I chose to pursue an internship at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS). The FACTS staff includes: Dr. Daniel Wescott, Director; Drs. Kate Spradley and Michelle Hamilton, Faculty; and Ms. Sophia Mavroudas, Coordinator. Interns typically work most directly with the lab coordinator, Ms. Mavroudas, who assigns tasks, performs all required training, and provides… Continue Reading Chrissy White, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
I completed an internship at The Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) during the spring of 2013. I decided to complete an internship at CAS because I am very interested in curation, more specifically curating archaeological artifacts. Since CAS is an archaeological repository this seemed like a perfect fit. My interest in curating archaeological artifacts stems… Continue Reading Emmalee Miller, Center for Archaeological Studies
I chose to participate in an internship at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute during the spring of 2013 in the genetics department. I have always been interested in anthropology and it ultimately became my major, but I was not interested in genetics until I took both statistics and genetics in the spring of 2012. The… Continue Reading Elisabeth Strader, Texas Biomedical Research Institute
For the past semester I have worked with the San Marcos River Foundation or SMRF as it is more commonly known. The experience of working with SMRF has allowed me to view the process by which environmental conservation methods are implemented: how cities are planned and organized: the political, economic and human interests battling… Continue Reading Kyle McHenry, San Marcos River Foundation
Over the course of the 2013 spring semester, I worked at the Gault research laboratory as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) intern. The Gault School of Archaeological Research provides a research center that is focused on the archaeology of the earliest peoples in the western hemisphere and their cultural antecedents. The continued protection of the… Continue Reading Bryan Heisinger, The Gault Archaeological Project