Maegan Jankowski

Graduate Research Assistant

Anthropology: Bioarchaeology, Paleopathology, Mortuary Archaeology, Andean Archaeology, Social Identity, Intersectionality, Embodiment, Stress, Trauma, Activity Patterns, Structural Violence

Maegan is a 2nd year MA student studying bioarchaeology. Her thesis research embraces cross-disciplinary theories and methods from both bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology to reconstruct the lived experiences and the embodied identities of individuals from the Middle Sicán site of Huaca Las Ventanas (900-1050/1100 CE, north coast of Peru).

Education

MA in Anthropology (2025), George Mason University

BS in Anthropology (2023), Michigan State University

BA in Arts and Humanities (2023), minors in History and Jewish Studies, Michigan State University

Professional GIS Certificate (2023)