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Cunningham, Deborah Dr.
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- B.A., Anthropology, Appalachian State University, 1991
- M.A., Anthropology, University of Tennessee, 1998
- Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Missouri, 2005
- Evolution of East and South African hominins
- Species boundaries, sexual dimorphism, and bone biology in australopiths and extant great apes
- Evolution and dispersal of modern humans
- Effective teaching methods
- Lecturer/Resident Instructor, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri, 2007 - 2008.
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, 2006 - 2007.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Origins Program, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 2005 - 2006.
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech University, 2004 - 2005.
- Graduate Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Winter 2003 & Winter 2004.
- Teaching Assistant/Laboratory Instructor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, 2002 - 2003.
- Teaching Assistant/Laboratory Instructor, Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University of Missouri, Summer 1999 & Summer 2001.
- Teaching Assistant/Laboratory Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, 1999 - 2001.
- Teaching Assistant, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Missouri, 1998 - 1999.
- Cunningham, D.L. & Wescott D.J. Still more "fancy" and "myth" than "fact" in students' conceptions of evolution. Evolution: Education and Outreach 2(3):505-517. 2009.
- Wescott D.J., Cunningham, D.L.. Temporal changes in Arikara humeral and femoral cross-sectional geometry associated with horticultural intensification. Journal of Archaeological Science 33:1022-1036 (also see Science 312 [5773]:507). 2006.
- Wescott DJ., Cunningham, D.L. Recognizing and understanding student misconceptions about science and evolution. MountainRise 2(2): (http://facctr.wcu.edu/mountainrise/archive/vol2no2/html/science_evolution.html).2005.
- Cunningham D.L., Jantz RL. Craniometric relationships of Paleoamericans and Archaic Indians. Current Research in the Pleistocene 20:87-89.2003.
- Cunningham D.L., Jantz RL. The morphometric relationship of Upper Cave 101 and 103 to modern Homo sapiens. Journal of Human Evolution 45:741-758. 2003.
- Cunningham D.L., Wescott DJ. Within-group human variation in the Asian Pleistocene: The three Upper Cave crania. Journal of Human Evolution 42:627-638.2002.
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