Anthropology Student News

Attention SUCO Anthropology Students:

I will use this space to post news about our students, past and present.
If you would like to have a news item posted, please e-mail me at relethjh@oneonta.edu.
We are particularly interested in hearing from former students.
Thanks,

John Relethford

• Steve Brienza, Class of 2005, is working in Manhattan as an Independent Living Specialist for the Bowery Residents Committee (BRC), a social service agency that serves the homeless and offers them a variety of services, including basic shelters/food, substance abuse detox and/or rehab, and employment shelters.
   
• Amy Bennett, Class of 2005, has completed her MSc degree in archaeology from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and is currently working as an archaeologist for Hartgen Archaeological Consultants.
   
• Megan Miller, Class of 2007, is working as an archaeologist for Curtin Archaeological Consulting.
   
• Jon Alexander, Class of 2004, completed his MA degree in anthropology at New Mexico Highlands University in May 2007.
   
• Patti Fallacara, Class of 1993, is a consultant and independent contractor for fitness and self defense. Click here to see her web page.
   
• John Crump, Class of 2002, is the owner of the CRM (Cultural Resources Management) firm, Eastern Woodlands Archaeological Consultants, LLC, of Naples, Florida.
   
• Nicole Thorn, Class of 2005, is in the Ph.D. program in anthropology at the State University of New York at Albany.
   
• Karen Terry is working for the television production company Karavida, Inc.
   
• Norah Miles, Class of 2003, is working as an archaeological field technician at EAC/Archaeology in Baltimore.
   
• Robert Kerley, Class of 2006, is working on archaeological excavations as an Education Specialist for the New York State Museum.
   
• Laiko (Burns) Quintero and Pasquale Quintero, Class of 2004, have completed Master's degrees at SUNY Buffalo. Laiko has her Ed.M. degree in Higher Education Administration with a concentration in Student Affairs, and Pasquale has his Ed.M. degree in Higher Education Administration. Laiko will be the Assistant Director of the Career Network Center at NY Institute of Technology, and Pasquale will be a Hall Director at SUNY Stony Brook.

• Jonathan Alexander, Class of 2004, is a graduate student at New Mexico Highlands University, and recently attended the 2006 meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Anchorage, Alaska where he met up with Dr. Relethford, as shown below:

• Laura Provost, Class of 2005, is a laboratory assistant at the New York State Museum.
   
• Nicole Thorn, Class of 2005, has won a Beauchamp Archaeological Scholarship from the William M. Beauchamp Chapter of the  New York State Archaeological Association. Congratulations, Nicole!
   
• Laura Demick (Class of 2005) has been selected by the College for inclusion in The Best and Brightest list for Spring 2005. Our congratulations!
   
• Kelly Phillips (Class of 1999) is a fifth grade teacher in Remsenburg, NY.
   
• Ann Cheney (Class of 2003) is currently a graduate student studying medical anthropology at the University of Connecticut.
   
• Anthropology majors Ann Cheney and Alicia Johnson have both been selected by the College for inclusion in The Best and Brightest list for Fall 2002. Our congratulations!
   
• James Whitaker  (Class of 2001) is working as an archaeologist for Western Cultural Resource Management in Farmington, New Mexico.
   
• Onika Selby (Class of 2001) is an Assistant Marketing Buyer for Paramount Pictures through the company MediaVest, and works and lives in New York City.
   
• Michael Dudish (Class of 1994) is a Customer Service Engineer with AGV Products, Inc. in Charlotte, North Carolina.
   
• Adrienne Wilschek (Class of 2001) is working as a Survey Associate for Mathematica Policy Research in Princeton, NJ.
   
• Rachael DeCrescenzo  (Class of 2001) is participated this past summer on the Jamestown Rediscovery Archaeology Field School, conducted through the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities in Jamestown, Virginia.
   
• Onika Selby (Class of 2001) has recently completed an internship with the Afrikan Poetry Theatre in Jamaica, New York, where she worked on writing a grant proposal to fund a new educational program including a slavery artifact exhibit.
   
• Erin McCulley (Class of 2000) is one of three SUCO students that have received the prestigious Chancellor's Award for Stduent Excellence, an award given to SUNY students who have achieved national or international recognition. Erin's award was based in part on her continuing work with the Mayan people of Chiapas, Mexico. Details of this award can be found at the web site of the local paper, The Daily Star.

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