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About the AGSA
The Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA) provides anthropology graduate students with a unified voice within the Department and University. It is an opportunity for us to organize and engage in activities beyond those of studying, attending class, and fulfilling other academic and professional responsibilities. Activities and events include weekly meetups for discussing issues that bother students, professional development workshops, and assistance with the Anthropology Department Speakers Series.
Incoming students often find themselves a bit confused as to what is expected of them when they begin graduate work in Anthropology at UAlbany. Incoming students may contact any of the following officers in the AGSA to be added to the listserv, in order to receive necessary graduate and departmental information.
Also, we have a space in Discord where students share news and graduate opportunities with each other. You can reach us through the AGSA Instagram or you can email agsa@albany.edu.
List of Officers for 2022-2023
President: Aindrila Chakraborty
Vice President: Jonathan Muller
Treasurer: Alba Tellez Nieto
Secretary: Drew Somoray
Faculty Liaison: Rafia Rahman
Webmaster: Subhajit Pal
Contact us: agsa@albany.edu
Anthropology Graduate Students
Archaeology
Stephen Butz
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: sbutz@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeastern America
Research Interests: Historical Archaeology, XRF scanning
Ava Cristiano
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: acristiano@albany.edu
Holly Cruger
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: hcruger@albany.edu
Barry Dale
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: bdale@albany.edu
Danielle Duguid
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: dduguid@albany.edu
Emma Falk
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: efalk@albany.edu
John Michael Garbellano
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: jgarbellano@albany.edu
Lucinda Herrick
Advisor: Rosenswig, Robert M
Email: cjherrick@albany.edu
Dana Keil
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: dyakabowskas@albany.edu
Matthew Kirk
Advisor: Rosenswig, Robert M
Email: mkirk@albany.edu
Dylan Lewis
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: dclewis@albany.edu
Augustus Lovett
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: aflovett@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Northeast North America; Newfoundland, Canada
Research Interests: Maritime Archaic, Lithics, Use-wear Analysis, Subsistence Patterns
Antonio Martinez Tunon
Advisor: Rosenswig, Robert M
Email: amartineztunon@albany.edu
Holly Maxwell
Advisor: Masson, Marilyn A
Email: hneville@albany.edu
Xavier McClean
Advisor: Rosenswig, Robert M
Email: xmcclean@albany.edu
Sara Regensburger
Advisor: Rafferty, Sean M
Email: sregensburger@albany.edu
Eiryn Sheades
Advisor: Masson, Marilyn A
Email: esheades@albany.edu
Alba Tellez-Nieto
Advisor: Perez Rodriguez,Veronica
Email: atellez-nieto@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: Posclassic, Displacement, Resettlement, Lithics, Metztitlan
Daniel Wilcox
Advisor: Wolff, Christopher B
Email: dwilcox@albany.edu
Biological Anthropology
Everlyne Omondi
Advisor: Rowan, John
Email: eomondi@albany.edu
Christianne Ormsby
Advisor: Rowan, John
Email: cormsby@albany.edu
Regional Focus: East Africa
Research Interests: Functional postcranial morphology, mammal locomotion, paleontology
Antonio Otero
Advisor: Gordon, Adam D
Email: aotero@albany.edu
Erica Tyler
Advisor: Schell, Lawrence M
Email: etyler@albany.ed
Casey West
Advisor: Schell, Lawrence M
Email: cwest@albany.edu
Ajay J. Yesupriya
Advisor: Gage, Timothy B
Email: ayesupriya@albany.edu
Cultural Anthropology
Alondra Aca Garcia
Advisor: Burrell, Jennifer L
Email: aacagarcia@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Mexico
Research Interests: Migrations, Integration, Repatriation, Transnationalism, Belonging
Rebecca Akers
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: rakers@albany.edu
Abigail Cahill
Advisor: Andaya, Elise L
Email: alcahill@albany.edu
Aindrila Chakraborty
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: achakraborty2@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Puducherry, India
Research Interests: Diaspora, Post/Colonialism, Cultural Politics, Heritage, Tourism
Kaori Chen
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: kchen3@albany.edu
Research Interests: Weaving; Creativity; Aging; Ethnography; Ethnographic Writing
Jazmin High
Advisor: Andaya, Elise L
Email: jhigh@albany.edu
Chelsea Jones
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: cjones20@albany.edu
Aisha Kearney
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: akearney2@albany.edu
Ryan Levy
Advisor: Burrell, Jennifer L
Email: rlevy@albany.edu
Florencia McDowell
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: fmcdowell@albany.edu
Jonathan Muller
Advisor: Burrell, Jennifer L
Email: jdmuller@albany.edu
Morgan Mulroe
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: mmulroe@albany.edu
Regional Focus: United States, Wisconsin
Research Interests: Colonialism, Gender, Power Dynamics, Social Movements
Hannah Noblewolf
Advisor: Andaya, Elise L
Email: hnoblewolf@albany.edu
Subhajit Pal
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: spal2@albany.edu
Research Interests: Tourism and Travel Narratives
Marie Peterson
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: mapeterson@albany.edu
Rafia Rahman
Advisor: Andaya, Elise L
Email: rrahman4@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Bangladesh, South-East Asia
Research Interests: Garment industry, Female Factory Labor, Reproductive Health, Reproductive Health of Female Labor Force, Global Economy and Assembly Line Workers
Kate Reddy
Advisor: Burrell, Jennifer L
Email: kreddy3@albany.edu
Drew Somoray
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: dsomoray@albany.edu
Regional Focus: Mesoamerica
Research Interests: Community Archaeology, museums, tourism
Rebecca Stoner LaFountain
Advisor: Little, Walter E
Email: rstonerlafountain@albany.edu
Heungtae Yang
Advisor: Burkhart, Louise M
Email: hyang21@albany.edu
Linguistics
Lisabeth Dashman
Advisor: Clemens,Lauren
Email: ldashman@albany.edu
Jessica Holtz
Advisor: Bickmore, Lee S
Email: jholtz@albany.edu