Christopher Stojanowski
Professor and Director, School of Human Evolution and Social Change
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School of Human Evolution and Social Change 310 TEMPE, AZ 85287-2402
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Mail code: 2402Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Christopher Stojanowski is a bioarchaeologist who uses information from ancient sites to reconstruct the lives of past peoples, focusing on the Holocene skeletal record of the New World and Africa. He has written on community organization and ethnogenesis in the colonial Southeast, Archaic period mortuary rituals in North America, and Early and Middle Holocene lifestyles in the Sahara Desert. He is interested in both the social and humanistic aspects of bioarchaeological inquiry as reflected in key publications on identity and ethnogenesis, the archaeological "body", and the role of anthropology in shaping and unshaping race in the context of human experience.
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of New Mexico
- M.S. Anthropology, Florida State University
- B.A. Anthropology, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Research Website URL
Google Scholar URL
Research Interests
Bioarchaeology, Dental Anthropology, Phenotypic Evolution, Human Migration, Southeastern United States, North Africa, Spanish Missions, Forensic Anthropology, Biohistory
Research Activity
- Stojanowski,Christopher*. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award: Social Organization And The Importance Of "Persistent Places". NSF-SBE(5/1/2016 - 4/30/2017).
- Stojanowski,Christopher*. Doctoral Dissertation Research: Deciduous Dental Phenotypes and Biodistance Analyses. NSF-SBE(9/1/2015 - 8/31/2016).
- Buikstra,Jane Ellen*, Stojanowski,Christopher. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Family Resilience and Social Change. NSF-ENG-BCS(8/15/2014 - 7/31/2016).
- Stojanowski,Christopher*, Femiani,John C. Integrating developmental morphogenetic theory and dental biodistance practices. NSF-SBE(9/1/2011 - 5/31/2016).
- Stojanowski,Christopher*, Buikstra,Jane Ellen, Knudson,Kelly. Bioarchaeoligical Reconstruction of Early and Middle Holocene Human Adaptations Across the Sahara-Sahel Border. NSF-SBE(8/1/2008 - 12/31/2013).
- Stojanowski,Christopher*, Knudson,Kelly. Biocultural Adaptations to Climatic Instability During the Early and Middle Holocene in the Western Sahara Desert. WENNER-GREN FDN(1/1/2008 - 7/31/2009).
- Stojanowski,Christopher*, Knudson,Kelly, Wilbur,Alicia Kay. SGER: Bioarchaeological Fieldwork and Exploratory Biochemical Testing at Gobero, Republic of Niger. NSF-SBE(8/1/2006 - 4/30/2007).
Courses
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 592 | Research |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 792 | Research |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2019 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 104 | Bones, Stones/Human Evolution |
| ASM 104 | Bones, Stones/Human Evolution |
2019 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 341 | Human Osteology |
| ASM 341 | Human Osteology |
| ASM 450 | Bioarchaeology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2018 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 580 | Practicum |
2018 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 104 | Bones, Stones/Human Evolution |
| ASM 104 | Bones, Stones/Human Evolution |
| ASM 104 | Bones, Stones/Human Evolution |
| ASM 104 | Bones, Stones/Human Evolution |
2018 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASM 104 | Bones, Stones/Human Evolution |
| ASM 104 | Bones, Stones/Human Evolution |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Presentations
- KS Paul, CM Stojanowski. The utility of deciduous dental morphology in reconstructing biological relationships: implications for bioarchaeological research. Southwestern Association of Biological Anthropologists annual meeting, Tucson, AZ (Nov 2014).
- CM Stojanowski. Identity and ethnogenesis in the colonial Southeast: the evolution of research designs and problem orientations in bioarchaeological research. Western Bioarchaeology Group Annual Meeting (Oct 2014).
- KS Paul, CM Stojanowski. A performance analysis of deciduous morphology in the detection of biological siblings. 16th International Symposium on Dental Morphology (ISDM) and 1st Congress of the International Assoc (Aug 2014).
- CM Stojanowski. The utlity of intra-community approaches in bioarchaeology. The Link between Mortuary Analysis and Advances in Scientific Methods: Developing Cultural Context (Apr 2014).
- KM Johnson, CM Stojanowski. A biological approach to identifying kin: a case study from modern-day coastal Kenya. Bioarchaeological Approaches to Kinship: Bridging Biology, Social Relatedness, and Theory. Society f (Apr 2014).
- AR Hubbard, CM Stojanowski. A biological approach to identifying kin: a case study from modern-day coastal Kenya. Bioarchaeological Approaches to Kinship: Bridging Biology, Social Relatedness, and Theory. Society f (Apr 2014).
- CM Stojanowski. Establishing a Bioarchaeology of Community. Establishing a Bioarchaeology of Community. Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting (Apr 2014).
- Stojanowski CM. Narrative, meaning and the future of bioarchaeology. he Evolution of Biological Anthropology: Defining a Future Discipline. Wiley-Blackwell Symposium (Apr 2013).
- Duncan WN, Stojanowski CM, Johnson KM. Sinodonty and beyond: reasserting the relevance of dental anthropology for understanding the peopling of the New World. Variation in human dental form: A symposium in honor of Edward F. Harris. AAPA (Apr 2013).
- Carver CL, Stojanowski CM. Cervicometrics and intra-Iberomaurusian phenotypic variability. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting (Apr 2013).
- Paul KS, Stojanowski CM. Biological and spatial structure of an Early Classic Period cemetery at Charco Redondo, Oaxaca. American Association of Physical Anthropologists annual meeting (Apr 2012).
- Stojanowski CM. Micro and macro scale bioarchaeology infers Holocene population history in the Central Sahara Desert. University of Oklahoma, Department of Anthropology Seminar Series (May 2010).
- Pearson OM, Stojanowski CM. Appendicular morphology and ecogeographic adaptations of the early Holocene skeletons from Gobero, Niger. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting (Apr 2010).
- Spence JE, Guatelli-Steinberg D, Stojanowski CM, Schwartz GT. Growth and health status of Holocene occupant of Gobero, Central Sahara Desert: An analysis of linear enamel hypoplasias. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting (Apr 2010).
- Carver CL, Stojanowski CM. Localized hypoplasias of the primary canine from the Early and Middle Holocene Gobero site. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting (Apr 2010).
- Christopher Stojanowski. Holocene human adaptations in the central Sahara: A bioarchaeological perspective. Field Museum A Watson Armour Lecture Series (Apr 2009).
- William Duncan, Christopher Stojanowski. An alternative approach to cranial allocation in an historical forensic case study from Spanish colonial Georgia. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting (Apr 2009).
- Katherine Miller, Christopher Stojanowski. Biological structure of the Early and Middle Holocene Gobero site burial complex, Niger, Western Sahara Desert. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting (Apr 2009).
- Christopher Stojanowski. Recognizing population displacements and replacements in prehistory: A view from North Africa. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting (Apr 2009).
- Amy Rector, Christopher Stojanowski. Contextualizing mammalian microevolutionary trends in the fauna of Boomplaas Cave, Western Cape, South Africa. The Paleoanthropology Society Annual Meeting (Apr 2009).
- Stojanowski, Christopher. The people of Gobero: A bioarchaeological perspective. National Geographic Live (Oct 2008).
- Stojanowski, Christopher. Biological structure and popilationa affinity of burial components at Gobero: Intra-site and regional perspectives. Society of Africanist Archaeologists Annual Meeting (Sep 2008).
- Knudson, Kelly , Stojanowski, Christopher. Recent bioarchaeological and biogeochemical research at Gobero: Paleodiet and residential mobility in the Early and Middle Holocene. Society of Africanist Archaeologists Annual Meeting (Sep 2008).
- Stojanowski, Christopher. The People of Gobero. National Geographic Society Press Conference (Aug 2008).
- Stojanowski, Christopher. Small sample aggregation in bioarchaeology: Necessary and preferred. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting (Apr 2008).
- Stojanowski, Christopher. Bioarchaeology and the study of identity in colonial contexts. The Dead Tell Tales: Jane E. Buikstra and Narratives of the Past (Part 1). Society for American Arch (Apr 2006).
- Stojanowski, Christopher, Schillaci, M, Doran, G. Intracemetery biological patterning at Windover Pond. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting (Mar 2006).
- Stojanowski, Christopher, Duncan, W. Forensic anthropological analysis of the reputed remains of Fray Pedro de Corpa/Fray Francisco de Verascola: An anthropological contribution to the Cause of the Georgia Martyrs. American Association of Physical Anthropologists (Apr 2005).
- Schillaci, M, Stojanowski, Christopher. Regional patterns of sex specific gene flow among the prehistoric Tewa Indians of north central New Mexico. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting
- Stojanowski, Christopher. Changes in phenotypic variability during the mission period of Florida. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting
- Stojanowski, Christopher. Bridging histories: The bioarchaeology of Seminole ethnogenesis. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Meeting
- Stojanowski, Christopher. Postcolonial transformation in La Florida: Seminole ethnogenesis reconsidered Tensions, Theory and Directions in Bioarchaeology. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
Service
- Associate Director, Center for Bioarchaeological Research, Asociate Director (2015 - Present)
- Member, Bioscience Panel Institutional Review Board, member (2015 - Present)
- Personnel Committee, Member (2015 - Present)
- Bioscience Institutional Review Board, member (2014 - Present)
- American Anthropologist, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- CRC Press, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Cambridge University press, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Cengage Learning, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Current Anthropology, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Florida Historical Quarterly, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Homo, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Human Biology, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- International Journal of Paleopatholgoy, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Nature Publishing Group - Scientific Reports, Editorial Board Member (2014 - Present)
- Norton Publishers, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- Southeastern Archaeology, Reviewer (2014 - Present)
- American Antiquity, Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Chungara, Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Current Anthropology, Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- International Journal of Paleopathology, Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Journal of Cranio-Maxillary Diseases, Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Journal of Oral Diseases, Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- National Science Foundation, Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- The Anatomical Record, Reviewer (2013 - Present)
- Personnel Committee, Member (2009 - Present)
- Personnel Committee, Member (2009 - Present)
- Personnel Committee, Member (2009 - Present)
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Reviewer (2009 - Present)
- Museum Committee, Member (2009 - Present)
- Faculty Senate, Member (2008 - Present)
- Origination Committee, Member (2008 - Present)
- SHESC Undergraduate Committee, Member (2006 - Present)
- Louisiana Board of Regents, Reviewer (2014 - 2014)
- Faculty Senate, SHESC Representative (2009 - 2009)
- Undergraduate Committee, Member (2009 - 2009)
- SHESC Undergraduate Honors Curriculum Committee, member (2006 - 2007)
- Center for Bioarchaeological Research Website Design, Organizer (2006 - 2007)
- Web Design and Implementation Committee, member (2006 - 2007)
- SHESC Undergraduate Committee, member (2005 - 2007)
- Origination Committee, member (2006 - 2006)
- State of Louisiana, Affidavit filed on behalf of the State of Louisiana regarding coastal erosion and archaeological resources (2006 - 2006)
- Order of Friars Minor, Consultant for forensic osteological analysis of Pedro de Corpa, subject of canonization proceedings (2003 - 2006)
- Bioarchaeology Curriculum Redesign Committee, member (2006 - 2006)
- Bioarchaeology Hire Search Committee, member (2006 - 2006)
- Army Corps of Engineers, subtracted Coastal Environments, Inc., subcontracted Florida State University, subcontractor through Florida State University for analysis of Buckeye Knoll (41VT98) dental materia (2001 - 2005)