Jessica Rothwell
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Mail code: 2402Campus: Mesatempe
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Jessica Rothwell is an Assistant NAGPRA Coordinator and Bioarchaeologist at the Center for Archaeology and Society Repository in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Arizona State University in 2024, her M.A. from Arizona State University in 2017, and her B.A. in from New York University in 2015.
She uses osteological, archaeological, and biogeochemical methods and a life course approach to study the cultural and biological dimensions of health and social identity formation in the past. Her most recent work has focused on early childhood health and social identity at the Phaleron Burial Ground in Athens, Greece (ca. 750-480 BCE) as part of the Phaleron Bioarchaeological Project. She has worked on medieval bioarchaeological excavations in Romania and with archaeological and modern human skeletal remains from Colombia and Greece. Her research interests also include NAGPRA compliance and education, ethics in anthropological practice, and bioarchaeological pedagogy.
- Ph.D. Anthropology, Arizona State University 2024
- M.A. Anthropology, Arizona State University 2017
- B.A. Anthropology, New York University 2015
Osteology, Human Skeletal Biology, Biogeochemistry, Paleopathology, Childhood in the Past, Social Identity, NAGPRA, Ethics
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ASB 484 | Internship |
| ASM 341 | Human Osteology |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ASB 484 | Internship |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ASB 484 | Internship |
| ASB 484 | Internship |
American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA), Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
AABA Committee on Diversity Women's Initiative (COD-WIN) Steering Committee (2023 - Present)