
Associate Professor
Biological Anthropologist
mkz12@msstate.edu(662) 325-2013
Address
P.O. Box AR Mississippi State MS 39762
VitaProfessional Interests
Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, skeletal biology, evolution of infectious disease, epidemiological transitions, bioarchaeology of social identity, early modern English bioarchaeology, gender studies.
My research centers on the bio-social determinants of health inequalities among past populations, with a particular focus on social identity and gender, and on the evolution of infectious disease, with a focus on syphilis and the treponematoses. I am associated with ongoing bioarcheological research projects in the UK, Mongolia, and St. Croix.