Lake Titicaca, relationships between Andes and Amazonia/eastern slopes, leadership and politics in intermediate societies, landscapes and settlement patterns, architecture, publication of archaeological data on the Internet
• LAM, SUSANNA - susannalam@ucla.edu
  (MA (2008) in Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles. Thesis title: A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Shang and Zhou Jades: Their Possible Sources BA (1997) in Anthropology and Broadcast/Cable, The Pennsylvania State University) Subfield: IDP
  Research Interest: Central Asia, the Sogdians, trade and exchange between medieval China and Sasanian Persia, the Silk Routes
• LAU, HANNAH KWAI-YUNG - hannah.lau@ucla.edu
  (MA 2011 Archaeology, University of California-Los Angeles BA 2009 Anthropology and History, University of Pennsylvania ) Subfield: Zooarchaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology
  Research Interest: Near East, Anatolia and the Southern Caucasus, Zooarchaeology and its implications for reconstructing political economy and historical ecology, Economic Anthropology, Emergent Political Complexity
• LEDOUX, NICOLE DANIELLE - nledoux@ucla.edu
  (BA Anthropology, Harvard University, 2007) Subfield: Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials
  Research Interest: Treatment techniques for basketry, beadwork, leather, and other materials at the interface of objects and textiles, archaeological conservation, history of museum conservation and restoration practices, ethical and cultural considerations in conservation; MA Thesis (2012)- An Investigation of Loss Compensation Materials for the Conservation of Coiled Basketry
• LEE, HSIU-PING - leehsiuping@ucla.edu
  
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• LEHNER, JOSEPH (SEPPI) W. - jwlehner@ucla.edu
  (C.Phil 2011 Archaeology, University of California-Los Angeles MA 2009 Archaeology, University of California-Los Angeles BS 2006 Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Subfield: Archaeology
  Research Interest: Near East, Anatolia and Central Asia, economic anthropology, social history of technology and economy, network structure, large political systems, archaeological sciences
• LEVINE, ABIGAIL - abigail.levine@ucla.edu
  Subfield: Anthropology
  Research Interest: Highland Andean archaeology (Lake Titicaca basin), evolutionary theory for the development of economic specialization, architectural correlates of social change, ceramic analysis, lithic sourcing, multivariate statistics
• LIN, KUEI-CHEN - kueichen@ucla.edu
  (C. Phil. in Archaeology, 2010, University of California, Los Angeles. Ph.D. Topic: Social complexity and inter/regional interactions, exemplified by the Sichuan Basin, China of the Bronze Age. MA, 2006, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Thesis Title: Rejoining Anyang oracle bones by using computer science methods. MS-Computer Sciences, 2002, University of Southern California. ) Subfield: Chinese Archaeology; Computational Archaeology
  Research Interest: Computer applications in archaeology; Modeling and simulation; Archaeometry, Exchange networks; Complexity theory; History of science and technology; Southwestern China; Taiwan; Southeast Asia.
• LOHNAS, DAWN ELISE - delohnas@ucla.edu
  
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• MAHONY, CAITLIN CAROL - caitlinmahony@gmail.com
  
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• MALLINCKRODT, CATHERINE SCOTT - cmallinckrodt@mac.com
  
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• MOY, RACHEL - rachelmmoy@gmail.com
  
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• NEIMAN, MADELEINE KEGELMAN - madeleineneiman@yahoo.com
  
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• NIGRA, BENJAMIN T. - bennigra@gmail.com
  (B.A. University of Chicago, 2009) Subfield: IDP
  Research Interest: Archaeology of the south-central Andes, Middle Horizon state expansion, borderlands, 'bottom-up' core/periphery interaction, economic anthropology, landscape and structural patterning, residue analysis, modern social and economic consequences of archaeological research.
• NORTH, ALEXIS E - alexisnorth@ucla.edu
  (B.A. New York University, Double Major: Anthropology and Classics (2006)) Subfield: Conservation, archaeological and ethnographic materials
  Research Interest: Conservation and storage of human remains, Late Antique archaeology, mortuary traditions, paleoanthropology
• OHERN, ROBIN REBECCA - robinohern@ucla.edu
  (B.A. Swarthmore College; Master of Theological Studies Harvard Divinity School) Subfield: Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials
  Research Interest: On The Surface: A Cultural and Scientific Analysis of Two West African Komo Masks' Surfaces (MA thesis)
• OLSHANSKY, KRISTINE - kristineolsh@yahoo.com
  
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• PIETRICOLA, HILLARY - hpietric@ucla.edu
  
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• PRATT, CATHERINE ELIZABETH - cepratt@ucla.edu
  (B.A. Classical Archaeology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; M.A. Archaeology, UCLA) Subfield: Archaeology
  Research Interest: Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age interaction between Near Eastern and Aegean cultures, focusing on post-colonial theoretical models and their application to pre-history.
• RASHIDI, JENNIFER - jbybee@ucla.edu
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• SALWEN, STEPHANIE ANNE - ssalwen@ucla.edu
  (B.A. 2007, Anthropology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor) Subfield: IDP
  Research Interest: North American archaeology, California, complex hunter-gatherers and foundations of complex society, economic anthropology, exchange systems, maritime societies and technological innovation.
• SCOTT, CINDY LEE - clas@ucla.edu
  Subfield: Conservation of Archaeological and Ethmographic Materials
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• SIMPSON, BETHANY - simpsonb@ucla.edu
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• STAPLETON, LYSSA - lstapleton@ucla.edu
  (MA, 2008 University of California, Los Angeles Thesis Title: "Married to death: grave goods and social status at the Lofkënd tumulus".) Subfield: Eastern European Prehistory
  Research Interest: Cultural heritage law, ancient textiles, museum studies, mortuary ritual and material culture, gender and archaeology.
• TZADIK, CARINNE CHAVA - ctzadik@ucla.edu
  
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