Julie Farnum, Ph.D.

Phone:  973 655-4108

Office:  Dickson Hall 142

E-mail:  farnumj@mail.montclair.edu

       

Education

Degrees Awarded       

B.A.     University of North Dakota, August, 1993, (Anthropology)

B.S.     University of North Dakota, August, 1993, (Chemical Engineering)

M.A.    University of Missouri, May, 1996, (Anthropology)

            Ph.D.   University of Missouri, Dec, 2002, (Anthropology)

 

Research

Dr. Farnum’s research interests include: modeling health processes through the examination of activity patterns, diet, ecology, genetics, occupational stress and pathologies, and social inequalities.  She works with a multi-disciplinary team on the north coast of Peru where she studies human remains from Pre-Hispanic cultures that span thousands of years.  Her previous work at the Missouri Research Reactor, where she maintains strong collaborative ties, involved determination of chemical composition and provenance of archaeological materials from all over the world.  A recent book chapter details some of her reactor work for the Tutu Archeological Site in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands.  A medical anthropological study of hypertension risk and beliefs about health and illness in Holmes County, Mississippi, to which she contributed statistical analyses and interpretation, is being submitted for publication.  Her ongoing research includes a study of social complexity, diet, health, and activity in the Sicán Capital (in Peru, 1100 AD) and surrounding communities, and continuing work on modeling the relationships between chemical indicators in bone, non-specific indicators of stress, and various demographic measurements.

 

Classes Taught

Anth 101 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology

Anth 440 - Medical Anthropology

Anth 560 - Applied Medical Anthropology

 

Recent Presentations           

2003    Diet, Status, and Health at Sicán: A Test of ICP-MS As a Tool for Paleodietary Reconstruction. (senior author with Robert J. Speakman (MURR), Kyra Lienhop (MURR), and Izumi Shimada (SIU)), paper presented to the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, WI. (April 12)

 

2003    Social Inequalities and Human Health in Ancient Peru, paper presented to the Archaeology Institute of America, Montclair State University. (Feb 11)

 

2002    Occupational Health in the Sicán of Prehistoric Peru.  (senior author with Izumi Shimada (SIU)), paper presented to the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans. (Nov 25)

 

2002    Health and Status of Sicán Populations: Comparing Heartland and Provincial (senior author with Izumi Shimada (SIU)), paper presented to the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, CO.