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I graduated from Fort Lewis College (Durango, CO.) in 1999
with a B.A. in anthropology, minor in biology. My area of interest is social anthropology with a focus on political economy, subsistence strategies, and environmental issues. I am most interested in Central and South America as well as the Southwestern United States. I have done research throughout Mexico including Oaxaca and the Yucatan. I am currently conducting research on tattooing in South Florida for my Master's thesis.

My interest in anthropology began with my neighbor as I grew up, Dr. Olsen.
Dr. Olsen is an ethnomusicologist. He always told me of his trips to Brazil, the Amazon, Peru, Indonesia, and Australia. I loved those stories. In college at University of Florida, I started as a nuclear physics major. After two years of calculus I decided I needed a break, so I took an anthropology class. I was hooked, and in 1996 I graduated UF with a degree in anthropology. Four years later I started graduate school here at FAU. My interests lie in psychological anthropology. I am currently working on the relationship between ideology and identity within the techno subculture for my Masters thesis. I am also the President of AGSU, attempting to bring the graduate students together and do some great things while we are here.

Deborrah Pinto

Received my Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Toronto with a double major in Human Biology and Physical Anthropology in June 2000.
Currently enrolled as a graduate student with the Department of Anthropology specializing in Physical Anthropology. My advisor is Dr. Doug Broadfield.
Area of interest is forensic anthropology with a focus on age and sex determination.

Marlena Dates

B.A. from University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL in 2001 with a major in Anthropology. My advisor is Dr. Harris.

Areas of interest include nutrition, political anthropology, psychological anthropology, medical anthropology.