Anthropology Alumni
Graduates in the Master of Art program
A sample of where the graduates of our MA program went after earning the MA degree:
Doctoral program in Biological Anthropology – American University
Doctoral program in Biological Anthropology – UNC Chapel Hill
Doctoral program in Biological Anthropology – U of Arkansas
Doctoral program in Archaeology – UNC Chapel Hill
Doctoral program in Archaeology – Florida State University
Doctoral program in Archaeology – U of Kentucky
Doctoral program in Cultural anthropology – University of South Florida
Doctoral program in Cultural anthropology – State University of NY-Binghamton
Doctoral program in Classics – UNC Chapel Hill
Doctoral program in Sociology – UNC Chapel Hill
Doctoral program in Public Health – University of South Florida
Doctoral program in Intercultural Education – U of Colorado
Doctoral program in American Studies – U of New Mexico
Doctoral program in Policy Administration – NC State
Doctoral program in Social Policy – Warwick Univ. Great Britain
Doctoral program in Coastal Resource Management – ECU
Law School – University of Mississippi
A sample of position titles of graduates of our MA program:
Vice President for Institutional Advancement at a Community College
Community College Instructor in Anthropology
University Instructor in Anthropology
Foundation Director for Public Television
Clinical Trials Coordinator for a pharmaceutical company
Research Coordinator, School of Medicine
Research Associate, Area Health Education Center
Senior Principal Investigator, Cultural Resources
Domestic Violence Shelter Director
Director, Peace and Justice Church
Autopsy Assistant
Veterinary Tech
Statistician, County Health Department
Primate Research Assistant, University Medical School
National Park Service Education Coordinator
Preservation Specialist
Director, Public Archaeology Network
Archaeologist, US Army
Forensic Anthropologist, US Army Central Identification Lab
President, Cultural Resource Management Firm
Contract Archaeologist
Archaeologist, URS Corporation
In October 2006 alumni of our MA program were asked “where are you now and what are you doing?”
Below is summary of the correspondence we received.
Fiona Baxter MA 1997. Completed her PhD in Public Administration from NCSU in 2005.
She is Assistant Vice President for College and Community Relations at Valencia Community
College in Orlando, FL.
Charles L. Heath MA 1997 anthropology PhD program, UNC-CH.
Dane Magoon MA 1998 anthropology PhD program, Univ. of Illinois.
Jeremy Pulley MA 1998 Manager, Data Management, Sanofi Aventisn, New Jersey.
Sabrina Buck MA 1999 anthropology PhD program Univ. of Hawaii.
Matt Curry MA 1999 research director for different clinical studies at UNC School of Medicine.
Lori C. Higginbotham MA 1999 Forensic Examiner.
Alicia Kramer Durham MA 1999 Instructor, Park University,
Cherry Point, and Craven Community College.
Adam Marshall, MA 1999 Archaeology Field Director, Montpelier Foundations, Virginia.
April Boyd MA 2000. University Mississippi, Law School.
Tiffany Miller MA 2000 clinical trials coordinator for AA Pharma, Wilmington, NC.
John P. Cooke MA 2000 Archaeologist/ Preservation Program Coordinator,Fredericksburg, Culpeper,
and Northern Virginia Districts, Environmental Division, Virginia Department of Transportation.
Suzanne Johnson MA 2000 anthropology PhD program, University of Tennessee.
Larry McSwain MA 2000. Earned a PhD from the ECU CRM program.
Christopher R. Moore MA 2000 PhD program, Coastal Marine Management, ECU.
Jennifer Coleman Nixon MA 2000, PhD program Warwick University, UK.
Thomas E. Beaman, Jr. MA 2001 Teaches at Wilson Technical Community College, North Carolina
Wesleyan College and Nash Community College. He has an archaeology contract firm, Tar River
Archaeological Research.
Eric Giles MA 2001 anthropology PhD program Univ. of Indiana.
Heather Harris MA 2001 Primate Enrichment, Wake Forest Medical School.
Sarah Miller MA 2001 Director, Northeast Regional Center, Florida Pubic Archaeology Network based at Flagler College in St. Augustine.
Aaron Bowman MA 2002 Anthropology and Sociology Instructor at Surry Community College (Full-time).
Martha (Marty) Shaw Buie MA 2002 Social Research Associate, NC Department of
Health and Human Services.
William J. Dewan MA 2002 Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico.
Kristina Killgrove 2002 MA obtained an MA in Classical archaeology at UNC-CH
and PhD candidate, Anthropology, UNC-CH.
Will Moore MA 2002 does CRM in Virginia at William and Mary University.
Terri Russ MA 2002 runs a contract archaeology office in Raleigh.
Brandon Tutt MA 2002 Entered the PhD program, School of Education, Un. of Colorado.
Beth Barnes Baker MA 2003 Teaches at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Carol Broadus MA 2003 is currently employed at the Watershed Ecology Center at the University of SC Upstate campus and expects to enter the PhD program, Un. of South Carolina 2008.
Kelly M. Simpson MA 2003 PhD candidate Public Health at Univ of South Florida.
Daniel Baicy MA 2003 is working on a project in Texarkana with Pan American, a CRM firm.
Cynthia Bellacero - I recently read online the "Life after ECU" webpage. I am not entering the PhD program
at USC; I am expecting my second son in two months. Although I am sure I will continue my education,
there is no current set timeline.
Donna Griffin MA 2004 an intern at the Zoo Atlanta and working with orangutans.
Lisa Leone MA 2004 Head Autopsy Assistant for the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office,
Brody School of Medicine.
Krystin Erchenbrecher MA 2004 EdD program at the University of Arizona.
Keith Heinrich MA 2004 State Historic Preservation Office, Pennsylvania.
Josh Fairchild MA 2004 anthropology PhD program, American University.
Tracy Martin MA 2004 Archaeologist with the contract firm of TRC Garrow of Chapel Hill, NC.
Jessica A. Newnam MA 2004 anthropology PhD program, University of Arkansas.
Tara Potts MA 2004 taught anthropology at ECU and is now living and working in Hong Kong.
Carol Ann Short MA 2004 documentary film institute in Taos, New Mexico.
Timothy Pulsifer MA 2004 anthropology Ph.D. program at SUNY Binghamton.
Malena Rousseau MA 2005 anthropology PhD program, UNC-CH
Elizabeth Betz 2005 was working for the National Park Service.
Tina Greene MA 2006 office manager in Wilson, NC.
Stacey Krim MA 2006 Master’s of Library Science at UNC-Greensboro.
J. Michah Roos MA 2006 sociology PhD program, NC State University.
Laura Seifert MA 2006 is doing archaeology and museum work at the Savannah History Museum.
Wesley Willoughby MA 2007 anthropology PhD program University of Syracuse.
Karen DiZio - I will be starting as the new Market Research Director for Chase Counterfly, an ideation firm here in downtown Charlotte.
Cristin Atoms- I am in the MA program at Iowa State University and will be going to go to Senegal to study the interaction between the locals and the chimpanzees, particularly why the locals have taboos against harming or eating chimpanzees.
