Education
Amy Michael Professor in the Anthropology at the University of New Hampshire PhD in Biological Anthropology at Michigan State. Recorded July 11th, 2020 at Moseley Woods, MAAttending a religious high school in Morton Illinois. Seeing Sick of it All in Peoria when you were 15 and having your mind blown. Booking Hatebreed, One King Down, and Kill Your Idols in Peoria.Applying to the University of Iowa in 2001. Declaring a sociology major blindly. Almost failing out your first few years until taking an intro Anthropology course and finding your passion. Australopithecines, race/ancestry, and having your mind blown at 19. Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) and Homo Sapiens existing at the same time in Europe about ~35000 years ago. Amy has a tattoo of Shanidar 1. Demonstration of neanderthal cave art, intentional burying, and community care. The first peoples of Europe. The out of Africa vs. Multi-regionalism hypothesesMonte Verde site in Chile: Provided evidence showing that the human settlement of the Americas pre-dates the Clovis culture by roughly 1000 years.Mayans had no beasts of burden, all labor done by hand using stone toolsLiving in Iowa City 2001-2006: Seeing My Pet Robot morph into Modern Life Is War, Slipknot & Mudvayne. Challenging dogma and why that feels punk. Graduating with a BA in Anthropology, getting into forensics to challenge injustice. Using Outrage as motivation. Forensic anthropologists: Hard tissue analysis: Bones. Attending Michigan State for Forensic Anthropology Dissertation: dental microstructures in Mayan remains buried in different caves. Forensic odontologyOsteology and Iconography and lack of evidence for both in Mayan Sacrifices Discovery ancient burials in Belize and the issues of working with indigenous peoples remains. Imposter syndrome in Graduate school Lack of meritocracy in Job hunting and Professor jobs in the age of Covid. Confrontation in the classroom and 2020 teachable momentsHelping to solve a 106 year old Cold Case with the DNA Doe Project, The oldest homicide case solved through forensic genealogy. Video interview on the news. Putrefaction and using Dermestidae beetles to strip flesh