Education

  • 2018-Present Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    Thesis: Who’s in the White? Health, European Immigration and White Racialization in the 19th and 20th Century. Advisor: Margaret Judd, Ph.D. Digital Studies and Methods Certificate
  • 2016-2018 M.A. Anthropology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
    Thesis: Exploring social inequality at Petra, Jordan during the 1st centruy B.C./A.D. through dental pathology. Advisor: Megan Perry, Ph.D.
  • 2011-2014 B.A. Anthropology, with Honors, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
    Thesis: A paleodietary reconstruction of Late Woodland and Early Central Plains Tradition utilizing dental calculus Advisor: Jack L. Hofman, Ph.D.

Research

Interests

Historical Bioarchaeology, Human Skeletal Ethics, Paleopathology, Dental Pathology, Dietary Isotopes

Publications

Upcoming

Wissler, A. Lieurance, A.J., Reynolds, A., Nichols, L., Bailey, L., Umar, M., Widrick, K., Zuckerman, M.K. (Upcoming). Exploring health inequality within past communities of historical Cleveland, OH through human skeletal and archival data. In Hosek, L., Warner-Smith, A. and Novak, S.A. (Eds.) Tissues and traces: Doing bioarachaeology with/in archives. Berghahn Books.

Bailey, C., Lieurance, A.J.. (In Review). Historic and legacy human skeletal collections. In Pilloud, M.A. and Passalacqua, N. (Eds.) Handbook of Forensic Anthropology Routledge.

Published

London, J.E., Lewis, A.E., Turner, T.R., Howells, M.E., Lieurance, A.J., Pender, J.E. (2022). Heavy Metal Ecotoxicology of Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) across Field Sites in South Africa. Primates, 63 (5), 525-533.

Perry, M.A., Lieurance, A.J. (2020). The Nabataean Urban Experiment, Dental Disease and Childhood Stress. In Betsinger, T. and DeWitte, S. (Eds.), The Bioarchaeology of Urbanization: The Biological, Demographic, and Social Consequences of Living in Cities. (pp. 435-457) New York, NY: Springer

Perry, M.A., Provan, M., Tykot, R. H., Appleton, L., Lieurance, A.J. (2020). Using Dental Enamel to Uncover the Impact of Childhood Diet on Frailty and Mortality in Petra, Jordan. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 29 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102181

Conference Publications

Mendenhall, P., Lieurance, A.J. (2024). Shelf Life: Addressing the “Curation Crisis” through the Use and Reevaluation of Archival Collection Material. 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA

Lieurance, A. J., Bailey, C., Wissler, A. (2023). Complicating Categories: How Historical Documents Can Impact Osteological Interpretations. 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Reno, NV

Lieurance, A. J., Isable, K. (2023). Knee’d to Know: What Exactly is a Charcot Joint? A Case Study from the Hamann-Todd Collection. Paleopathology Association 50th Annual North American Meeting, Reno, NV

Grosso, A. R., Toth, S. A., Lieurance, A.J. (2022). Learning through Movement: Tactile Methods for Interpreting Muscle Movement in Osteology. 91st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, Denver, CO

Lieurance, A.J., Perry, M. A. (2018). Exploring Social Inequality at Petra through Dental Pathology. 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Austin, TX

Perry, M. A. Lieurance, A. J., Provan, M. E. (2017). Differential Diagnosis of Possible Treponemal and Mycobacterial Infections in a late 19th Century Semi-Nomadic Sample in Jordan. Paleopathology Association 44th Annual North American Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Lieurance, A. J., Provan, M. E. (2017). Preliminary Results of the Paleopathological Investigation of a Late 19th Century Burial at Hesban, Jordan. Skeletal Biology in the Carolinas, Greensboro, NC.

Grants and Funding

  • 2024 Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, Race and/or Latinx Initiatives ($5695), Dietrich School
  • 2023 Dissertation Fieldwork Grant ($6500), Wenner-Gren Foundation
  • 2023 Summer Research Funding ($3000), University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology
  • 2022 Summer Research Funding ($3000), University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology
  • 2021 Summer Research Funding ($2000), University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology
  • 2020-21 Dietrich School Andrew W. Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2020 Klinzing Pre-dissertation Grant ($3000), University of Pittsburgh, European Studies Center
  • 2019 Conference Funding ($150), University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology
  • 2019 Summer Research Funding ($1800), University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology
  • 2018-19 Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

Academic Awards

  • 2023 Nominated Elizabeth Baranger Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh GSO
  • 2018 Masters Student Top Poster Award for Social Sciences, East Carolina University
    Research and Creative Achievement Week
  • 2016-18 Graduate Assistantship, East Carolina University

Lab Experience

  • 2016-17 Graduate Research Assistant
    East Carolina University, Megan Perry
    Develop biological profiles and catalog the skeletal remains in the 2016 Petra North Ridge excavations.

Field Experience

  • 2022 Oddessy Field School, Skeletal Pathology and Traumatology: An Advanced Course
  • 2015 Study Abroad Program, Bioarchaeology Field School
    Arizona State University, Kampsville, IL Director: Jane Buikstra
  • 2014 Laboratory Volunteer, Artifact Processing and Soil Floatation
    University of Kansas, Republic, KS
  • 2014 Field School, Training in Archaeological Field Work
    University of Kansas, Republic, KS

Teaching

University of Pittsburgh

  • 2023 Introduction to Archaeology, Alysha Lieurance (Dr. Elizabeth Arkush, Faculty Mentor)
  • 2023 Human Skeletal Analysis, Dr. Margaret Judd
  • 2022 Introduction to Forensic Anthropology, Dr. Margaret Judd
  • 2022 Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Dr. Margaret Judd
  • 2021 Introduction to Forensic Anthropology, Dr. Margaret Judd
  • 2020 Human Skeletal Analysis, Dr. Margaret Judd
  • 2019 Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Dr. Michael Siegel

East Carolina University

  • 2017-18 Introduction to Biological Anthropology Lab, Dr. James Loudon

Invited Lectures

  • 2022 Utility of Isotope Measurements in Humanitarian Work - University of Pittsburgh
  • 2022 Exploring Inequality through Teeth - Fairmont State
  • 2021 Isotopic Analysis for Human Provenancing - University of Pittsburgh
  • 2021 Isotope Analysis and Global Foodways - University of Pittsburgh
  • 2020 Deterrence or Death Sentence: Commemorating Migrant Lives Lost Due to U.S. Migration Policies - University of Pittsburgh
  • 2019 Introduction to Human Osteology - University of Pittsburgh
  • 2019 Applying to and Succeeding in Graduate School - Youngstown State University Undergraduate Anthropology Club
  • 2019 Introduction to Non-metric Biodistance Traits - University of Pittsburgh
  • 2018 Introduction to Anthropology Guest Lecture - East Carolina University

Public Outreach

  • 2022 Hostile Terrain ‘94 (Organizer) - University of Pittsburgh
  • 2020 Case for Community-Based Public Safety (Organizer) - University of Pittsburgh
  • 2018 Human Skeletal Analysis Educator - International Archaeology Day, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2018 Anthropology After Dark - East Carolina University
  • 2017 Anthropology After Dark - East Carolina University

Service to Profession

External

  • 2023-24 Cleveland Museum of Natural History Anthropology Volunteer
  • 2022-24 American Association of Biological Anthropologists Ethics Committee
  • 2022-24 Paleopathology Association Student Secretary
  • 2018-24 Carnegie Museum of Natural History Dept. of Anthropology Volunteer

Internal

  • 2022-23 GSO Elizabeth Baranger Teaching Award Committee Member
  • 2022-23 Student Representative, University of Pittsburgh Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences GSO
  • 2019-20 Web Committee, University of Pittsburgh Anthropology Department
  • 2018-19 Colloquium Committee, University of Pittsburgh Anthropology Department

Forensic Cases

  • 2017 Body Recovery Search, Washington County, NC
  • 2017 Body Recovery and Analysis, Roanoke Rapids, NC

Memberships

  • 2023-Present Society for American Archaeology
  • 2022-Present Society for Historical Archaeology
  • 2016-Present Paleopathology Association
  • 2015-Present American Association of Biological Anthropologists
  • 2015-22 American Anthropological Association
  • 2013-14 University of Kansas Undergraduate Anthropology Association