President:
Dr. Kathleen Paul
Dr. Paul is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and the Director of Predental Studies at the University of Arkansas. Her research uses quantitative genetic methods to explore the foundations of dental variation in (non)human primates, while her administrative responsibilities center around biomedical applications of dental science and preparing students for clinical dentistry training.
Past-President:
Dr. Marin Pilloud
Dr. Pilloud is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno and is a board certified forensic anthropologist. Her research is broadly focused on the application of dental morphology and metrics to answering research questions in both bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology.
Secretary: Dr. Brenna Hassett
Updated photo and bio coming soon!
Treasurer:
Dr. Christina Nicholas
Dr. Nicholas is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago (College of Dentistry). Trained as a paleoanthropologist, she tackles questions related to human evolution as well as contemporary oral health. She's particularly interested in identifying factors, both genetic and environmental, which influence the timing of facial growth and dental development.
Executive Board Member: Dr. Kristin Krueger
Dr. Krueger is a Professor of Anthropology and PI of the ChEW Lab at Loyola University Chicago. Her research explores the dietary and behavioral strategies of our hominin ancestors using dental microwear texture analysis. She also uses experimental means (Artificial Resynthesis Technology or ART) to understand how dental [micro]wear forms.
Communications Officer: Dr. Laresa Dern
Dr. Dern is an Assistant Professor of Biology and Principal Faculty in the Department of PA Medicine at Drury University. Her research applies dental morphology to questions about human variation across time and space, including migration in medieval and Early Modern Europe. She recently started an undergraduate dental histology lab to facilitate projects on human and non-human dental microstructure variation.
Student Member: Cassandra Boyer
Ms. Boyer is a doctoral student at the University of Nevada, Reno in Anthropology. Her bioarchaeological research is primarily a dental analysis of coastal Ecuador populations in collaboration with la museo en Salango. Currently working on her dissertation, she is investigating adult age estimation of forensic significance using the oral cavity through multivariate analysis.