LBA Alumni


Anne Justice
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Genetic Structure of the Maya in Guatemala: Perspectives on the Population History of the Maya using mtDNA and Y-chromosome Markersn” (2011)

Geethavani Chittoor
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Genetic epidemiological investigation of blood pressure and its metabolic correlates in Mexican American children” (2009)

Jay Sarthy
Ph.D. (2009)

Kristin Young
M.A. Thesis: “Genetic Diversity Among the Chuvash Using Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Markers” (2001)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Basques in the Genetic Landscape of Europe” (2009)

Mark Zlojutro
M.A. Thesis: “Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Yakutia: The Genetic Structure of an Expanding
Population” (2005)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Mitochondrial DNA and Y-Chromosome Variation of Eastern Aleut Populations: Implications for the Genetic Structure and Peopling of the Aleutian Archipelago” (2008)

Phillip Melton
M.A. Thesis: “Molecular Perspectives on the Origins of Chibchan Speaking Populations from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia” (2005)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Genetic History and Pre-Columbian Diaspora of Chibchan Speaking Populations: Molecular Genetic Evidence” (2008)

Rohina C. Rubicz
M.A. Thesis: “Origins of the Aleuts: Molecular Perspectives” (2001)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Evolutionary Consequences of Recently Founded Aleut Communities in the
Commander and Pribilof Islands” (2007)

Jennifer A. Rack
M.A. Thesis: “Historical Demography of Beregdaróc, Gergelyiugornya, and Lónya: Population Structure
in Tiszahat, Hungary, 1760-1987” (2005)

M.J. Mosher
Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Genetic Architectue of Plasma Lipids in the Buryat: An Ecogenetic Approach” (2002)

Sobha Puppala
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Genetic Determinants and Environmental Covariates of Blood Pressure in the Mennonite Community” (2001)

Kari E. North
M.A. Thesis: “Spacial Variation of Anthropometric Traits in Ireland” (1995)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in American Indians From the Strong Heart Family Study Dakota Center” (2000)

Alexa M. Pfeffer
M.A. Thesis: “Architecture of Complex Phenotypes: Genetic and Environmental Variation in Serum
Calcium and Phosphate Levels in Two Mennonite Communities” (2000)

Mary A. Ellerd
M.A. Thesis: “Heritability and Genotype by Sex Interactions in the PTC Polymorphism” (2000)

Lisa Jeanne Martin
M.A. Thesis: “The Genetic and Environmental Components of Thyroxine Variation in the Mennonites of Kansas and Nebraska” (1993)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Quantification and Localization of Genes Influencing Inhibin and Activin Variation in Captive Bred Baboons (Papio hamadryas)” (1999)

Rector Babu Arya
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Anthropolometric Phenotypes in Caste Populations of Visakhapatnam, India” (1999)

Joseph D. McComb
M.A. Thesis: “The Effects of Unique Historical Events on the Gene Pool of the Altai-Kizhi: A study of five variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) loci” (1996)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Development of Dual-Primer Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and the Application to the Study of Anthropological Genetics” (1999)

Ravindranath Duggirala
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Cultural and Genetic Determinants of Lipids and Lipoproteins in the Mennonite Community” (1995)

Jennifer L. Giesler
M.A. Thesis: “A Multivariate Analysis of the Effect of Admixture on the Inter-cusp Distances of Seven Populations” (1994)

Anthony G. Comuzzie
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Genomic, Genetic and Morphological Variation in a Sample of Modern Evenki, and their Relationship with Other Indigenous Siberian Populations” (1993)

Meredith Jean Uttley
Ph.D Dissertation: “The Relationship of Measures of Biological Age to Survivorship Among Mennonites” (1991)

Elizabeth Mary Grieco
M.A. Thesis: “The Effects of Down's Syndrome on the Universal Underlying Dermatoglyphic Pattern” (1989)

Sueb-Sak Sirijaraya
M.A. Thesis: “Inbreeding in the Meridian Mennonites of Kansas” (1984)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Dermatoglyphic Genetics of Five Populations in Thailand” (1988)

Lorena Madrigal
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Hemoglobin Genotype and Fertility in a Malarial Environment: Limon, Costa Rica” (1988)

Laurine Antoinette Rogers
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Phylogenetic Identification of a Religious Isolate and the Measurement of Inbreeding” (1984)

Janice Faye Hutchison
Ph.D. Dissertation: “A Biocultural Analysis of Blood Pressure Variation Among the lack Caribs and Creoles of St. Vincent, West Indies” (1984)

Victoria Bach Enciso
M.A. Thesis: “Estimates of Genetic Distance and Population Structure from Blood and Dermatoglyphic Data” (1983)

Pamela Joy Byard
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Population History, Demography and Genetics of the St. Lawrence
Island Eskimos” (1981)

Robert Myron Baume
M.A. Thesis: “Discrete Dental Trait Analysis of Four Genetically Related Mexican Communities” (1977)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Effects of Inbreeding on Dental Morphometrics in Papio hamadryas” (1981)

Dennis H. O'Rourke
M.A. Thesis: “Odontometric Analysis of Four Tlaxcaltecan Communities of Related Genetic Background” (1976)
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Inbreeding Effects on Morphometricc Characters in the Papio hamadryas Colony at Sukhumi” (1980)

Mary Louise Oldfield
M.A. Thesis: “Migration of Human Populations in Four Communities of Mexico” (1978)

Kenneth Roy Turner
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Simulation Studies of the Demographic and Genetic History of a Transplanted Mexican Population” (1976)

Martin Kenley Nickels
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Skeletal Development in Down's Syndrome” (1975)

Francis Carl Lees
Ph.D. Dissertation: “A Numerical Analysis of the Anthropometrics of Tlaxcalan Populations” (1975)

Laurine Antoinette Oberdieck Roberts
M.A. Thesis: “Microevolution in an Agricultural Isolate: A Demographic Study of Schoenchen, Kansas” (1975)

Stewart Shermis
Ph.D. Dissertation: “A Diachronic Study of Inflammatory Bone Lesions” (1974)

David William Busija
M.A. Thesis: “Dermatoglyphic Analysis of a Transplanted Tlaxcalan Population” (1974)

Sharon Anne Warner
M.A. Thesis: “A Preliminary Investigation of the Relationship of Psychological Stress to Disease” (1973)

Paul M. Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation: “A Study of Arikara Skeletal Populations by Multivariate Analysis: A Problem in Classification” (1973)

Robert Halberstein
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Evolutionary Implications of the Demographic Structure of a Transplanted Population in Central Mexico” (1973)

Douglas H. Ubelaker
Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Reconstruction of Demographic Profiles from Ossuary Skeletal Samples: A Case Study from the Tidewater Potomac” (1973)

Linda Lehman Klepinger
Ph.D. Dissertation: “The Physical Anthropology of Hatton Mound I 23MN275, Monroe County, Missouri” (1972)



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