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Where are they now?

We often receive inquiries about the whereabouts of out Ph.D. graduates. In recent history - since the late 1990s - most of our graduates move into academics. Indeed, of the 32 Ph.D.s from the period of 1998 to 2004, two-thirds of them have an academic appointment. Most of the other graduates are in applied research. All are in an anthropology position of some manner.

We are actively seeking information on Ph.D.s who received their degree before 1998. Please contact the department chair (Clark Larsen), and let him know your whereabouts. We would very much like to hear from you.

OSU Graduate Ph.D. Year Title Employer
Cynthia J. Smith 1998 Lecturer Ohio State University
Zhiming Zhao 1998 Associate Professor State University of New York, Geneseo
Craig Keener 1998 President Professional Archaeological Services Team Inc.
Gillian Harper Ice 1998 Assistant Professor Ohio University
Alice J. Curtain 1998 Assistant Professor University of West Florida
Lori J. Fitton 1999 Assistant Professor Illinois State University
Nancy Baker Tatarek 1999 Assistant Professor Ohio University
Linda L. Ross 1999 Owner Hallenross and Associates, LCC (interpreter for deaf)
Yagoub Y. Abdullah 1999 Vice Provost National University of Kuwait
Lisa S. Chiteji 2000 Assistant Professor Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
Judith A. Corr 2000 Assistant Professor Grand Valley State University
Beverly Neal Rogers 2000 Associate Professor Missouri Valley College
Gang Chen 2000 Professor and Chair Yunnan University, People's Republic of China
Deborah S. Akers 2001 Lecturer Ohio State University
Melinda C. Kanner 2001 Associate Professor University of Houston
Hilton P. da Silva 2001 Associate Professor Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Erica D. Swarts 2001 Lecturer Columbus State Community College
Heather Edgar 2002 Research Assistant Professor University of New Mexico
Albert M. Pecora III 2002 President Ohio Valley Archaeological Consultants Inc.
Gail P. Myers 2002   Nonprofit
Hiroaki Kawamura 2002 Associate Professor University of Findlay
Katherine Mickelson 2002 Assistant Professor Rhodes College
Andrew Michelson 2002 Assistant Professor University of Memphis
Cheryl A. Johnston 2002 Assistant Professor Western Carolina University
Jacquelyn Robinson 2003 Assistant Professor Albany State University
Loren Lease 2003 Assistant Professor Youngstown State University
Lisa Mills 2003   Ohio Department of Health
Sharon Williams 2003 Assistant Professor Purdue University, West Lafayette
Scot E. Long 2003 Research Associate Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Stephen Zolvinski 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow International Rice Research Institute
Jarrod Burks 2004 Director Geophysical Survey and Research, Ohio Valley Archaeological Consultants Inc.
Jennifer Rice 2004   Private Employment
Crystal Patil 2004 Assistant Professor University of Illinois, Chicago
Jennifer P. Weinberger 2005 Archaeologist Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Maha al-Sejari 2005 Assistant Professor National University of Kuwait
Kimberly Williams 2005 Assistant Professor Temple University
Christopher Barrett 2005 Lecturer Ohio State University-Newark
Michael Harrower 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Los Angeles
Jason Parker 2006 Research Associate Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Elizabeth Nixon 2006 Assistant Professor Antioch College
Tammy Barette 2007 Assistant professor Keystone College
Kathy Brady-Rawlins 2007 Archaeologist Hopewell Cultural national Historical Park
Daniel Temple 2007 Visiting Assistant Professor University of Missouri
Shahna Arps 2007 Assistant Professor East Carolina University
Tracy Betsinger 2007 Assistant Professor State university of New York, College at Oneonta
James Gosman 2007   Private Practice, Orthopaedic Surgery
Haagen Klaus 2008 Assistant Professor Utah Valley State University
Michael Masters 2008 Lecturer Ohio State University

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