Jaime Dyess

Department / Division

  • Archaeology

Title

  • Graduate Student

Jaime received her B.S. degree in Sociology and Anthropology with a concentration in Anthropology from Millsaps College in 2022. She has worked as an intern at Mississippi State University at the curation laboratory. She has experience excavating in Yucatan, Mexico and surveying in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Her research interests include ceramic analysis, colonization, identity and gender, and North American Archaeology.

Kendall Docherty

Department / Division

  • Archaeology

Title

  • Graduate Student

Kendall is from Pensacola, Florida. In 2024, she received a B.S. in Anthropology and B.S. in Geology from the University of Florida. She has had experience working at the Florida Museum and the Laboratory of Southeastern Archaeology in Gainesville, Florida. She is interested in Southeastern archaeology, human responses to climate change, and lithic technology. 

Audrey Dienes

Department / Division

  • Archaeology

Title

  • Graduate Student

Audrey earned a B.A. in Anthropology and a B.A. in History from Mississippi State University in December of 2023. She has worked in several labs within the Cobb Institute and as a student research assistant with the Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi project. Audrey has participated in excavations in Natchez, Mississippi and southern Israel.

Alexis Cutshall

Department / Division

  • Bioarchaeology

Title

  • Graduate Student

Lexi is from Philadelphia, PA. She attended Drew University for Undergraduate with a double major in Anthropology and Art History. After doing archival work at the United Methodist Archives, working in museums, and attending the ArchaeoTek Ossuary Excavation as part of the Lost Churches Project in Romania, Lexi is interested in continuing her work in bioarchaeology - focusing on health & disease. Her research interests include: paleopathology/anthropology, health & disease, public health and working with commingled/fragmentary remains.

Marley Cruise

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Department / Division

  • Cultural Anthropology

Title

  • Graduate Student

Regan Crider

Department / Division

  • Archaeology

Title

  • Graduate Student

Hello! My name is Regan Crider and I am originally from Edmond, Oklahoma. I graduated with a B.A in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma in May 2024 . My academic focus is on Southeastern Archaeology, with particular interests in remote sensing technologies, GIS applications in archaeology, and collaborative approaches to archaeological research.

I've developed experience through diverse roles, including working as a NAGPRA collections assistant at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History, assisting the Louisiana Division of Archaeology as a part of the USFWS Directorate Fellowship Program, and working as a cultural resource management field technician in Oklahoma.

Abigail Counts

Department / Division

  • Bioarchaeology

Title

  • Graduate Student

Abi is originally from Decatur, Alabama. She graduated from Mississippi State University in 2024 with a B.A. in Anthropology and a B.A. in Criminology. Her focus is bioarchaeology, and her research interests include violence and trauma, mass graves, and osteology.

Rachel Coppock

Department / Division

  • Bioarchaeology

Title

  • Graduate Student

I received my B.A. in Anthropology with a minor in Philosophy from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2024. I come from Pueblo, Colorado, and I am fortunate to have been able to do my undergraduate research there. My area of focus within Anthropology is Bioarchaeology. Broadly, my research interests include paleopathology, structural violence, and the embodiment of social identity.

Maya Chambers

Department / Division

  • Bioarchaeology

Title

  • Graduate Student

My name is Maya Chambers, I come from Collierville, Tennessee, and I completed my Bachelor's in Anthropology at Mississippi State University. I am focusing on bioarchaeology and curation, with interests in how and why we curate the deceased.