Jennifer Mitchell

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Anthropology: human evolutionary biology, life history studies, human growth and development, human-environment interactions

Jen is a current 2nd-year master's student studying bioarchaeology. In 2023, she graduated from the University of Florida Honors Program with a double major in Biology and Anthropology and certificate in Medical Anthropology. Following graduation from UF, she studied human osteology in Transylvania, Romania before beginning work as a ranger for the National Park Service.

Current Research

Jen's master's thesis will investigate experiences of early life stress between two social identities present in individuals interred at the paleolithic Zvejnieki hunter-gatherer cemetery using incremental microstructures of tooth enamel.

Grants and Fellowships

Sara Shallenberger Brown Garden Club of America National Parks Conservation Scholarship

Courses Taught

ANTH135: Introduction to Biological Anthropology, ANTH120: Unearthing the Past-Introduction to Archaeology, ANTH135L: Introduction to Biological Anthropology Lab

Education

University of Florida: BS in Biology and Anthropology, certificate in Medical Anthropology