SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

A list of my publications is available in my CV here. All of my published works are available on Linked In or Google Scholar.

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Published in February 2026

This open access volume is the first dedicated to action within bioarchaeology and cognate disciplines, with the aim of fostering social and political change. The editors bring together a diverse range of bioarchaeologists and related practitioners whose work engages with some of the most pressing social issues facing humanity today, including infectious disease, structural violence, healthcare and inequitable access to resources, racial injustice, ethics, food insecurity, displacement, equitable education, and the intersections of these challenges with identities such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and disability. These issues explored in this volume are at the heart of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in 2015, and encapsulated in the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Each chapter makes explicit connections to contemporary issues and demonstrates how our work can be used to effect social change, offering practical steps for developing an activist lens in research, practice, and academia. This volume will be of interest to academics, practitioners, and students in bioarchaeology and related disciplines.

Theory of Change model for sustainable ethics and DEI reform in bioarchaeology

Special Issue of

Published in February 2025

The papers in the special issue underscore the urgent need for BIPOC leadership in developing policies and protocols for working with the skeletal remains of individuals. The history of anatomical sciences is fraught with racism. Our discipline was built on the bodies of people from communities that were intentionally marginalized for economic and political gain. The legacy of these actions continues to harm our discipline today and particularly still does harm to Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color. As biological anthropologists, we have a responsibility to be transparent about the past while dedicating time, effort, and resources to rectify unjust and unethical practices and make reparations for these acts.

Leaders of our professional associations, journals, funding agencies, and other institutions must take initiative to empower and support these efforts. In 2025, now more than ever, it is crucial to pause and reflect on our values and ethical principles as a discipline. Journal editors need to update their ethical standards and policies (e.g., Halcrow et al. 2024). Professional Associations must honor their commitments to develop more enforceable policies, as they did in response to publications and protests of the ‘Me Too’ movement that culminated in 2019. Academic institutions must create oversight boards and develop policies that require professionalism and strict protocols for working with human remains. Institutions of all kinds must work with descendant communities to decide on care for these individuals going forward.

These issues have been clearly articulated in numerous publications for everyone in our discipline to see, everyone present and future. How we choose to deal with these issues now reflects our values as a discipline, as individual researchers, and our commitment to fostering change within our discipline. We cannot continue to do business as usual. The time to pause unethical teaching and research practices is now. The time to support Black and Indigenous leadership is here. The future is watching.