We are proud to announce the graduation of Sarah Zaleski with a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Florida!  

We are proud to announce her graduation from the University of Florida. She will be attending Oklahoma State University to pursue a Ph.D. in anatomy with an Anatomy and Vertebrate Paleontology track. This program will aid her in pursuing a future career teaching medical gross anatomy, development, histology, and neuroanatomy. She has expressed her excitement to work with her new mentor, Dr. Snivley, who has been delightful in their exchanges even before she began the program. We are overjoyed over her acceptance to graduate school and continued pursuit of research. Best of luck Amanda!

If you would like to follow her future research endeavors please follow the link: https://anpresearch.wordpress.com/

As well as her bone articulation blog: https://animalarticulation.com/

We proudly announce her graduation from University of Florida with a bachelor’s in Chemistry. Her work in the Deleon lab studying parafloccular growth in newborns and adult primates has been an incredible addition to our ongoing research efforts. She will be attending the University of Arkansas in Fall of 2022 to complete a Master’s program in Anthropology, where she is eager to begin conducting research focusing on primate dentition. We are overjoyed over her acceptance to graduate school and continued pursuit of research in primate morphology. Best of luck Molly!

Hyoid Growth in rhesus macaques

Check out Andree’s infographic on her recent publication “Growth and sexual dimorphism of the hyoid body in Macaca mulatta” in the International Journal of Primatology.

Read her article here: https://rdcu.be/b4Tr6

Click on Andree’s profile to learn more about her research!

Molly, Rose, Ciele, and Dr. DeLeon’s paper, “Selective Breeding in Domestic Dogs: How Selecting for a Short Face Impacted Canine Neuroanatomy,” was accepted for First Look. Congrats to these lab members on this cool research! 

One of our undergrads, Laura Haynes, was awarded a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant by the Davis Foundation through the University of Florida! Her project was called “Conservation Through Color: Creating a coloring book to further environmental education in Madagascar.” This summer she would have been packing her suitcase full of crayons and setting out to fund women artists to illustrate a book. The final product would have been a coloring book about environmental education to be distributed to primary-age children. While this has unfortunately been canceled due to COVID-19, she is hopeful for what next year will bring. Congrats Laura!

Congratulations to Raphaela on her William S. Pollitzer Student Travel Award! She received this award for her essay on addressing the meaning of ‘race’ in teaching. This award is funded by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) to help students defray the costs of attending the AAPA meetings.

Last week Bree and Raphaela traveled to Anaheim, California for the first time to attend the annual American Academy of Forensic Sciences conference. Thousands of individuals gathered at this conference for workshops, discussions, and presentations. This year’s theme was Crossing Borders. While there, they were able to catch up with esteemed UF alumni from our Anthropology Department (pictured above)! During this week long adventure, Bree and Raphaela attended research presentations, business meetings, and several poster sessions. This gave insight into current developments and ongoing research in the field!

Sarah was awarded a Graduate Student Research Grant from Lambda Alpha, the National Anthropology Honor Society. The grant funded Sarah’s data collection trip to the National Museum of Natural History in October.