Curriculum Vitae
Steven E. Churchill
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Duke University
Box 90383
Science Drive
Durham, NC27708-0383(919) 660-7314 (office) 
(email)
- Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1994
- M.A., University of New Mexico, 1989
- B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1981
- Areas of Research
Human Paleontology; Functional Morphology of Postcranial Skeleton
- Areas of Interest
- Human Paleontology; Functional Morphology of Postcranial Skeleton
- Professional Experience / Employment History
- Duke University
Chair, Dept. Biol. Anthro. & Anat., 2004 - 2007 - Associate Professor, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, 2002 - present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, 1995 - 2002
- Bernard Price Institute of Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
Associate, Palaeoanthropology Unit for Research and Exploration, 1998 - 2004 - University of New Mexico
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, 1994 - 1995 - Teaching Associate, Department of Anthropology, 1990, 1993-1994
- Duke University
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Thomas Langford Lectureship Award
- Ph.D. with distinction, University of New Mexico
- M.A. with distinction, University of New Mexico
- Department of Anthropology Endowed Graduate Fellowship, University of New Mexico
- B.S. cum laude, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Professional Service
Service as Departmental Officer
- Chair, 2004 - 2007
- DUS, 1997 - 2004
University Committees/Service
- Director, Duke in South Africa Paleoanthropology Field School, 1998 - 2006
Service to the Professional Community
Journals/Volumes Refereed
- Grant/Manuscript reviewer (numerous journals, foundations), 1994 - present
- Editorial Advisory board, Human Evolution Series, Oxford University Press, 2008 - present
- Editorial board, Museum of Comparative Anthropogeny, 2008 - present
- Associate Editor, Journal of Anthropological Research, 2005 - present
- Editorial Board Member, Paleorient, 2002 - 2006
- Editorial Board Member, Bull. Mem. Soc. Anthrop., Paris, 2002 - 2006
- Associate Editor, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2003 - 2007
- Associate Editor, Journal of Human Evolution, 2003 - 2005, 1999-2001
Lectures
Invited Lectures:
- The mean streets of Ice Age Europe: Neandertals in the context of European Pleistocene carnivore ecology, Department of Biology, Sam Houston State University, 15 January 2007
- The history of prehistory: the uses and abuses of South Africa's fossil wealth, COSA (Consilium on Southern Africa), Duke University, 2006
- Paleoanthropology as a discovery-driven science: public versus scientific perspectives on human evolutionary studies, "Rx for Science Literacy" workshop for North Carolina science teachers, 2006
- Modern human origins, Bernard Price Institute of Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand, 2004
- Modern human origins, Department of Biology, Pfeiffer University, 2004
- Modern human origins, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, 2003
- Neandertal and Cro-magnon predatory behavior and the evolution of projectile weaponry, Anthropology colloquium, Smithsonian Institution, 2003
- Doctoral Theses Directed
- Adam Hartstone-Rose, Evaluating The Hominin Scavenging Niche From An Analysis Of The Carcass-Processing Abilities Of The Members Of The Carnivore Guild., (2003 - 2008)
- Todd R. Yokley, The Functional and Adaptive Significance of Anatomical Variation in Recent and Fossil Human Nasal Passages, (1999 - 2006)
- Laura T. Gruss, Lower Limb Proportions and Locomotor Biomechanics in the Genus Homo: An Experimental Study, (1998 - 2005)
- Michael T. Black, Mechanical determinants of form in the pubis of Middle-to-Late Pleistocene Homo, (1995 - 2004)
- Patrick J. Lewis, Metapodial Morphology and the Evolutionary Transition of Late Pleistocene to Modern Bison, (1999 - 2003)
- Professional Affiliations
American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1987 to present.
Paleoanthropology Society, 1993 to present.
Corresponding member, Center for Academic Research Training in Anthropogeny, 2006 to present.
- Publications (listed separately)
Students Mentored
Postdocs Mentored
- Jill Rhodes, (2004 - 2007)
Ph.D. Students Supervised
- Maya Murakami, (2005 - 2006)
- Adam Hartstone-Rose, (2003 - 2008)
- Sara Doyle, (2001 - 2008)
- Todd R. Yokley, (1999 - 2006)
- Laura T. Gruss, (1998 - 2005)
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