Curriculum Vitae - Anthropology - Emory University

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JOSHUA ROBERT ROBINSON
Department of Anthropology Lab: 404-712-1164
Emory University Fax: 404-727-2860
1557 Dickey Drive jrrobi3@emory.edu
Atlanta, GA 30322
EDUCATION
2014 Ph.D., Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta (expected)
2012 M.A. (with Highest Honors), Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta
2009 B.A. (summa cum laude), Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville
2009 B.A. (summa cum laude), Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Stutz, Aaron, Liv Nilsson-Stutz, Trina Arpin, Jamie L. Clark, Jason Rech, and Joshua
Robinson. (In Press). Mughr el-Hamamah-results of the 2010 field season.
Journal of Field Archaeology.
Stutz, Aaron, Liv Nilsson-Stutz, Trina Arpin, Jamie L. Clark, Jason Rech, and Joshua
Robinson. 2012. Mughr el-Hamamah. In: Keller, D., Porter, B., Tuttle, C. (eds.)
Archaeology in Jordan, 2010 and 2011 Seasons, American Journal of
Archaeology, 116(4): 693-750; (697-699).
Esche, Emily, Amanda Mummert, Joshua Robinson and George J. Armelagos. (2011).
Cancer in Egypt and Nubia. Anthropologie-International Journal of the Science
of Man, XLVIII/2: 133-139.
Mummert, Amanda, Emily Esche, Joshua Robinson, George J. Armelagos. (2011).
Stature and Robusticity at Agricultural Transitions: Evidence from the
Bioarchaeological Record. Economics & Human Biology. 9: 284-301.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2013 Emory University Dean’s Teaching Fellowship, 2013-2014
2013 Emory University - Mellon Graduate Teaching Fellowship (alternate in favor of
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship)
2012 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Developing a
paleoenvironmental context for Middle Stone Age behavioral transitions: a multisite
approach. ($20,000; Fall 2012-Spring 2014)
2012 Emory University Piedmont TATTO Fellow in Sustainability, Teaching, and
Curriculum, 2012-2013
2011 Palaeontological Scientific Trust (South Africa): co-PI: “Reconstructing
Paleoenvironments at Sibudu Cave using Isotopic Data,”15,000 South African
Rand (US$2275; Summer 2011)
2011 American Association of Physical Anthropologists Politzer Travel Award
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Osigbeme, Monique, Chenere Ramsey, Malu Tansey, Joshua Robinson, John Kingston,
Arri Eisen. (2011). Interpreting the Life of the Carlos Museum’s Old Kingdom
Mummy. Presented at the 7 th World Congress of Mummy Studies, San Diego,
June 20-25.

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Clark, Jamie L., Joshua R. Robinson. (2011). Holes in the Record: Millipedes as a source
of disturbance at archaeological sites. Presented at the Annual Association of
Physical Anthropologists Meetings, Minneapolis, April 12-16.
Robinson, Joshua. (2007). Effects of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project. Paper
presented at 43 rd Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Geographers,
Jacksonville, Florida, February 12-16.
LABORATORY TRAINING
2008 Anthropology Stable Isotope Processing Laboratory, University of Florida
(Advisor: Dr. John Krigbaum), 2008-2009
2009 Stable Isotope Mass Spec Intern, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville
MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
2006 Herbarium Technician, Herbarium, Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, 2006-2009
2009 Osteology Intern, Anthropology Department, Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville
LABORATORY RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE
Developing a Paleoenvironmental Context for Middle Stone Age Behavioral
Transitions: A multi-site approach (2011-)
NSF funded dissertation research utilizing isotopic characterization of fossil
herbivore tooth enamel from the Middle Stone Age sites of Lukenya Hill (Kenya),
the Kibish Formation (Ethiopia), Porc Epic (Ethiopia), Ishango (DRC), Katanda
(DRC), Twin Rivers (Zambia), Mumbwa Caves (Zambia), Kalemba Rockshelter
(Zambia); Committee Members: John Kingston, Dietrich Stout, Aaron Stutz
Reconstructing Paleoenvironments at Sibudu Cave Using Isotopic Data (2011-)
Carbon and oxygen isotopic characterization of fossil herbivore tooth enamel
from the Middle Stone Age site of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa for
paleoenvironmental reconstruction; with Lyn Wadley, University of
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Life History of Emory’s Old Kingdom Mummy (2010-2012)
Analysis of carbon and oxygen from tooth enamel of Emory University’s Old
Kingdom Mummy; with John Kingston; Biogeochemical Laboratory, Emory
University and the staff of the Carlos Museum
Tick Island Skeletal Demography (2008-2009)
Age and sex determination of the fragmentary and co-mingled human skeletal
assemblage from Tick Island, Florida; Florida Museum of Natural History,
Anthropology Department, Gainesville; with John Krigbaum and William
Marquardt
FIELD RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE
Mughr el-Hamamah (Jordan) Excavations (2010-)
Field worker; PIs: Dr. Aaron Stutz and Dr. Liv Nilsson Stutz
St. Johns Archaeology Summer Field School (2007 student; 2008 assistant)
Silver Glen Run, Florida; PI: Dr. Kenneth Sassaman

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GIS Analysis of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project (2007)
GIS modeling of the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed dechannelazation of the
Kissimmee River (Florida); with Youliang Qiu, Department of Geography,
University of Florida, Gainesville
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
ANT 200/NBB 201: Foundations of Behavior (Graduate TA - Spring 2012)
ANT 201: Concepts and Methods in Biological Anthropology (Course TA/Lab Instructor
– Spring 2011)
ANT 204: Introduction to Archaeology (Co-Teach – Fall 2011)
ANT 285: Concepts and Methods in Biological Anthropology (Course Instructor –
Spring 2013; no laboratory component)
ANT 312: Human Skeletal Biology (Graduate TA – Spring 2011)
ANT 382/ENV385: Ecological Context of Human Evolution (Course Instructor – Spring
2012)
ACADEMIC AWARDS
2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
2009 University of Florida Four Year Scholar and Valedictorian
2007 Florida Society of Geographers Best Undergraduate Paper, 43 rd Annual Meeting,
Jacksonville, Florida: “Effects of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project.”
MEMBERSHIPS
2011- Student Member, American Association of Physical Anthropologists
2007- Lambda Alpha, National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology
2006- National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2006- Golden Key International Honor Society
SERVICE
2012 Emory University Center for Community Partnerships Project SHINE community
outreach and volunteer coordinator for service-based learning, 2012 - Present
2012 Graduate student member of Emory University’s Undergraduate Learning
Assessment Committee
2009 Student Representative, Department of Anthropology Graduate Concerns
Committee, 2009-2011
UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESES ADVISED
Monique Osigbeme – 2010-2011; Reconstructing the Health of Emory’s Old Kingdom
Mummy
Selin Nugent – 2010-2012; Foreigners in Hasanlu? The Tale of a Roman Warrior
Shannan Healy – 2011-Present; Untitled Nubian Isotope Research