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Heather Edgar is a professor in the Department of Anthropology, a forensic anthropologist for the Office of the Medical Investigator, and the director of Bridge Lab.
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She has received several recognitions and honors to include an Ovation Award for research and scholarship from The University of New Mexico Office of the Vice President for Research, and a distinguished lecture in Anthropology from the American Museum of Natural History.
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She has published and co-written several important research pieces about archeology. Her most recent dives into childhood stress and developmental instability that can be found in enamel.
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Edgar and the Bridge Lab conduct important research and are focused on improving the identification of missing and murdered American Indians and researching the inequality of developmental stress and health through life.
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Edgar received her doctorate in Forensic Anthropology from The Ohio State University, her M.A. in Arts from Arizona State University, and a B.A. in Arts from the University of Nevada.
Areas of Interest
Bio-archaeology, dental anthropology, human biology, African American and Hispanic American biological anthropology, and forensic anthropology.
Contact
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