Christopher Stojanowski
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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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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. He has finally embraced the fact that he is a dental anthropologist.
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 2001
- M.S. Anthropology, Florida State University, 1995
- B.A. Anthropology, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, 1995
Bioarchaeology, Dental Anthropology, Phenotypic Evolution, Human Migration, Southeastern United States, North Africa, Spanish Missions, Forensic Anthropology, Biohistory
Top five most cited papers according to Google Scholar.
SN DeWitte , CM Stojanowski. 2015. The osteological paradox twenty years later: Past perspectives, future directions. Journal of Archaeological Research 23:397-450.
KJ Knudson, CM Stojanowski. 2008. New directions in bioarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Research 16:397-432.
CM Stojanowski, MA Schillaci. 2006. Phenotypic approaches for understanding patterns of intracemetery biological variation. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 49:49-88.
CM Stojanowski, RM Seidemann, GH Doran. 2002. Differential skeletal preservation at Windover Pond: Causes and consequences. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 119:15-26.
PC Sereno, EAA Garcea, H Jousse, CM Stojanowski, J-F Saliege, A Maga, O Ide, KJ Knudson, AM Mercuri, TW Stafford, TG Kaye, C Giraudi, I Massamba N'siala, E Cocca, HM Moots. 2009. Lakeside cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 years of Holocene population and environmental change. PLoS ONE 3(8):1-22 e2995.
Books and Edited Volumes
Brewis, A, K Knudson, C Stojanowski, C SturtzSreetharan, and A Wutich (authored). 2025. The Human Story: An Introduction to Anthropology. W.W. Norton, 492 pages. ISBN 9781324060710.
CM Stojanowski, AC Seidel (authored). 2023. Forensic Anthropology: An Introductory Lab Manual. University Press of Florida, 382 pages. ISBN 9781683403562 (paperback), ISBN 9781683403685 (pdf).
KJ Knudson, CM Stojanowski (edited). 2020. Bioarchaeology and Identity Revisited. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 228 pages. ISBN 9781683401537.
DH Temple, CM Stojanowski (edited). 2018. Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience: Bioarchaeological Perspectives. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 395 pages. ISBN 978110718735. [reviewed in American Antiquity 85:618-9; American Journal of Biological Anthropology 171:559-61].
CM Stojanowski, WN Duncan (edited). 2016. Studies in Forensic Biohistory: Anthropological Perspectives. Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 350 pages. ISBN 1107073545, 978-1107073548. [reviewed in The Quarterly Review of Biology 93:58; Journal of Contemporary Archaeology Jan, 2018].
CM Stojanowski (authored). 2013. Mission Cemeteries, Mission Peoples: Historical and Evolutionary Dimensions of Intracemetery Bioarchaeology in Spanish Florida. The University Press of Florida, 326 pages. ISBN 0813044634, 978-0813044637. [reviewed in American Journal of Physical Anthropology 154:466-467; American Antiquity 79:584-585; American Anthropologist 116:480-481; Journal of Anthropological Research 70:444-445; American Catholic Studies 125:83-85; The Catholic Historical Review 100:827-828; Florida Historical Quarterly 93:93-95 Historical Archaeology 48:155-156].
CM Stojanowski (authored). 2010. Bioarchaeology of Ethnogenesis in the Colonial Southeast. The University Press of Florida, 256 pages. ISBN 0813034647, 978-0813034645. [reviewed in American Anthropologist 113:533-534; Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology 27:171; SMRC Revista Fall/Winter 2010:55; South Carolina Antiquities 44:120-122.] 2010 James Mooney Prize Recipient, Southern Anthropological Society.
KJ Knudson, CM Stojanowski (edited). 2009. Bioarchaeology and Identity in the Americas. The University Press of Florida, 272 pages. ISBN 081303489, 978-081303488 Softcover edition: ISBN 978-0813036786. [reviewed in American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142:338-339; American Anthropologist 113:682-683; Illinois Archaeology 24:198-200].
CM Stojanowski, WN Duncan (authored). 2008. Anthropological Contributions to the Cause of the Georgia Martyrs. Occasional Papers of the Georgia Southern Museum, Macon, GA: Georgia Southern Museum, 134 pages.
CM Stojanowski (authored). 2005. Biocultural Histories in La Florida: A Bioarchaeological Perspective. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 193 pages. ISBN 0817352678, 978-0817352677 [reviewed Hispanic American Historical Review 88(1):119-121; International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 17(1):105-106; Southeastern Archaeology 27(1):152-153; Historical Archaeology 41:222-223].
For a complete list of publications lease see cv, which is updated regularly.
Please see cv, which is updated regularly.
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 593 | Applied Project |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASB 593 | Applied Project |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASM 450 | Bioarchaeology |
| ASM 450 | Bioarchaeology |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASM 450 | Bioarchaeology |
| ASM 450 | Bioarchaeology |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 443 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| SSH 403 | Cross-Cultrl Studies Glbl Hlth |
| ASB 301 | Global History of Health |
| ASB 301 | Global History of Health |
| ASM 414 | Urban, Envir & Hlth Challenges |
| ASM 414 | Urban, Envir & Hlth Challenges |
| ASB 353 | Death&Dying Cross-Culturl Prsp |
| ASB 353 | Death&Dying Cross-Culturl Prsp |
| SOC 353 | Death&Dying Cross-Culturl Prsp |
| SOC 353 | Death&Dying Cross-Culturl Prsp |
| ASM 450 | Bioarchaeology |
| ASM 450 | Bioarchaeology |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| 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 |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 100 | Introduction to Global Health |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 584 | Internship |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 799 | Dissertation |
| ASB 792 | Research |
| ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
| ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ASB 592 | Research |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
| ASM 275 | Forensic Anthropology |
Please see cv, which is updated regularly.
Current Service Roles
Bioarchaeology Approach Head
Director, Center for Bioarchaeological Research
Director of Faculty Advancement
Chair, SHESC Teaching Excellence Committee.
For a full list of service roles, past and present, please see cv, which is updated regularly.