Assistant Professor of Anthropology Museum Director
Research Interests
Archaeology; cultural anthropology; museums; Southeast Asian archaeology; cultures of Southeast & East Asia; ceramics; ethnoarchaeology; women in prehistory; prehistoric ecology; ancient civilizations.
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo
- M.B.A. Columbia University
- B.A. Barnard College
Courses
- ANT 110 Introduction to Archaeology
- ANT 307 Museum Methods
- ANT 318 Prehistoric Ecology
- ANT 331 Women in Prehistory
- ANT 352 Archaeology of Mesoamerica
- ANT 380 Origins of Civilization
- ANT 385 Peoples of East and Southeast Asia
- HNR 301 The Pre-Columbians
Accolades
- 2009 Social & Behavioral Sciences Representative, Governing Board, Kentucky Academy of Science
- 2005 ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation Student Faculty Summer Fellowship
- 1997-1998 Fulbright Fellowship for Dissertation Research
Selected Publications
- 2006 Judy C. Voelker (co-author) "A Program for the Analysis of Organic Remains from Prehistoric Copper-producing Settlements in the Khao Wong Prachan Valley, Central Thailand: A Progress Report", in Uncovering Southeast Asia's Past: Selected Papers from the 10th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, (Elisabeth Bacus, Ian Glover, and Vincent Pigott, volume editors), pages 154-167, NUS Press, Singapore.
- 2003 Nigel Chang and Judy Voelker. "Wash and Wear, Disposable and Cheap, Ceramic Bangles as Everyday Personal Ornaments NOT for Symbolic Use" Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Vol. 23, pages 19-26.
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