2006-2007 Officers

Adrienne Witzel, President
awitzel@mail.utexas.edu

I am a Senior completing a double major in Anthropology and Religious Studies. My focus is primarily in the subdiscipline of Physical Anthropology. I have worked on several archaeological sites including the Gault Project and the mapping of a historic cemetery in Bastrop County. I spent the Summers of 2003 and 2004 traveling abroad. I am a four-year member of the Texas Archeological Society, and a current contributor to the eSkeletons Project. Upon graduation from UT in May 2007, I will complete a senior honors thesis which will include an analysis of the dentition in a prehistoric Native American population. I plan to pursue a graduate degree in Paleoanthropolgy in the coming years. (Personal Website)

John Tomecek, Vice President
john.tomecek@gmail.com

I am a third-year undergraduate student, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Anthropology, focus in Folklore, and a Bachelor of Arts in Czech Language and Culture. Upon my graduation in 2008, I intend to pursue graduate studies in the area of Folklore and Folklife, especially with regard to the Czech lands and Slovakia.

Carrie Cunningham, Secretary
carrie_noel2499@mail.utexas.edu

I am a Senior Cultural Anthropology student with a focus on modern race and gender relations and a minor in English. I participated in paleontological field work under Chris Kirk during January of 2006 and I studied Language and Culture in Cordoba Argentina during the summer of 2006. Upon graduation in May of 2007, I intend to work and save towards traveling and pursuing anthropological graduate studies abroad.

Brianne Cryer, Treasurer
breebox2@mail.utexas.edu

I am a Senior Cultural Anthropology major with a concentration in feminist and queer theory. I studied language and culture in France summer of 2005 and am currently participating in ethnographic research and the writing of a thesis on the role of performance in the denaturalization of gender. After graduating May of 2007, I plan to take a year for “real world experience” (ie. academically relevant job/internship) before entering into graduate studies for Cultural Anthropology.

Lana Martin, Webmaster
shinycrazydiamond@yahoo.com

I am a fifth-year Senior in Anthropology with a focus in Archaeological Studies and Geography. I have worked on two Texas archaeological sites: the Stallings Ranch (41LR297) in Paris and the McNeil-Gonzales Ranch (41VT141) in Victoria. Currently I am researching and writing a senior honors thesis on the burial inclusions of the Crestmont site (41WH39), a prehistoric Texas inland coastal cemetery. After graduating in May 2007, I hope to pursue a career in CRM before continuing research on Texas Archaeology in graduate school. (Personal Website)

Amber Lutz, Newsletter Editor

amberlutz@mail.utexas.edu
I am a Senior currently pursuing degrees in Biology, Anthropology and Archaeology. After graduation, I plan to pursue a PHD in pathology or medical anthropology. Eventually, I would like to work as a paleopathologist and create models of disease transmission in ancient civilizations. My research interests include evolution of disease as well as variable cultural responses to mechanisms of disease transmission. During the summer of 2006, I participated in UT's archaeological field school at the McNeil-Gonzales Ranch (41VT141) in Victoria County, TX. I am currently a member of the Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association as well as the Texas Archeological Society.

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