Graduate Placement

Career Data

For more detailed information about what our graduates are up to now visit the Office of Graduate Studies in Arts & Sciences' career outcomes page.

Career outcomes data

Our Graduates

2022-2023

  • Seth Grooms (2022) Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
  • Matthew Abel (2023) Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Kenyon College
  • Xinzhou Chen (2023) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Archaeology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
  • Jake Funkhouser (2023) Postdoctoral Scholar, Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Unvirsity of Zurich
  • Catherine McLean (2023) User Experience Researcher at Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
  • Alaina Schneider (2023) Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine
  • Rachel Sender (2023) Science Communications/ Media Specialist at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC)
  • Yufeng Sun (2023) Assistant Researcher, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
  • Grace Ward (2023) Visiting Assistant Professor, Berea College

2021-2022

  • Ximena Lemoine (2021) Cultural Resources Project Manager, PaleoWest
  • Yi-Ling Lin (2022) Assistant Director, International Development-University Advancement, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Kristena Cooksey (2022)
  • Mana Hayashi Tang (2022) Senior User Experience Researcher, Ventera Corporation
  • Grant Stauffer (2022) Natural Resource Archaeologist, Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma
  • Zhengwei Zhang (2022) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Archeology and Museology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
  • Kate Farley (2022) Assistant Scientist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden
  •            Lorraine Hu (2022) Manager, Anthropology Research Program, National Geographic Society
  •  Brad Jones (2022) 

2020-2021

  • Carter, Chelsey (May 2021) Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Princeton University
  • Hames, Aaron (May 2021) Research Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong

2019-2020

  • Barnes, Carolyn (May 2020) Proposal Writer, Pearson
  • Cubellis, Lauren (May 2020) Max Kade Postdoctoral Fellow in the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Guzman Solano, Natalia (May 2020) ACLS Emerging Voices Fellowship, Liberal Arts Engagement Hub, University of Minnesota
  • Jones, Mica (May 2020) Postdoctoral Scholar, Bioarchaeology, Oxford University
  • Walsh Lang, Colleen (MD/Ph.D., May 2020) Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda Medical Center
  • Macias, Julia (May 2020) Assistant Dean, Office of Scholar Programs, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Marr, Lauren (May 2020) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of La Verne
  • Nordine, Kelsey (May 2020) Research Consultant, Feeding Cities
  • Powis, Dick (May 2020) Postdoctoral Fellow in Maternal and Child Health, University of South Florida College of Public Health
  • Rankin, Caitlin (May 2020) Research Geoarchaeologist, Illinois State Archaeological Survey
  • Rynkiewich, Katie (May 2020) Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University
  • Martin-Saiz, Guillermo (August 2020) Lecturer in the Study of Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom
  • Rivas, Alex (August 2020) Project Archaeologist, Trileaf Corporation

2018-2019

  • Alyanak, Oguz (May 2019) Postdoctoral Researcher, Fairwork Foundation, Berlin, Germany
  • Musgrave, Stephanie (May 2019) Assistant Professor, University of Miami
  • Wilson, Ashley (May 2019) Proposal Analyst, Pearson
  • Melendez, Juan Carlos (August 2019) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac

2017-2018

  • Bolivar, Andrea (May 2018) Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan
  • Bullion, Elissa (May 2018) Archaeologist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Oregon
  • Henry, Edward (May 2018) Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University
  • Koenig, Crystal Riley (May 2018) Lecturer, Master of Interdisciplinary Studies Program, Southern Utah University
  • Li, Yuqi (May 2018) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, Nanjing University
  • Onyeneho, Kosi (May 2018)
  • Robakis, Efstathia (May 2018) Associate Research Scientist, Field Projects International
  • Spivey-Faulkner, S. Maggie (May 2018) Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta
  • Wright, Arielle (May 2018) Education and Community Engagement Coordinator, Urban Harvest STL
  • Zhang, Chaoxiong, (August 2018) Post-doctoral Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences

2016-2017

  • McDonald, Monica (December 2016) Program Scientist, Association of Zoos and Aquariums Reproductive Management Center, Saint Louis Zoo
  • Chary, Anita (May 2017) Emergency Medicine Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital; Research Director, Wuqu’ Kawoq/Maya Health Alliance
  • Chiou, Kenneth (May 2017) Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for Evolutionary Medicine, Arizona State University
  • Goldstein, Steven (May 2017) Leader of the Archaeology of Food Security and Sustainability Research Group, Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany
  • Kerker Oliver, Lana (May 2017)
  • Mueller, Natalie (May 2017) Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Washington University 
  • Singer, Elyse (May 2017) Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
  • Storozum, Michael (May 2017) Postdoctoral Fellow, Fudan University; Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany
  • Strong, Adrienne (May 2017) Assistant Professor, University of Florida
  • Ayuandini, Sherria (August 2017) Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
  • Qin, Zhen (August 2017) Assistant Professor, School of Culture and History, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China

2015-2016

  • Cagnato, Clarissa (May 2016) Postdoctoral Fellow. Archéologie des Amériques (UMR 8096), Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Fyssen Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. 
  • Flachs, Andrew (May 2016) Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University
  • Heipp, Jennifer (May 2016) Director of Research, Evaluation, and Impact, Jubilee Housing
  • Joganic, Jessica (May 2016) Graduate Student in Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Department of Biology, University of Missouri St. Louis
  • Langlie, BrieAnna (May 2016) Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Binghamton University, SUNY
  • Marshack, Joshua (May 2016) Assistant Professor, Grinnell College
  • Mixter, David (May 2016) Research Assistant Professor, Binghamton University SUNY
  • Willman, John (May 2016) Postdoctoral Researcher (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship) at Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Tarragona, Spain.
  • Epstein, Jennifer (August 2016)
  • Sobonya, Sarah (August 2016) Presidential Management Fellow, USCIS

2014-2015

  • Doumani, Paula (December 2014) Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
  • Orkin, Joseph (December 2014) Postdoctoral Fellow, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
  • Ruthven, Jessica (December 2014) Professional Editor and Ethnographic Researcher 
  • Fridberg, Diana (May 2015) Registrar and Welfare Science Resource Manager at National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD
  • Rouse, Lynne (May 2015) Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow, Berlin, Germany
  • Stone, Abigail (May 2015) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Illinois State University
  • Choedup, Namgyal (August 2015) Representative of His Holiness the Dalai lama, Office of Tibet, Washington, DC
  • Heller, Alison (August 2015) User Experience Researcher, Facebook
  • Hodges, Rebecca (August 2015) High School World History Teacher, Lausanne Collegiate School, Memphis TN

2013-2014

  • Acuña, Mary Jane (December 2013) Director, El Tintal Archaeological Project Petén, Guatemala
  • Billingsley, Doc (May 2014) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Elmira College
  • Lacy, Sarah (May 2014) Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, The California State University Dominguez Hills
  • Ocobock, Cara (May 2014) Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame
  • Woldekiros, Helina (May 2014) Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis MO
  • Xu, Jing (August 2014) Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington
  • Batiashvili, Nino (August 2014) Dean of the Graduate School; Associate Dean, School of Governance and Social Sciences, Free University Tbilisi, Georgia

2012-2013

  • Bridgeman, LeAndra (December 2012) County Service Coordinator, North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) Hannibal, MO
  • Stone, Livia (December 2012) Associate Professor, Anthropology Illinois State University, Bloomington/Normal, IL
  • Fourrier, Marc (May 2013) Project Director, Great Ape Conservation Jane Goodall Institute, Goma DRC
  • Ference, Meghan (May 2013) Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Brooklyn College, NYC
  • Maki, Julia (May 2013)  Supervisor, Public Health Research, Public Health Sciences Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
  • Spengler, Robert (May 2013) Director of Paleoethnobotany Laboratories, Max Planck Institute, Jena, Germany
  • Watsa, Mrinalini (May 2013) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Missouri St. Louis
  • Kudlu, Chithprabha (August 2013) Research Associate, Washington University in St. Louis, India
  • Sood, Anubha (August 2013) Research Associate, Washington Univ. Dallas, TX

2011-2012

  • Capriles Flores, José (December 2011) Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Penn State, State College, PA
  • Hanselka, John Kevin (December 2011) Archaeologist, Env. Affairs Texas Dept. of Transportation
  • Jacobsen, Anna (December 2011) Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
  • Vandercone, Rajnish (December 2011) Senior Lecturer, Applied Sciences Rajarata Univ., Mihintale, Sri Lanka
  • Warrener, Anna (December 2011) Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
  • Kendzior, Sarah (May 2012) Journalist and Author, St. Louis, MO
  • Shaffer, Christopher (May 2012) Assistant Professor, Anthropology Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
  • Grillo, Katherine (August 2012) Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Anthropology, University of Florida
  • Repice, Eric (August 2012) Artist, St. Louis, MO

2010-2011

  • Arbor, Tafline (December 2010) Associate Professor, Anatomy Marian Univ. Indianapolis, IN
  • Schilling, Timothy (December 2010) Archaeologist, National Park Service Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, NE
  • Gutierrez, Mercedes (May 2011) Lecturer and Director of Embryology, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Medical School
  • Kelley, Elizabeth (May 2011) Executive Director, WildCare, Saint Louis Zoo
  • Maley, Blaine (August 2011) Chair, Anatomy, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Wistrand, Jennifer (August 2011) Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University

2009-2010

  • Hildebrand, Vanessa Marie (December 2009) Assistant Professor, Anthropology Case Western Reserve University
  • Lee, Hyeon Jung (December 2009) Associate Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea
  • Quincey, Jennifer A. (December 2009) Owner/Editor, Banyan Tree Editorial Services, LLC.
  • Isci, Baris (May 2010) Assistant Professor Mugla University, Mugla, Turkey
  • Weissbrod, Lior (May 2010) Postdoctoral Fellow, Zinman Institute of Archaeology University of Haifa
  • Horton, Elizabeth Temple (August 2010) Assistant Archaeologist, Arkansas Archaeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR
  • Hejtmanek, Katherine R. (August 2010) Associate Professor/Anthropology and Children Studies Brooklyn College
  • Larchanche, Stephanie (August 2010) Director of Research and Training Minkowska Center, University of Paris

2008-2009

  • Adams, Catrina T. (August 2009) Education Director Missouri Botanical Gardens
  • Dunn, Rachel H. (August 2009) Associate Professor, Master of Science in Anatomy Program; Assistant Professor, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Program

2007-2008

  • De Luycker, Anneke Marie (December 2007) Associate Professor of Conservation Studies, Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, Front Royal, VA
  • Laird, Kathleen Fenner (December 2007) Director of Research for Safety & Cross-Cultural Content, Shoreland Inc., Arlington, VA
  • Weghorst, Jennifer A (December 2007) Assistant Director of Undergraduate Biology Program University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  • Bruno, Maria Christina (May 2008) Associate Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
  • Carter, Benjamin P (May 2008) Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
  • Cowgill, Libby W. (August 2008) Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • Louis, Bertin (August 2008) Associate Professor, Anthropology, African American and Africana Studies, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies, University of Kentucky
  • Sahota, Puneet Kaur (August 2008) Psychiatrist, Philadelphia, PA

2006-2007

  • Dale, Darla (May 2007) Retired
  • Cochrane, Laura L (August 2007) Professor; Department Chair, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI

2005-2006

  • Walshaw, Sarah (December 2005) Senior Lecturer Simon Fraser U.
  • Adams, Justin (May 2006) Associate Professor, Monash biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
  • Hansen-Speer, Karla (May 2006) Lecturer, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
  • Dobson, Seth (August 2006) Manager, Analytics- Merkle
  • Glore, Angela (August 2006) Executive Director, First 5 Del Norte, Crescent City, CA
  • Muldoon, Kathleen (August 2006) Associate Professor, Anatomy Midwestern University

2004-2005

  • Barkin, Gareth (August 2004) Professor and Chair, Sociology and Anthropology Univ. of Puget Sound
  • Kaufman, Jason (August 2004) Associate Professor, Anatomy Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University
  • Lewis-Harris, Jacquelyn (May 2005) Associate Professor, Dir., Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity U. Missouri, St. Louis
  • Shackelford, Laura (May 2005) Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor, Anthropology University of Illinois--Champaign Urbana
  • Curtis, Jennifer (August 2005) Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland