People
Vanessa Reeves
Ph.D. Candidate
CONTACT
Email: vcreeves@usf.edu
Office: SOC 11M
EDUCATION
- M.A., Anthropology, California State University, Chico
- B.A., Anthropology, Syracuse University
Certification
- Registered Professional Archaeologist #4700
Advisor
TEACHING
Instructor of Record:
- ANT 2000- Introduction to Anthropology
- ANT 2511L- Biological Anthropology Laboratory
- ANT 4525- Human Osteology and Osteometry
Teaching Associate:
- ANT 2000- Introduction to Anthropology
- ANT 2410- Cultural Anthropology
- ANT 3101- Archaeology
- ANT 4012- Fantastic Archeology
- ANT 4525- Human Osteology and Osteometry
- ANT 4520- Forensic Anthropology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests include bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, biocultural theory, theories of agency, personhood, and structural violence, intersectional theory, human-environment interactions, stable isotope analysis, proteomic analysis, and other applied anthropological methods. I am most excited by projects that seek to combine strong biocultural theory with innovative scientific method.
Selected Publications and Presentations
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(2025) Baudelet, M., Livingston, K., Zejdlik, K., Bethard, J., Passalacqua, N., Ny谩r谩di, Z., Reeves, V.C., Lucchi, J., Jackson, M., Fauth, J., Byrd, J., Chesson, L.A., Berg, G.E. Reassociation of commingled remains using field-deployable elemental analysis: from bio-archaeology to recovery missions and forensic anthropology. Paper presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists.
- (2025) Bethard, J.D., Reinman, L., Reeves, V.C., Zejdlik, K., and Ny谩r谩di, Z. The Bioarchaeology of Szekler Children: Current Work and Future Directions. Poster presented at the Child Space International Conference. Budapest, Hungary. 4-6 June 2025.
- (2025) Reeves, V.C. and Ny谩r谩di, Z. Reconstructing Adult Diet at the V谩rosfalva Burial Mound in Transylvania from Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analyses. Poster presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists.
- (2025) Waxenbaum, E.B., Kim, J., George, R.L., Litavec, H.M., Goliath, J.R., and Reeves, V.C. An Evaluation of the Forensic Anthropology DEIB Peer Engagement Program. Poster presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
- (2024) Reeves, V.C., Ny谩r谩di, Z. and Bethard, J.D. A Bioarchaeological Exploration of the Individuals from the V谩rosfalva Burial Mound in Transylvania, Romania (15th- 19th Century). Poster presented at the European Association of Archaeologists 30th Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy
- (2023) Milligan, C., Broehl, K.A., Hart, K., Reeves, V.C., Wells, K., and Bartelink, E.J. Paleopathology and Non-specific Stress Indicators at Point San Jose. In Bones by the Bay: Archaeology and Bioarchaeology of Nineteenth Century Anatomized Skeletons at Point San Jose, San Francisco. Eds. P. Willey, P. Gavette, E. Bartelink, and C. Milligan. University of Florida Press.
- (2022) Reeves, V.C. Application of Discriminant Function Analysis to Investigate Stable Isotope Variation in Medieval Skeletal Remains. Poster presented at the USF Anthropology, Advanced Quantitative Methods Colloquium.
- (2021) Bethard, J.D., Bews, E., and Reeves, V.C. Building the basics with big data: sex estimation and bioarchaeology. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. 6-11 September 2021.
- (2020) Bartelink, E.J., Kendell, A.E., Galimany, J.L., Gardner, K., Hayes, L., Hegel, C.A., Reeves, V.C., Straub, A., Timmons, M., Tray, L. Search and Recovery Protocols for Fatal Fire Victims from the 2018 California Camp Fire. Paper presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting, Anaheim, CA.
- (2019) Reeves, V.C. An Examination of Diet, Health, and Social Inequality within the Santa Clara County, CA Medical Center鈥檚 Potter鈥檚 Field (1871-1935). Paper presented at the Society for California Archaeology Meeting, Sacramento, CA.