People - Graduate Student | Department of Anthropology

Jesus Figueroa Alcantar

Graduate Student
Archaeology

American Indian/Native American, Ceramic Analysis, Community Archaeology, Decolonizing Methodologies, Ethnoarchaeology, Experiential Archaeology, Indigenous Archaeology, Mesoamerica, Oral History, Visual Anthropology, West Mexico

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Emma Anastasi

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

emmawyna@uw.edu

Behavioral Ecology, Biological Anthropology, Disease Transmission Modeling, Epidemiology, Healthcare Equity, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Health, Queer Studies, Women

Anita Annan

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

anla2@uw.edu

African, African American, Cultural Anthropology, Health Disparities, Medical Anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology

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Isabella Araiza

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

arizzy98@uw.edu

Office Hours: M: 10am-11am ZOOM, Fri:12:30pm - 1:30pm

Denny Hall TA Loft

Biological Anthropology, Evolution, Functional & Evolutionary Morphology, Locomotion, Non-Human Primate Evolution, Paleoanthropology

Kim Arthur

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

kcarthur@uw.edu

Disability, Health Disparities, Immigration, Medical Anthropology, Public Health, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Social Justice, Sociocultural Anthropology, South American

Baishakhi Basu

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

bbasu@uw.edu

Aging, Demography, early life disparities, Fetal Origin, Global Health, Health Disparities, Human Reproductive Ecology, Maternal and Child Health, Maternal Nutrition, Ovarian aging, Public Health, Research Methods, Social Change, Social Justice, Women

David Carlson

Graduate Student
Archaeology

davidrcn@uw.edu

Archaeologies of Labor, Archaeology, Epistemology of Archaeology, Geographic Information Systems, Historical Archaeology, Immigration, Japanese American History, Landscape Archaeology, Pacific Northwest, Pedagogy, Race and Ethnicity, Racism and Racialization

Christopher Chan

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

chanman@uw.edu

Art, Film/Cinema, History, Linguistics, Popular Culture, Queer Studies, Science and Technology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Visual Anthropology, Work and Occupations

Tess Chen

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

tchen01@uw.edu

East Asian, Ethnography, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Popular Culture, Qualitative Methods, Sexuality, Sociocultural Anthropology, Visual Anthropology, Women

Jon Chu

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

jonchu36@uw.edu

Arts-Based Research, Asian American, Autonomous Care Practices, Community Mental Health, Critical Theory, Decolonial Theory, Diaspora Studies, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Intergenerational Practices, Medical Anthropology, Performance Studies, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Sociocultural Anthropology, Southeast Asian

Jillyan Corrales

Graduate Student
Archaeology

corrales@uw.edu

Archaeology

Raelynne Crow

Graduate Student
Archaeological Heritage

raecrow@uw.edu

Archaeology

Michael Esveldt

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

mesveldt@uw.edu

Economic Anthropology, Institutions, Medical Anthropology, Medicine, Science and Technology, Value, Work and Occupations

Kiana Fuega

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

seaula@uw.edu

Diaspora Studies, Indigenous, Oceanic

Erin Gamble

Graduate Student
Archaeology

gameri31@uw.edu

Archaeology, Climate Change, Dating, East Asian, Ecology, Environment, Geoarchaeology, Indigenous Archaeology, Lithic Analysis, Migration

Toelau Ronalei Gasetoto

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

trg9@uw.edu

Diaspora Studies, Education, Indigenous, Museum Studies/Museology, Oceanic, Pedagogy, Sociocultural Anthropology, Storytelling

Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

tagatsby@uw.edu

Art, Crip Theory, Disability, Emancipatory Research Methodologies, Ethnography, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Health Disparities, Medical Anthropology, Queer Studies, Social Justice, Socially Engaged Art, Space/Place, Unintentional Harm in Healthcare, Visual Culture

Cristina Gildee

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

cgildee@uw.edu

Aging, Biological Anthropology, Biomechanics, Health Disparities, Human Disease Ecology, Human Locomotion, Human Reproductive Ecology, Reproduction

Joseph Gluck

Graduate Student
Archaeological Heritage

joegluck@uw.edu

Archaeology, Archaeology, Archaeology of Ritual and Religion, Geoarchaeology, Heritage Management, Lithic Analysis, Material Culture, Museum Studies/Museology, Near Eastern Studies, Pacific Northwest, Prehistoric Archaeology, Public Engagement, Religion

Charles Hahn

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

hahncw@uw.edu

American Indian/Alaska Native, Climate Change, Environment, Indigenous, Law and Society, Pacific Northwest, Science and Technology

Abigail Harward

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

harwaa@uw.edu

Biological Anthropology, Biomechanics, Evolution, Human Paleontology, Reproduction

Michelle Henry

Graduate Student
Archaeology

msmhenry@uw.edu

Archaeology, Art, Education, Geoarchaeology, Human Rights, Indigenous Archaeology, Museum Studies/Museology, Visual Anthropology, Zooarchaeology

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Shelby House

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

jshouse@uw.edu

Animal Studies, Climate Change, Environment, Ethnography, Queer Studies, Sociocultural Anthropology, South Asian

Lela Hughes

Graduate Student
Archaeological Heritage

lah525@uw.edu

Archaeology

Alec Iacobucci

Graduate Student
Archaeology

aleciaco@uw.edu

Archaeology, Ceramic Analysis, Computational Methods, Data Visualization, Geographic Information Systems, Landscape Archaeology, Material Culture, Mediterranean, West European

Kara Johnson

Graduate Student
Archaeological Heritage

karaj14@uw.edu

Archaeology

Amanda Kunkle

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

akunkle@uw.edu

Denny Hall 410

ADHD, Biological Anthropology, Evolution, Health, Human Genetics, Mixed Methods, Qualitative Methods

Rachel "Racquel" Lee

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

Critical Theory, East Asian, Education, Identity, Institutions, North American, Race and Ethnicity, Socialism and Post-Socialism, Sociocultural Anthropology, Urban Studies

Hope Loiselle

Graduate Student
Archaeology

hloisell@uw.edu

Archaeology, Climate Change, Ecology, Pacific Northwest, Zooarchaeology

Maren Lujan

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

marenal@uw.edu

Office Hours: Autumn Quarter 2025: Thursdays 11am-12pm & Fridays 1pm-2pm

TA Loft - Denny Building

Climate Change, extractivism, Field Research Methods, Global Health, Health Disparities, Institutions, just transition, Political Economy, Publics/Public Spheres, Race and Ethnicity, Rural Studies, Social Justice, Systems

Juan Luo

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

luoj3@uw.edu

Conflict, East Asian, Global Health, Medical Anthropology, NGO Entanglements, Sociocultural Anthropology, Southeast Asian

Justin McCarthy

Graduate Student
Archaeology

swinumt@uw.edu

American Indian/Native American, Archaeology, Art, Colonialism, Historical Archaeology, Indigenous Archaeology, Material Culture, Museum Studies/Museology, Oral History

Ike Miller

Graduate Student
Archaeological Heritage

iwrm@uw.edu

Archaeological Heritage, Archaeological Survey Methodology, Archaeological Theory, Archaeology, CRM, Historical Archaeology

Sumaya Bashir Mohamed

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

sumayam2@uw.edu

African, Diaspora Studies, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Global Health, History, Medical Anthropology, Reproduction, Social Justice, Sociocultural Anthropology, Storytelling

Yesenia Navarro-Aguirre

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

yesenn@uw.edu

Biological Anthropology, Disease, Evolution

Yoli Ngandali

Graduate Student
Archaeology

ngandali@uw.edu

Archaeology, Art, Geographic Information Systems, Indigenous Archaeology, Material Culture, Museum Studies/Museology, Pacific Northwest

Miguel Ochoa

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

mochoa88@uw.edu

Anatomy, Biological Anthropology, Biology, Evolution, Functional Morphology, Human Evolution, Human Paleontology

Eliyah Omar

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

eyomar@uw.edu

Cultural Anthropology, Popular Culture, Sociocultural Anthropology

Anwesha Pan

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

anweshap@uw.edu

Biological Anthropology, Biomarkers, Economics, Environment, Famine, Health Disparities, Human Reproductive Ecology, Neighborhood poverty and pollutants, Public Health, Reproductive aging, South Asia, Statistics, Violence and Trauma

Zdena Porras

Graduate Student
Archaeology

zdenap@uw.edu / (206) 496-5800

Archaeology, Indigenous Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Roads Archaeology, South American

Eugenio Quantro-Plaga

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

quantro7@uw.edu

Cultural Anthropology, Culture, Ethnography, Queer Studies, Sexuality, Sociocultural Anthropology, South Asian, Women

Asher Rafkin

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

Biological Anthropology, Biomechanics, Ethnography, Evolution, Lithic Analysis

Emily Roberts

Graduate Student
Archaeology

emirob@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

DEN 457

Archaeological Heritage, Archaeology, Fire Ecology, Geographic Information Systems, Landscape

Dimas Iqbal Romadhon

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

dimas@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

DEN 400K

Environment, Ethnography, Global Health, Medical Anthropology, Oral History, Science and Technology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Southeast Asian, Space/Place, Storytelling

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Yveline Saint Louis

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

ysl422@uw.edu

Afrofuturism, Agroecologies, Black Ecologies, Climate Change, Food, Global Health, Medical Anthropology, Political Economy, Sociocultural Anthropology, Storytelling

Carly Salazar

Graduate Student
Archaeology

carlysal@uw.edu

Archaeology, Indigenous Archaeology, Museum Studies/Museology

Georgia Schafer

Graduate Student
Archaeological Heritage

gschaf8@uw.edu

Archaeology

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Claudia Serrato

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

serratoc@uw.edu / (626) 252-3850

Ancestral Memory, Anthropology of the Body, Culinary Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Culture, Decolonization, Epistemology, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Food, Indigenous, Indigenous Eco-Erotica & Ecosexuality, Social Justice, Sociocultural Anthropology

Setareh Shafizadeh

Graduate Student
Archaeology

setarehs@uw.edu

Behavioral Ecology, Climate Change, Computational Methods, Data Visualization, Evolution, Geoarchaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Lithic Analysis, Quantitative Methods

Kavya Shrikanth

Graduate Student
Archaeological Heritage

kavyash@uw.edu

Archaeology

Eileen R. Sleesman Calderon

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

esleesma@uw.edu

Sociocultural Anthropology

Hope St. John

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

hrs276@uw.edu

East Asian, Sociocultural Anthropology, Urban Studies, Visual Culture

Edward Stuart

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

esiv@uw.edu

Ancient DNA, Biological Anthropology, Demography, Evolution, Human Reproductive Ecology, Population, Quantitative Methods

Imam Subkhan

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

imams@uw.edu

Sociocultural Anthropology

Anna Swenson

Graduate Student
Archaeological Heritage

Archaeology

Rachael Tamngin

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

rlt9@uw.edu

Global Health, Health Disparities, Indigenous, Medical Anthropology, Museum Studies/Museology, Oceanic, Public Health, Race and Ethnicity, Sociocultural Anthropology, Storytelling

Kyle Trembley

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

trembk@uw.edu

Critical Theory, Environment, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Multispecies Ethnography, Political Economy, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Sociocultural Anthropology, South Asian

Yarinid Velez Hernandez

Graduate Student
Biological Anthropology

yvh5@uw.edu

Office Hours: Change by quarter, verify in the current classes T.A. information.

Denny 410

Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, Biological Anthropology, Evolution, Evolutionary Morphology and Locomotion, Human Paleontology, Research Methods

Leimamo Wase

Graduate Student
Sociocultural Anthropology

lkw24@uw.edu

Health, Health Disparities, Healthcare Equity, Maternal and Child Health, Medical Anthropology, Oceanic, Qualitative Methods, Sociocultural Anthropology, Women

Elizabeth Wessells

Graduate Student
Archaeology

egwess@uw.edu

Denny 459

Archaeology, Archives, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Historical Archaeology, Indigenous Archaeology, Indigenous Studies, Landscape, Museum Studies/Museology, Storytelling

Jodi Yoshimi

Graduate Student
Archaeological Heritage

Archaeology, CRM, Ecology, Material Culture, North American, Zooarchaeology

Hannah Zaehringer

Graduate Students
Biological Anthropology

hannahcz@uw.edu

Biological Anthropology