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Erin Pinkston,

Erin Pinkston,

Postdoctoral Instructor of Anatomy

College of Health Sciences

epinkston@westernu.edu

  • Education
    • Ph.D. Biological Anthropology
      University of Buffalo, SUNY, NY
      Dissertation: Weaning practices, subsistence strategies, and skeletal growth and development
      Expected defense in May 2025
    • M.A. Applied Anthropology
      California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, CA
      Thesis: Juvenile remains: predicting body mass and stature in modern American populations
      2017
    • B.A. Anthropology
      University of California, Berkeley, CA
      2011
  • Publications

    Poster Presentations

    • 2023 Paleopathology Association, April 17th-19th, Reno, NV
      Pinkston, E. F. E. Anatomy of a differential diagnosis: A case study of Macaca fascicularis in biomedical context.
    • 2022 American Association of Biological Anthropologists, March 23rd - April 1st, Denver, CO
      Pinkston, E. F. E., Cooper, M. J., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. The efficacy of a priori grouping in cold adaptation studies. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 177(S73): 77.
    • 2021 American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 7-28th, Virtual
      Pinkston, E. F. E., Quataert, R. L., Kenyon-Flatt, B., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. Phenotypic plasticity of the Macaca fascicularis mandible: a geometric morphometric analysis of wild and biomedical populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174(S71): 85.
    • 2021 American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 7-28th, Virtual
      Quataert, R. L., Pinkston, E. F. E., Kenyon-Flatt, B., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. Chew on this: Dental wear patterns in biomedical and wild Macaca fascicularis specimens.American Journal of Physical Anthropology 174(S71): 87.
    • 2021 Paleopathology Association, April 3-26th, Virtual
      Quataert, R. L., & Pinkston, E. F. E. Abscessed with Macaques: Dental abscesses within biomedical skeletal collection.
      Honorable mention for student poster Presentation
    • 2020 Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists, November 13-14th, Virtual
      Pinkston, E. F. E., Allen, K., M., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. A geometric morphometric analysis of sexual dimorphism in Cercopithecoids.
      Honorable mention for student poster presentation
    • 2020 American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 15-18th, Los Angeles, CA
      Pinkston, E. F. E., Allen, K., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N. Geometric morphometric analysis of postcranial sexual dimorphism in Cercopithecoids. (Conference canceled).
    • 2019 9th Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Symposium, Buffalo, NY
      Pinkston, E. F. E., Glasgow, S., Gruenthal-Rankin, A., Ramsier, M., & Chan, S.. Estimating body mass for subadults: a radiographic study of the femur.
      2nd place for student poster presentation
    • 2019 American Association of Physical Anthropologists, March 27-30th, Cleveland, OH
      Pinkston, E. F. E., Glasgow S., Gruenthal-Rankin A., Ramsier, M., & Chan, S. Estimating body mass for subadults: a radiographic study of the femur. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 168(S68): 191.

    Podium Presentations

    • 2017 5th Annual Anthropology Student Research Symposium, Arcata, CA
      Pinkston, E. F. E., Glasgow, S., Chan, S, & Ramsier, M. Juvenile remains: predicting body mass and stature in modern American populations.
    • 2011 Society for American Archaeology, March 30-April 3rd, Sacramento, CA
      Pinkston, E. F. E. Symbolism of the skull: a case study of significance of human heads in Maya termination rituals.

    Guest Lectures

    • 2022 "Forensic anthropology & bioarchaeology", Introduction to Biological Anthropology (APY107), Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, NY
    • 2021 鈥淎ssessing the impacts of canine alterations in biomedical macaques using dental wear and geometric morphometric analyses鈥, Works in Progress Series, Department of Anthropology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, NY
    • 2017 鈥淗uman osteology鈥, Graduate Summer Institute, Department of Anthropology, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, CA