| Brenda C. Frazier PhD, Anthropology
E-mail: bcf134(at)psu.edu |
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:
My doctoral dissertation investigates changes in craniofacial morphology associated with species-level body size evolution in primates. (Read the abstract here.)
I hope that this research will meaningfully contribute to the growing body of work in anthropology informing our (ever-evolving) interpretation of the Flores hominin remains. Beyond the specific applicability to the Flores finds, I hope to elucidate something about the evolutionary and developmental mechanisms that may be involved in instances of body size change.
RICHTSMEIER LAB:
Although I'm geographically isolated from them most of the time these days, I am thankful for the support, guidance and friendship of everyone back in the Richtsmeier Lab in the Penn State Department of Anthropology.
From left: Me, Joan Richtsmeier, Yann Heuzé, Neus Martínez-Abadías, John Starbuck, Chris Percival, Satama Sirivunnabood, Lisa Howell
EDUCATION:
PhD Anthropology, Penn State, May 2011MA Biological Anthropology, Penn State, 2005
BA French, Wellesley College, 1999
AWARDS:
Penn State Graduate Exhibition 2009, Second Place in Health & Life Sciences
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2008
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2005-2008
Research & Graduate Studies Office (RGSO) Dissertation Support Grant, Penn State, 2008
Hill Foundation Dissertation Support Grant, Penn State, 2008
University Fellowship, Penn State, 2003-2004
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
2008 Frazier BC, Mooney MP, Losken HW, Barbano T, Moursi A, Siegel MI, Richtsmeier JT. Comparison of craniofacial phenotype in craniosynostotic rabbits treated with anti-Tgf-ß2 at suturectomy site. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 45(6):571-582. PDF
2007 von Cramon-Taubadel N, Frazier BC, Mirazón Lahr M. The Problem of Assessing Landmark Error in Geometric Morphometrics: Methods and Modifications. Amer J Phys Anthropol 134(1):24-35. PDF
PRESENTATIONS & INVITED TALKS:
2011 Frazier BC. Placing the cranial morphology of a rare endemic colobine, Presbytis natunae, within the phylogenetic context of its genus. Presented at the 80th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Minneapolis, MN. Amer J Phys Anthropol Suppl 52:138. Abstract Poster
2010 Frazier BC. Uncovering the evolutionary history of a lineage with no fossil record: an odd pattern of encephalization in an odd-nosed monkey. Presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 11 October, Pittsburgh, PA. Abstract
2010 Frazier BC. The influence of sexual dimorphism on allometric interpretations in sister colobine species. Presented at the 79th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Albuquerque, NM. Amer J Phys Anthropol Suppl 50:107. Poster
2009 Frazier BC, Richtsmeier JT. Craniofacial shape and allometry in sister taxa of disparate body sizes: Nasalis larvatus and Simias concolor. Presented at the 78th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Chicago, IL. Amer J Phys Anthropol Suppl 48:129. Abstract
2009 Interview on Science Matters, a University internet radio program created and hosted by Professor Craig Hood, Department Chair in Biology, Loyola University New Orleans. Click here to listen to my interview. (Warning: it's kind of long!)
2009 Frazier BC. The Science of Anthropology. Guest lecture for undergraduate Evolution class at Loyola University New Orleans, 14 January.
2008 Frazier BC, Willmore KE, Richtsmeier JT. Characterizing neurocranial shape in microcephalic children. Presented at the 77th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Columbus, OH. Amer J Phys Anthropol Suppl 46:99. Abstract Presentation Slides
2007 Richtsmeier JT, Weiss KM, Buchanan A, Walker A, Jablonski NG, Frazier BC, Willmore KE, Lawson HA, Yan P, Hill CA, Roseman CC, Cheverud JM, Falk D, Hildebolt CF, Rogers J. Developmental genetic basis of primate craniofacial variation and human origins. Presented at the 76th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Philadelphia, PA. Amer J Phys Anthropol Suppl 44:198. Poster
2007 von Cramon-Taubadel N, Frazier BC, Mirazón Lahr M. The Problem of Assessing Landmark Error in Geometric Morphometrics. Presented at the 76th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Philadelphia, PA. Amer J Phys Anthropol Suppl 44:240-241. Poster
2005 Frazier BC, Aldridge K, Richtsmeier JT. Sexual dimorphism and morphological integration in baboons. Presented at the 74th annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Milwaukee, WI. Amer J Phys Anthropol Suppl 40:103. Poster Abstract References
2005 Frazier BC. Beyond the "Science News" page: How have recent finds changed our understanding of human evolution? Presented to the Inference Group at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK, 12 July.
2004 Frazier BC, Mooney MP, Losken HW, Barbano T, Moursi A, Martin T, Siegel MI, Yan P, Richtsmeier JT. Growth comparison via linear distance analysis of craniosynostotic rabbits treated with anti-TGF-ß2 antibody at suturectomy site. Presented at the 61st annual meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, Chicago, IL. Slides
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