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Alyssa Bader

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Assistant Professor

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019

I am a Tsimshian anthropologist whose community-based, collaborative research program draws from a range of archaeological sciences, including paleogenomics, bioarchaeology, and stable isotope analysis. My current research is concentrated in the Northwest Coast of North America, where I am investigating relationships between diet, health, and socio-political dynamics in both ancestral and contemporary Indigenous communities. My research program is guided by a commitment to ethical, community-based research in partnership with Indigenous nations. I maintain a research affiliation with the and am an alum and faculty member of the USA program.

I am currently in the process of developing an anthropological genomics lab suite at 麻豆区 with dedicated space for paleogenomic, contemporary genomic, and bioarchaeological research.

Representative Publications

*co-first authors

Tsosie KS, Bader AC, Fox K, Bolnick DA, Garrison NA, Smith RWA. 2021. Correspondence: Ancient-DNA researchers write their own rules. Nature 600(2):37.

Malhi RS, Bader AC. 2019. Human paleogenomic research in the Americas: A look at current data and vision for more inclusive practices now and into the future. SAA Arch Record 19(3):16-20.

Claw KG, Anderson MZ, Begay RL, Tsosie KS, Fox K, Garrison NA, Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) Consortium. 2018. A framework for enhancing ethical genomic research with Indigenous communities. Nat Comm 9(2957).

Claw KG, Lippert D, Bardill J, Cordova A, Fox K, Yracheta JM, Bader AC, Bolnick DA, Malhi RS, TallBear K, Garrison NA. 2017. Invited commentary: Chaco Canyon dig unearths ethical concerns. Hum Biol 89(3):177-180.

Malhi RS, Bader AC. 2015. Engaging Native Americans in genomics research. Am Anthropol 117(4):743-744.

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