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Kimberly T. Wren

Title: Adjunct Faculty

Department: Anthropology

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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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

Current Scheduled Teaching

ANTH 4720.100Human Rights AnthropologySpring 2025
ANTH 3130.100African American AnthropologyFall 2024 Syllabus
ANTH 3110.400Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ANTH 4720.100Human Rights AnthropologySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.107Special ProblemsSpring 2024
ANTH 3130.100African American AnthropologyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.107Special ProblemsFall 2023
ANTH 4720.100Human Rights AnthropologySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3120.100Indigenous Cultures of the SouthwestSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.700Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaSpring 8W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3130.100African American AnthropologyFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.200Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.700Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaFall 8W2 2022 SPOT
ANTH 3110.200Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaSummer 8W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3120.100Indigenous Cultures of the SouthwestSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.300Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaSpring 8W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4701.042Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3130.100African American AnthropologyFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.200Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.300Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.700Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaFall 8W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.750Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaFall 8W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.200Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaSummer 8W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 2300.521Culture and SocietySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3120.001Indigenous Cultures of the SouthwestSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.200Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaSpring 3W1 2021 Syllabus
ANTH 4900.107Special ProblemsSpring 2021 Syllabus
ANTH 4701.042Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3130.001African American AnthropologyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.200Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3110.300Indigenous Peoples of North AmericaFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 4900.107Special ProblemsFall 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 3101.200American Culture and SocietySpring 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 3101.300American Culture and SocietySpring 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 3120.001Indigenous Cultures of the SouthwestSpring 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 4701.042Topics in Sociocultural AnthropologySpring 2020 Syllabus
ANTH 3130.001African American AnthropologyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ANTH 3120.001Indigenous Cultures of the SouthwestSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT

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.
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    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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