Courtesy and Adjunct Faculty

Mary Adair

Curator

Archaeological Research Center

University of Kansas

email: madair@ku.edu

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Kansas 1984

Curriculum Vitae

Research Areas: Paleobotany, origins of agriculture, culture change; North America, Central Plains.

K. Christopher Beard

Foundation Distinguished Professor

Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB)

University of Kansas

email:  chris.beard@ku.edu

Ph.D. The John Hopkins University School of Medicine 1990.



Research Areas:

Dr. Beard's research focuses on reconstructing the origin and early evolution of the order Primates and its major clades.  He is especially interested in documenting how changes in the Earth's physical environment have impacted the evolution of early primates and other mammals.

M. J. Mosher

Adjunct Lecturer Department of Anthropology, Western Washington University

email: mjmosher@aol.com

Ph.D., Biological Anthropology, University of Kansas 2002



Research Areas: Biological anthropology, nutrigenetics, and genetic epidemiology. Research; Nutrition, lipids, immune system, and the effects of gene-by-environmental interaction on risk factors and disease susceptibility; Circumpolar populations (Siberia), Central Kansas Mennonites.

Sandra Olsen

Professor - Museum Studies

Sr. Curator of Archaeology - Biodiversity Institute

University of Kansas

email: sandra.olsen@ku.edu

Ph.D., Archaeology; University of London, Institute of Archaeology 1984.

Curriculum Vitae



Research Areas:

Dr. Olsen is a zooarchaeologist who has focused much of her career on the investigation of horse domestication, directing excavations of Copper Age sites and doing research in Kazakhstan.  In recent years, she has turned to advanced imaging of petroglyphs in Saudi Arabia, with particular interest in the impact of climate change on the Arabian Peninsula.