 Vicki Wedel - Assistant Professor of Anatomy
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Education
2007 University of California President s Postdoctoral Fellowship, UC Berkeley -- Anthropology
2006 PhD - University of California, Santa Cruz, CA - Anthropology
Dissertation Patterns of Bone Remodeling among Enslaved and Freed Historical African Americans
2001 MA - University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK - Anthropology
Thesis Adult Health in a Middle Mississippian Population from Northeastern Arkansas: The MacDuffee Site
1998 MCJA - Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK - Criminal Justice Administration
1997 BA - University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK -Letters
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Research Interests
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- Forensic Anthropology
- Bioarchaeology
- Human Osteology
- Historical Health and Nutrition Status
- Bone Histology
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Current Research
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- Occupational and nutritional stress among historical African Americans
- Using teeth to determine age and season at death in human skeletal remains
- Forensic casework
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Academic Employment
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2008-Present Assistant Professor, Anatomy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
2007-2008 Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology, University of California, Merced, CA
2006-2007 University of California President s Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Berkeley Department of Anthropology, Berkeley, CA
2004-2005 Teaching Fellow, University of California at Santa Cruz Department of Anthropology, Santa Cruz, CA
2002-2003 Instructor University of California at Santa Cruz Department of Anthropology, Santa Cruz, CA
2002 Adjunct Instructor, Cabrillo College Department of Anthropology, Aptos, CA.
2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California at Santa Cruz Department of Anthropology, Santa Cruz, CA
2001 Instructor, University of Oklahoma Department of Anthropology, Norman, OK
2000-2001 Staff Archaeologist, Oklahoma Archeological Survey, Norman, OK
2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma Department of Anthropology,Norman, OK
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Professional Consulting
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2007 Osteology Consultant, Marshall University Department of Anthropology, Huntington, WV.
2004 Osteology Consultant, Albion Environmental, Santa Cruz, CA.
2002 Osteology Consultant, Pacific Legacy, Santa Cruz, CA.
2002 Osteology Consultant, Dr. Richard Drass, Oklahoma Archeological Survey, Norman, OK.
2000 Osteology Consultant, Mr. Robert Blasing, Federal Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma City, OK.
2000 Osteology Consultant, Cojeen Archaeological Services, Norman, OK.
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Grants
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2008 Center for Research on Teaching Excellence -- $5,000 -- Skeletal evidence of evolution.
2005 Forensic Sciences Foundation Acorn Grant -- $500 "Determining season at death using dental cementum increment analysis.
2004 Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research -- $810 " Biological effects of slavery and emancipation.
2001 University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate Research Grant -- $300
2001 University of Oklahoma Graduate College Graduate Student Travel Grant -- $300
2000 University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate Travel Grant -- $300
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Fellowships
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2006-2007 University of California President s Postdoctoral Fellowship
2004-2005 University of California President s Dissertation Year Fellowship
2001-2002 University of California at Santa Cruz Dean s Fellowship
1994 American Physiological Association Fellowship, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Department of Physiology
1993 National Institutes of Health Minority Summer Research Apprenticeship, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Department of Anatomy
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Honors and Awards
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2005 Best Poster Presentation, Social Sciences Division, University of California Santa Cruz Graduate Research Symposium
2003 University of California Santa Cruz Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Honorable Mention
2002 University of California Santa Cruz Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship Nominee
2001 University of Oklahoma Department of Anthropology Morris E. Opler Award
1998 Graduate Degree Confirmed with High Honors, Oklahoma City University
1997-1998 Graduate Student Scholarship, Oklahoma City University
1993-1998 Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Academic Scholarship
1993-1997 University of Oklahoma Merit Scholarship
1993-1997 Phillips 66 Academic Scholarship
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Publications and Manuscripts
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Books
Wedel, V.L., L.R. Zephro, A. Galloway. Broken Bones: An Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma, 2nd Edition. In preparation and under contract with Charles C. Thomas Press.
Refereed Manuscripts
Wedel, V.L. (2007). Determination of season at death using dental cementum increment analysis. Journal of Forensic Sciences 52(6):1334-1337.
Wedel, V.L. (2007). Losing the race: ancestry, identity, and the problem of human variation. In Race and Anthropology, Race in Anthropology, special themed issue of the Kroeber Anthropological Society Papers 95:7-22.
Wedel, V.L. (2004). Skeletal biological assessment; pp. 19-20 in Morgan, D.F., and Drass, R.R., Salvage excavations at the Jewett Site: A Washita River Phase village in South-Central Oklahoma. Oklahoma Archaeology 52(2):9-55.
Ohm, A.S., Cooper (Wedel), V.L., and K.W. Chung. (1995) Toxic effects of chronic cocaine consumption on female reproductive endocrine functions. Journal of Research Communications for Alcohol and Substance Abuse 16(1-2):83.
Manuscripts in Progress
Wedel, V.L. (In prep). Patterns of bone remodeling among enslaved and freed historical African Americans. For submission to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
Wedel, V.L. and S.C. Agarwal (In prep). Evaluating bone turnover patterns in light of workload stress in past populations.
Dissertation
Wedel, V.L. (2006) Patterns of bone remodeling among enslaved and freed historical African Americans. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Refereed Abstracts
Wedel, V.L. (2008) Bone remodeling in historical African Americans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
Goode-Null, S.K., J.E. Howson, V.L. Wedel, L.M. Rankin-Hill, and E.G. Medford. (2006) The lived experiences of enslaved children: growth and nutritional status in historical context. Abstracts of the Annual Meetings of the American Anthropological Association 105:252.
Wedel, V.L. and S.Y. Bowman. (2006) How to look a gift corpse in the mouth: determining season at death using dental cementum increment analysis. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 12:300.
Wedel, V.L. and J.B. Peabody. (2005) Determination of season at death using dental cementum increment analysis. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 11:286.
Wedel, V.L. (2004) Race versus ancestry: a necessary distinction. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 10:294.
Ohm, A.S., Cooper (Wedel), V.L., and K.W. Chung. (1995) Toxic effects of chronic cocaine consumption on female reproductive endocrine functions. Journal of Research Communications for Alcohol and Substance Abuse 16(1-2):83.
Federally Reviewed Technical Reports
Wedel, V.L., Lancaster, P.S. and L.M. Rankin-Hill. (2000) Burial description and skeletal analysis, 34GR4 2000 Burial 1, Lake Altus, Greer County, Oklahoma. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma City, OK.
State Reviewed Technical Reports
Wedel, V.L. (2001) Burial description and skeletal analysis, 34GD7, Kaw Lake, Grady County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Archaeological Survey, Norman, OK.
Wedel, V.L. (2001) Burial descriptions and skeletal analysis, 34GD81, Grady County Oklahoma. Oklahoma Archaeological Survey, Norman, OK.
Wedel, V.L. (2000) The Duke Energy McClain site burial descriptions and skeletal analysis in The Duke site: data recovery edited by Jesse A.M. Ballenger. Oklahoma Archeological Survey, Norman, OK.
Other Unpublished Technical Reports
Wedel. V.L. (2007-pres.) Individual forensic case reports for Merced and Stanislaus Counties, California.
Wedel, V.L., Galloway, A. and L. Zephro. (2001-2006) Individual forensic case reports for the California counties of Contra Costa, Humboldt, Marin, Monterey, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Stanislaus, and Yolo.
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Instructional Workshops
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"Determining Age and Season at Death Using Dental Cementum Increment Analysis". (2007) Presented with Dr. Alison Galloway and Lauren Zephro at the International Association for Identification annual meetings in San Diego, CA.
"Methods of Body Recovery and Scene Preservation". (2003) Presented with Dr. Alison Galloway for the Oakland Evidence Recovery Team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Professional Presentations
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Wedel, V.L. (2008) "Bone remodeling in historical African Americans". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Columbus, OH.
Wedel, V.L. and S.Y. Bowman. (2006) "Telling time with teeth: determining season at death using dental cementum increment analysis". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Anchorage, AK.
Wedel, V.L. and S.Y. Bowman. (2006) "How to look a gift corpse in the mouth: determining season at death using dental cementum increment analysis". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Seattle, WA.
Wedel, V.L. and J.B. Peabody (2005) "Determination of season at death using dental cementum increment analysis". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. New Orleans, LA.
Wedel, V.L. (2004) "Race versus ancestry: a necessary distinction". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Dallas, TX.
Wedel, V.L. and L.M. Rankin-Hill (2004) "Evidence of biomechanical stress in a Middle Mississippian skeletal population".Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Tampa, FL.
Wedel, V.L. and L.M. Rankin-Hill (2001) "Paleopathology and biomechanical indicators of stress at the MacDuffee site". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Kansas City, MO.
Wedel, V.L. (2000) "The Duke Energy McClain site burials". Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association. Columbia, MO.
Cooper (Wedel), V.L. and K.Y. Chung (1994) "Effects of cocaine on pituitary gonadotrophs and androgen receptor levels in male rats". Presented at the annual meeting of the Federation of American Scientists for Experimental Biology. Anaheim, CA.
Cooper (Wedel), V.L. and K.Y. Chung (1993) "Effects of cocaine on the ovary and uterus in rats". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists. San Diego, CA.
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Invited Talks
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"The Anatomy of Injustice: Osteobiographies of the Enslaved and Emancipated" (2008) Invited speaker in the Department of Anatomy at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA.
"Unearthing a Cold Case: An Anthropological Analysis of 1971's Jane Doe," Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office, CA.
"Burials as Books: How to Read Them." (2008) Faculty Research Week, UC Merced.
"Osteobiographies of enslaved and freed historical African Americans." (2007) Invited speaker in the Department of Anthropology, Baylor University, Waco, TX.
"Osteobiographies of enslaved and freed historical African Americans." (2007) Invited speaker in the Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.
"Osteobiographies of enslaved and freed historical African Americans." (2007) Invited speaker in the Department of Religious Studies and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.
"Bioarchaeology and the New York African Burial Ground." (2007) Presented in Anthro 2C American Cultures, University of California, Berkeley.
"Osteobiographies of enslaved and freed historical African Americans." (2007) Invited speaker in the Department of Anthropology, San Francisco State University.
"Osteobiographies of historical African Americans." (2006) Invited speaker in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, University of California, Merced.
"Who owns the past? The controversial New York African Burial Ground." (2004, 2005, 2006) Presented in
Anthro 3 Introduction to Archaeology, University of California, Santa Cruz.
"Bioarchaeological skeletal analysis." (2003) Presented in Anthro 172 Archaeological Research Design, University of California, Santa Cruz.
"Evolution of culture and behavior." (2002) Presented in IB 160 Evolution Seminar, University of California, Berkeley.
"Evidence of disease and biomechanical stress at the MacDuffee site." (2001) Presented in the Arch/Phys Forum, University of California at Santa Cruz.
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Documentaries and Television
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2008 Extreme Forensics: Stanislaus County's Jane Doe - a 37 year old cold case. In Production.
2008 The Long Journey: Santa Cruz County's Chinese John Doe. Capitola Publishing Company. In Production.
2002 The New Detectives. The Learning Channel. |
Teaching Experience
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Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Assistant Professor
Gross Anatomy
Anatomy of the head and Neck
School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts, University of California Merced
Assistant Professor
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Race and Human Variation
Anthropology of Dying, Death, and Dead Persons
Human Adaptability
Department of Anthropology, University of California Santa Cruz
Instructor/Teaching Fellow
Introduction to Human Evolution
Human Skeletal Biology
Teaching Assistant
Human Anatomy
Introduction to Human Evolution
Forensic Anthropology
Buried Bodies, Unburied Lives
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
Instructor
Bodies, Bugs, and Bones: An Introduction to Forensic Anthropology
Peoples of the World
Teaching Assistant
Human Osteology and Paleopathology
Peoples of the World
Department of Anthropology, Cabrillo College
Adjunct Instructor
Introduction to Human Evolution
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Institutional and Community Service
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2008-pr. Admissions Panel Member for College of Osteopathic Medicine and School of Dental Medicine, Western
University, Pomona, CA.
2008-pr. Liaison with College of Dental Medicine, Western.University, Pomona, CA
2008 Bobcat Day, Experience UC Merced, UC Admit Celebration, UC Merced, CA.
2007-8 School of Social Sciences Curriculum Committee, University of California, Merced, CA.
2007-8 Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), University of California, Merced, CA.
2007 "Building your best CV" presented at University of California President's Postdoctoral and Dissertation Fellows Fall Meeting, Oakland Hilton, CA.
2001-pr. Pro bono forensic case work
2003 Graduate Student Association Council Member, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
2002 The Richard Randolph Award Selection Committee Member, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
2001 Anthropology Graduate Student Liaison, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. |
Organizational Affiliations
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American Association of Physical Anthropologists - Member
American Anthropological Association - Member
American Academy of Forensic Sciences - Associate Member
International Association for Identification - Member
Society for Historical Archaeology - Member
Sigma Xi - Member |
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