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.

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.

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. 

Audrey received her B.A. in Anthropology at West Virginia University in 2024 with minors in Forensic Science and Criminology. She received her osteological training through the Center for American Archeology and participated in the West Virginia University Research Apprenticeship program during undergrad. Her research interests include forensic anthropology, human osteology, and osteological Identification of armed service members.

I graduated from the University of Central Florida with a major in Anthropology and a Minor in Biology. I have an interest in Bioarchaeology. 

Madeline Ballinger received her B.A. in Anthropology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2022. During undergrad she worked at the Center for Archaeological Investigations in Carbondale, IL and the Social Cognitive Development Lab at Southern Illinois University. Her research interests include commingled and fragmentary skeletal assemblages, Mediterranean archaeology, nonadult osteology, forensic anthropology, and linguistic anthropology.

Lydia Bailey received her B.A. in Anthropology with minors in Museum Studies and Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh in 2022. During her year off between her undergraduate and graduate school, Lydia worked as a historic interpreter and an archaeological technician in her home state of New Jersey. She has had internships at the University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Her research interests include childhood health, skeletal stress markers, nutritional deficiencies, comorbid conditions, and syndemics.

Jessie grew up in New York City in a Middle Eastern/ Latinx household, and she received her B.S. in Biological Anthropology with an interdisciplinary study in biology and chemistry in 2018 and B.A. in Anthropology in 2022 from CUNY-Lehman College. Her research focus includes forensic anthropology, human osteology, analysis of skeletal trauma particularly regarding cases of human rights violations, and bioarcheology. 

Laura Allen is from Riverhead, New York and graduated in 2024 from the University of New Hampshire with bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology and Earth Science. Her subfield of choice is bioarchaeology. Laura is interested in bioarchaeology of the Near East, historical bioarchaeology, dental anthropology, diet, and isotopic analysis.