Anthropology Student Profiles and Projects
Check out the profiles and achievements of our current and recent students.
Project title: Finding Community through Music: The Summer Shade Pickers
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2024
Project title: Spatial Analysis of Turkic Monuments in Zuunkhangai, Mongolia
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2024
Project title: GIS Mapping to Predict Future Endangered Archaeological Sites in Mongolia
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2020
Publication
Ariana Pedigo. In Progress. GIS Mapping to Predict Future Endangered Archaeological
Sites in Mongolia.
Project title: Language and the Courtroom: Linguistic Strategies of Prosecuting Lawyers
in Assault Trials
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2018
Presentations
Elizabeth Thomas. 2019. Language and the Courtroom: Linguistic Strategies of Lawyers
in Trials. 49th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU.
Elizabeth Thomas. 2018. Language and the Courtroom - Linguistic Strategies of Lawyers in Trials. 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta.
Project title: Bioarchaeology and Paleodietary Analysis in Western Mongolia
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2017
Office of Scholar Development: Lifetime Experience Grant 2017
Presentations
Deborah Parrish, Jean-Luc Houle. 2018. Paleodietary Analysis of Xiongnu Individuals
in Zuunkhangai, Mongolia. 83rd Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Deborah Parrish, Jean-Luc Houle. 2018. Paleodietary Analysis of Xiongnu Individuals in Zuunkhangai, Mongolia. 48th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU.
Publication
Jean-Luc Houle, Matthew Fuka, Deborah Parrish, Jamsranjav Bayarshaikhan. In preparation.
A New Xiongnu Cemetery on the Periphery of the First Steppe Empire of Inner Asia.
Studia Archaeologica.
Project title: Visualizing Language: The Utilization of Virtual Reality and 360-Degree
Videography in Creating Second-Language Environments
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2017
Presentations
William Childers. 2017. Visualizing Language: The Utilization of Virtual Reality and
360-Degree Videography in Creating Second-Language Environments. 116th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC.
William Childers. 2017. Visualizing Language: Second Language Acquisition in Virtual Reality. 48th Annual Meeting of Anthropologists and Sociologists of Kentucky, Bowling Green.
William Childers. 2017. Visualizing Language: The Utilization of Virtual Reality and 360-Degree Videography in Creating Second-Language Environments. 47th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU.
Project title: White Perception of Muslims in Britain and the United States
Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2016
Diversity Abroad Grant 2016
Office of Scholar Development: Lifetime Experience Grant 2017
Presentations
Ashley Gilliam. 2018. A Comparative Study of How White-Identifying Populations View
Muslims in the US and UK. Posters at the Capital, Frankfort, KY.
Ashley Gilliam. 2017. How Muslims Are Viewed by White-Identifying Populations in the US and UK: A Qualitative and Quantitative Framework. 116th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC.
Ashley Gilliam. 2017. How Muslims Are Viewed by Majority White Populations in the UK: A Qualitative Framework. 47th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU.
Ashley Gilliam. 2017. Perceptions of Muslims in the UK: A Qualitative Framework for White-Identifying Populations' Views. Kentucky Honors Roundtable, Lexington.
Project title: Mobility and Ritual in Zuunkhangai Mongolia: Strontium-87/86 Isotopic
Analyses of Bronze Age Khirigsuur Horses
WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2015
American Center for Mongolian Studies Field Research Fellowship 2015
Project title: Origins of Bronze Age Horses in Khanuy Valley, Central Mongolia, Based
on Oxygen Isotope Compositions of Tooth Enamel
WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2014
WKU Office of Scholar Development Lifetime Experience Grant 2014
Presentations
Jean-Luc Houle, Heather Byerly. 2016. Climate and Causation? The Rise and Expansion
of the Xiongnu Empire. 7th Worldwide Conference of the Society for East Asian Archaeology, Cambridge/Boston.
Heather Byerly, Cheryl Makarewicz, Jean-Luc Houle. 2016. Ritual and Mobility: 87Sr/86Sr,
δ18O and δ13C Analyses of Bronze Age Khirigsuur Horses from Khanuy Valley, Mongolia.
7th Worldwide Conference of the Society for East Asian Archaeology, Cambridge/Boston.
Heather Byerly, Cheryl Makarewicz, Jean-Luc Houle. 2016. Ritual and Mobility: 87Sr/86Sr,
δ18O and δ13C analyses of Bronze Age Khirigsuur Horses from Khanuy Valley, Mongolia.
46th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU.
Heather Byerly, Cheryl Makarewicz, Jean-Luc Houle. 2015. Ritual and Mobility: δ18O and δ13C analyses of Bronze Age Khirigsuur Horses from Khanuy Valley, Mongolia. 80th Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
Heather Byerly. 2015. Ritual and Mobility: δ18O and δ13C analyses of Bronze Age Khirigsuur
Horses from Khanuy Valley, Mongolia. Second Annual Dr. Lindsey Powell Memorial Conference.
Heather Byerly. 2015. Ritual and Mobility: δ18O and δ13C analyses of Bronze Age Khirigsuur
Horses from Khanuy Valley, Mongolia. 45th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU.
Jean-Luc Houle, Heather Byerly. 2015. Climate and Causation: Social Dynamics during the Xiongnu Period in Mongolia. International Archaeology Conference on Steppe Silk Road, Beijing.
Publications
Jean-Luc Houle, Heather Byerly. In Revision. Climate and Causation? The Rise and Expansion of the Xiongnu Empire. Asian Perspectives.
Cheryl A. Makarewicz, Christine Winter-Schuh, Heather Byerly, and Jean-Luc Houle. 2018. Isotopic Evidence for Ceremonial Provisioning of Late Bronze Age Khirigsuurs with Horses from Diverse Geographic Locales. Quaternary International 476:70-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.02.030
Project title: Burning Resources: Traditional Fuel Use on the Mongolian Steppe
WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2014
Presentation
William Linder, Lee Broderick, Jean-Luc Houle. 2015. Burning Resources: Traditional
Fuel Use on the Mongolian Steppe. Current Ethnoarchaeology Conference, Rome.
Project title: Bioarchaeological Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Site 15Wa916, Warren
County, Kentucky
WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2014
Presentations
McElroy, Kate, Darlene Applegate. 2016. Bioarchaeological Analysis of Skeletal Remains
from Site 15Wa916, Warren County, Kentucky. 81st Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, Orlando.
Conner, Hannah, Kate McElroy, Darlene Applegate. 2014. Bioarchaeological Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Sites 15Wa399 and 15Wa916, Warren County, Kentucky. 44th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU.
Project title: Bioarchaeological Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Site 15Wa399, Warren
County, Kentucky
WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2014
Presentations
Conner, Hannah, Darlene Applegate. 2014. Early Woodland Non-Mound Bioarchaeology:
Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Site 15Wa399, Warren County, Kentucky. 71st Southeast Archaeological Conference Annual Meeting, Greenville, NC.
Conner, Hannah, Kate McElroy, Darlene Applegate. 2014. Bioarchaeological Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Sites 15Wa399 and 15Wa916, Warren County, Kentucky. 44th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU.
Project title: Archaeological Investigation of Historic Saltpeter Mining at Temple
Hill Saltpeter Cave, Barren County, Kentucky
WKU Faculty-Undergraduate Student Engagement (FUSE) Grant 2014
Presentations
Whitehead, Derrin, Kalli Beasley, Darlene Applegate. 2014. Archaeological Investigation
of Historic Mining at Temple Hill Saltpeter Cave, Barren County, Kentucky. Midwest Archaeology Conference Annual Meeting, Champaign, IL.
Whitehead, Derrin, Kalli Beasley, Darlene Applegate. 2014. Archaeological Investigation of Historic Mining at Temple Hill Saltpeter Cave, Barren County, Kentucky. 31st Annual Kentucky Heritage Council Archaeology Conference, Burkesville, KY.
Whitehead, Derrin, Kalli Beasley, Darlene Applegate. 2014. Archaeological Investigation of Historic Saltpeter Mining at Temple Hill Saltpeter Cave, Barren County, Kentucky. 44th Annual Student Research Conference, WKU.
Boone, Reilly, "Natural Mummies of Northern Europe: An Exploration into the Biocultural Importance of Bog Bodies" (2019). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 800. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Darlene Applegate, Dr. Jean-Luc Houle, and Dr. Christopher Keller
Brooks, Nathan. "https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/stu_hon_theses/887/" (2020). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 887. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Cole Crider, Prof. Charlotte Elder, Dr. Ashley Stinnett
Callis Goodwin, Mariah S.,"Gender and Gravestone Epitaphs: A Warren County Cemetery" (2013). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 404. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Kate Hudepohl
Culbreth, Caroline E., "Blood from Blood and Earth from Earth: Examining Cultural Identity in Second and Third Generation Hispanic Americans" (2015). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 552. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Kate Hudepohl
Dawson, Miriam, "Chinese Use of Shame in Sino-American Relations" (In Progress). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Ashley Stinnett
Eisenbrey, Emily M., "Masculinity in Musicals: A Comparison Between the 1950s and Present Day" (2011). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 299. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Kate Hudepohl
Faught, Chelsea, "Sustainable Messaging in Film: A Survey of a College Community" (2019). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 796. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Ashley Stinnett, Dr. Ted Hovet, and Siera Bramschreiber
Gilliam, Ashley, "White-Identifying Populations' Perceptions of Muslims in the United Kingdom and United States" (2018). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 765. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Ashley Stinnett, Dr. Kate Hudepohl, and Dr. Christopher Keller
Jackson, Mia J., "Refugee Services in Kentucky: A Case-Study of CEDARS in Bowling Green, KY" (2013). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 405. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Kate Hudepohl
Linder, William T., "Burning Resources: Traditional Fuel Uses on the Mongolian Steppe" (2015). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 588. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Jean-Luc Houle, Dr. Kate Hudepohl, and Dr. Darlene Applegate
Mitchell, Amanda, "Reaching the Otaku's Mecca: The Cultural Growth of Geeks Journeying in Japan" (2014). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 470. Advisor(s)
or Committee Chair: Dr. Kate Hudepohl, Dr. Lindsey Powell [posthumous]
Shaddix, Molly, "Does 'Good' Mean White? Understanding the Complexities of Refugee Resettlement in Bowling Green, Kentucky" (2022). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 979. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Tamara Van Dyken, Dr. Kate Hudepohl
Tallent, Daniel, "Communion in the South Union: An Archaeological Analysis of a Shaker Colony" (2009). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 220. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Darlene Applegate
Todd, Mollie, "Functions, Forms, and Accessibility of English as a Second Language Courses in South-Central Kentucky" (2017). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 715. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Kate Hudepohl
Vaughan, Matthew John, "Making WKU a Fair Trade University" (2011). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 324. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Sam McFarland, Dr. Darlene Applegate
Wade, Steven, "The Culture of Skydiving" (2011). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 291. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Kate Hudepohl
Williams, Roy IV, "Motivated to Learn: Motivational Differences in High School and University-Level Foreign Language Classroom Experiences" (2019). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 818. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Winkler, Dr. Ashley Stinnett
Willoughby, Ginny, "A Vocation in Preservation: An Ethnographic Study of Historic Preservation and Allied Trades" (2020). Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Paper 867. Advisor(s) or Committee Chair: Dr. Ashley Stinnett
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