Lisa Sattenspiel - Teaching

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Courses

Anthropology 2050/2051
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
This course is a survey of biological anthropology. Primary emphasis on the biological evidence for human evolution. Major topics include human paleontology, primate behavior and human variation.

Anthropology 3560
Plagues and Peoples
Overview of the ecology of human host-pathogen interactions and the influence of human culture on the transmission and spread of infectious diseases through time and in different environments.

Anthropology 4360/7360
Medical Anthropology
Cross-cultural study of belief systems concerning health and illness, practices of diagnosis and treatment, and roles of patients and practitioners. Several "non-Western" health care systems are studied in detail.

Anthropology 4540/7540
Human Biological Variation
Human biological variation both among and within living populations. Evolutionary, genetic, ecological, demographic and especially cultural factors which contribute to biological variation.

Anthropology 4880/7880
Demographic Anthropology
The major topics considered in this course are basic demographic analysis, including life tables, models for population growth and stable population theory; fertility analysis; disease and fertility; disease in human populations; and paleodemography.

Anthropology 4990 Capstone Seminar in Anthropology
Readings, discussions, and problems in the integration of the subfields of anthropology through theory and examples.

Undergraduate Programs in
Anthropology

Graduate Programs in Anthropology

Research Opportunities for Students

Teaching Awards

Division of Student Affairs Excellence in Education Award (2001)

Alumnae Anniversary Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Education of Women at Mizzou (1998)

Current Students
Connie Carpenter
	I am a graduate student in medical anthropology. My current area of interest is agent-based modeling of epidemics. I am especially interested in the interactions between humans and their pathogens.
Jessica Dimka
	I am a PhD student interested in exploring and learning different modeling methods, and in using agent-based and social network models to explore how biological and cultural factors differentially affect various subgroups of a population, for example different sexes or age groups. I like the color red.
Ariel Dombroski
	I am an MA student with interests in public health, evolutionary medicine, emerging infectious diseases and social determinants of health. My thesis explores tuberculosis trends in the emerging economies of the Baltic states. My favorite color is pumpkin orange.
Erin Miller
	I am a PhD student interested in disease ecology, demography, and computer-based modeling of disease transmission. My specific research is focused on the factors that influence the transmission of measles in historical populations. One of my favorite colors is slate blue.
Carolyn Orbann
	I am a Phd student interested in the spread of disease as a result of European colonization of North America. My main focus has been on populations of Native Californians. My dissertation will feature a computer model that looks at the effects of traditional kinship structures on the transmission of infectious disease among the neophytes at Mission San Diego. My favorite color is purple.
Becca Shattuck
	I am a PhD student interested in disease transmission and mortality in institutional populations, particularly during the late 19th century. My favorite color is rainy-day green.
Aaron Schuh
	I am an undergraduate Biology major and I am currently determining how the occupation of the initial case in the Newfoundland agent-based model affects the peak infection numbers and times. I enjoy rock climbing and hiking. My favorite color is blue.

	Lisa Sattenspiel's favorite color is blue.

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