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Sabrina Agarwal - Professor, Anthropology
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
In 1855 Puerto Rico was struck by a cholera epidemic that killed nearly 10% of the population. Due to the high volume of the deceased and fear of the disease spreading further, a cemetery outside of the city walls of San Juan was established. With time, this mass grave was...
Social SciencesSabrina Agarwal - Professor, Anthropology
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
Working with human skeletal remains from archaeological sites, bioarchaeologists can help to reconstruct health profiles of past peoples. While there is good deal of historical and archaeological research on the later Middle Ages in Europe and more specifically in Italy, bioarchaeological studies of from Medieval Italy have focused primarily on...
Social SciencesSabrina Agarwal - Professor, Anthropology
Status: Full- no new appr needed Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: On Campus
An ongoing research of PI Agarwal's research and writing delves into the bioethics of bioarchaeological practice, scientific racism, and osteological conservation and collection. This project is focused on the history and ethical responsibility of scientists working with skeletal anatomical legacy collections particularly from India. India was the primary global red...
Social Sciences