Dr. Jesse R. Goliath is an assistant professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures. He is an expert in Forensic Anthropology with extensive forensic casework experience from city, state, and federal agencies. He is the Founding Director of the Mississippi Repository for Missing and Unidentified Persons Project and serves as a consulting…

Dr. Anna Osterholtz is a bioarchaeologist focused on the relationship between the living and the dead, particularly in relation to group identity formation and its negotiation through mortuary practices. My research spans diverse geographical contexts, including the Americas (American Southwest), Europe (Cyprus, Croatia, Romania), and the Middle East (UAE), where I engage in excavation and…

Dr. Molly Zuckerman is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures. She explores the biosocial determinants of health inequalities and disease experiences of past populations within social bioarchaeology, focusing on considerations of social identity. Recently, her research interests have extended to pandemic infectious disease, relative to social inequality…