Student Information
Graduate Student
Anthropology (Complex Adaptive Systems Science)
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Long Bio
Emily Thurman is a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Anthropology with a concentration in Complex Adaptive Systems Science at Arizona State University. Her research interests encompass past-present connections in marine shell acquisition and craft production in the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest as well as the social implications of these long-distance trade connections. With a background in archaeology, Thurman incorporates a deep-time perspective while studying human-environment interactions over the longue durée. Utilizing computational methods and working within a complexity science framework, Thurman focuses on the impacts of long-term harvesting on Spondylus populations and the outcomes of resource management strategies. Her work touches on themes of subsistence, adornment, interregional exchange, human ecology, sustainability, communal resource management, and identity.
Education
2024-present — Ph.D. in Anthropology (Complex Adaptive Systems Science), Arizona State University
2020-2024 — B.S. in Anthropology, University of Southern Indiana
2020-2024 — B.A. in Global Studies, University of Southern Indiana
2020-2024 — Concentration in Latin American Studies, University of Southern Indiana
2018-2020 — International Baccalaureate Diploma, Signature School