Regents Professor Jane Buikstra is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She is credited with forming the discipline of bioarchaeology, which applies biological anthropological methods to the study of archaeology. She was also the founding director of the Center for Bioarchaeological Research at Arizona State University.
Buikstra’s international research encompasses bioarchaeology, paleopathology, forensic anthropology and paleodemography. Among her current work is an investigation of the evolutionary history of ancient tuberculosis in the Americas based on archaeologically recovered pathogen DNA.
Recent awards include the American Academy of Forensic Sciences’ T. Dale Stewart Award and the Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
Buikstra is the president of the Center for American Archeology and has served as past president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, the American Anthropological Association and the Paleopathology Association. She is the inaugural editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Paleopathology.
The author of more than 25 books and 200 articles, Buikstra has mentored 50+ doctoral students.
Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Chicago
Summer 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 584 | Internship |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 792 | Research |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASM 294 | Special Topics |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 584 | Internship |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 584 | Internship |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASM 591 | Seminar |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 584 | Internship |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASM 338 | Anthropological Field Session |
ASM 583 | Fieldwork |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASM 579 | Proposal Writing |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASM 338 | Anthropological Field Session |
ASM 583 | Fieldwork |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASM 591 | Seminar |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ASB 484 | Internship |
ASB 492 | Honors Directed Study |
ASB 493 | Honors Thesis |
ASB 499 | Individualized Instruction |
ASB 590 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 592 | Research |
ASB 790 | Reading and Conference |
ASB 792 | Research |
ASB 799 | Dissertation |