Congratulations to Monica Keith, who recently passed her dissertation defense. Great job, Dr. Keith! The title of her dissertation is “Genetic Variation and Health in a Rural Caribbean Village”.  One chapter is already published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology (doi:10.1002/ajpa.23924) with others soon forthcoming.

Monica’s committee consists of Dr. Greg Blomquist (Chair, MU, Anthropology), Dr. Lisa Sattenspiel (MU, Anthropology), Dr. Mark Flinn (MU, Anthropology and Baylor U.), Dr. Jared Decker (MU, Division of Animal Sciences and Informatics Institute).