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Kimberly T. Wren

Adjunct Faculty

University of North Texas

Department of Anthropology

Email: Kimberly.Wren@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 2017
    Major: Biological Anthropology
    Specialization: Forensic Anthropology
    Dissertation: The Effects of Racialization on European American Stress in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
  • MA, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 2007
    Major: Biological Anthropology
    Specialization: Forensic Anthropology
    Dissertation: Methodological Considerations: Osteoarthritis and the Significance of Porosity in the William M. Bass Donated Skeletal Collection
  • BA, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
    Major: Archaeology
  • AA, Collin County Community College, 2002
    Major: Liberal Arts

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ANTH 2300 - Culture and Society, 1 course.
  • ANTH 3101 - American Culture and Society, 2 courses.
  • ANTH 3110 - Indigenous Peoples of North America, 14 courses.
  • ANTH 3120 - Indigenous Cultures of the Southwest, 5 courses.
  • ANTH 3130 - African American Anthropology, 6 courses.
  • ANTH 4701 - Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, 3 courses.
  • ANTH 4720 - Human Rights Anthropology, 3 courses.
  • ANTH 4900 - Special Problems, 4 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Collin College; Spring Creek Campus, ANTH 2301 Physical Anthropology, Spring 2021.
  • Dallas College; Richland Campus, ANTH 2401 Physical Anthropology, Spring 2021.
  • Collin College, Spring Creek Campus, ANTH 2301 Physical Anthropology, Fall 2020.
  • Dallas College, Richland Campus, ANTH 2401 Physical Anthropology, Fall 2020.
  • Collin College, Spring Creek Campus, ANTH 2301 Physical Anthropology, Spring 2020.
  • Dallas College, Richland Campus, ANTH 2401 Physical Anthropology, Spring 2020.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Wallace, I., Worthington, S., Felson, D., Jurmain, R., Wren, K., Maijanen, H., Woods, R., Lieberman, D. (2017). Knee osteoarthritis has doubled in prevalence since the mid- 20th century. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (35) 9332-9336. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1703856114

    • Newsletter

  • Wren, K., Scruggs, S. (2013). The role of anthropology and the Odd Fellows Scholars Program in advocacy efforts to restore Odd Fellows Cemetery.