{"id":103,"date":"2015-01-12T13:41:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T19:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/anthropology\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:36:57","slug":"dissertations-theses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/anthropology\/students\/graduate\/dissertations-theses\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissertations &amp; Theses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2025\"><a name=\"20-Present\"><\/a>2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Braun, Emily<br>Finding a Few Trees: An Osteology Out Approach to Provisional Identification of Single Osteological Late Children from the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery 2 (1882-1925) (MS, 2025). Advisor: S. Freire.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DeMedicci, Jaclyn<br>Form Versus Function: Experimental Archaeology and Identity in the Study of Iron Age Mediterranean Loom Weights (PhD, 2025). Advisor: B. Arnold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Herdt, Reagan<br>An Analysis of Marine Mollusk Exploitation at Rio Chico, Ecuador (MS, 2025). Advisor: J. Hudson.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kriefall, Megan<br>Whose Story Is Told? Interpretation, Indigenous Representation, and Public Archaeology at Aztalan State Park, Wisconsin (MS, 2025). Advisor: J. Sherman.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morgan, Crystal<br>All Is Not Lost: Comparing Remote Sensing Methodologies and Embracing Community Engaged Research Practices to Search for Unmarked Graves at Maple Grove Cemetery (47BAS0012) in Marengo, WI (MS, 2025). Advisor: J. Haas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parker, Bailey<br>Immigration of Images: Headstone Iconography in Ireland and Milwaukee (1840 to 1970) (MS, 2025). Advisor: J. Haas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pelisek, Grace<br>The Frederick Stanton Perkins Collection: Determining Provenience for Wisconsin Archaeological Items in a Foundational Legacy Collection at the Milwaukee Public Museum (MS, 2025). Advisor: J. Haas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phillips, Erica<br>The Right Thing to Do If It Were Possible: The Tira de Santa Catarina Ixtepeji of Oaxaca, Mexico and Valuations of the Authentic and Real in the Age of Digital Repatriation (MS, 2025). Advisor: W. Wood.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rieger, Alyssa<br>Provenience, Provenance, and Place-Based Education: An Examination of the Milwaukee County Archaeology Surface Collection at the Milwaukee Public Museum (MS, 2025). Advisor: J. Hudson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2024\">2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Boncal, Sarah<br>An Analysis of Spinal Pathology and Trauma of the Individuals Interred at the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery, 1882-1925 (PhD, 2024). Advisor: P. Richards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fehring, Mikayla<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unlocking the Past: The Raetian Culture and the Frankfurth Legacy at the Milwaukee Public Museum (MS, 2024). Advisor: B. Arnold.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jacksack, Andy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Care Among Strangers: Empathy and Care at a Midwest Crisis Hotline (MS, 2024). Advisor: P. Brodwin.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lorenzen, Hailey<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis Knowledge Bears with It Certain Responsibilities to God and Our Fellow Men\u201d: Missionary Motivations, Collecting Behavior, and the Wenberg Collection at the Milwaukee Public Museum (MS, 2024). Advisor: J. Sherman.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Piatek, Timothy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Old Copper Complex in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin: Giving New Life to Legacy Collections at the Milwaukee Public Museum Through Typology and Provenience (MS, 2024). Advisor: J. Haas.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rowe, Christopher<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Organic Residue Analysis and Archaeology: A Critical Evaluation of ORA Methods (MS, 2024). Advisor: B. Arnold.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Schulenburg, Marcus<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Early Village Communities: Fort Ancient Village Formation in the Middle Ohio Valley (PhD, 2024). Advisor: A. Lemke.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Schutte, Bryan<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A Non-Invasive Approach to Historic Cemetery Studies in Milwaukee and Germany: Was the American Dream Worth It? (MS, 2024). Advisor: J. Sherman.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smith, Ashley<br><a href=\"https:\/\/minds.wisconsin.edu\/handle\/1793\/94853\">Covariation and Modularity in Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Thoracolumbar Vertebrae<\/a> (MS, 2024). Advisor: E. Middleton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2023\">2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Butler, Ariel<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Squaring The Circle: Talking About Accessibility at Discovery World (Ms, 2023). Advisor: K. Applbaum.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559685&quot;:720}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cianciola, Katherine<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Imagery in Nasca Cross-Knit Looped Textiles from the Milwaukee Public Museum (MS, 2023). Advisor: J. Hudson.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DeMaio, Anastasia<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cArtifacts of Stone and Pottery\u201d: An Analysis of the Linn Site (IAS U-28) Collection at the Milwaukee Public Museum (MS, 2023). Advisor: J. Sherman.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Driscoll, Joshua<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dc.uwm.edu\/etd\/3138\/\">Strategic Drinking: The Archaeology of Alcohol in Early Iron Age West Central Europe<\/a> (PhD, 2023) Advisor: B. Arnold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Frank, Katrina<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One Day at a Time, Four Decades Apart: An Analysis of the Doxic, Mimetic, and Diagnostic Performances in the Original and Rebooted Pilots of the Classic Norman Lear Show (MS, 2023). Advisor: T. Malaby.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gansemer, Rebekah<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dc.uwm.edu\/etd\/3149\/\">Visibility and Intervisibility: A Viewshed Analysis of the Oneota Component of the Lake Koshkonong Locality<\/a> (MS, 2023) Advisor: R. Jeske<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Janik, Tarryl<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dc.uwm.edu\/etd\/3165\/\">Soul Quest Church of Mother Earth: Ayahuasca Decriminalization and the Struggle of an Institution to Become a Church<\/a> (PhD, 2023) Advisor: I. Jordt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lara, Joseph<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dc.uwm.edu\/etd\/3178\/\">Monitoring Welfare in Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Using Individual Positional Behavior and Substrate Use Profiles<\/a> (MS, 2023) Advisor: E. Middleton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manresa, Armando<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dc.uwm.edu\/etd\/3187\/\">The Role of Fake and Fraudulent Objects Within the Museum Context: A Case Study of Tiwanaku Ceramics in the Milwaukee Public Museum Collection<\/a> (MS, 2023) Advisor: W. Wood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Milosavljevic, Tania<br>A Paleoethnobotanical Comparison of Mortuary and Village Langford Tradition Sites in Northern Illinois (MS, 2023) Advisor: R. Jeske<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moriarity, Paul<br><a href=\"https:\/\/dc.uwm.edu\/etd\/3195\/\">The Dehumanizing Violence Index: An Old World\/New World Comparison of Overkill in Archaeological Contexts<\/a> (MS, 2023) Advisor: B. 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