Our Lab In The News
UNLV media coverage of our lab
Article Spotlight
- Comparison of placenta consumers' and non-consumers' postpartum depression screening results
- Impact of tissue processing on microbiological colonization in the context of placentophagy
- Navigating Cross-cultural Research: Methodological and Ethical Considerations
- Changes in Juvenile Foraging Behavior among the Hadza of Tanzania during Early Transition to a Mixed-Subsistence Economy
- Postpartum Maternal Mood Among Hadza Foragers of Tanzania: A Mixed Methods Approach
Current Lab Members
Daniel C. Benyshek
Co-Director of Lab
Phone:
702-895-2070
Fax:
702-895-4823
Email:
daniel.benyshek@unlv.edu
Alyssa Crittenden, Ph.D.
Co-Director of Lab
Mail Code:
1017
Phone:
702-895-0225
Email:
alyssa.crittenden@unlv.edu
Current Research Projects
Laboratory Alumni
- Kristen Herlosky, PhD (2023)
Dissertation: Maternal Health in the Context of Social, Political, and Economic Change among the Hadzabe Foragers of Tanzania - Trevor Pollom, PhD (2022)
Dissertation: Hunter-Gatherers in Context: Hadzabe People and Early Nutrition Transition - Kayleigh Meighan, MA (2021)
Thesis: Prevalence and predictors of postpartum co-sleeping practices after midwife-led births in the United States - Stephanie Schnorr, Postdoctoral Fellow (2021)
Project: Relevance of Positive Selection on Human Salivary Amylase Gene - Marlena Gatlin, BA (2020)
RAMP Project: Maternal Happiness and Unhappiness in Hadza Foragers of Northern Tanzania - Spencer Holmes, BA (2020)
Project: Documenting the Diversity and Functions of Music in Hadza Life - Mayisha Smalls, BA (2020)
Project: Documenting the Diversity and Functions of Music in Hadza Life - Roger Arenas, PhD (2019) Dissertation: Virtually healthy: Using Virtual Ethnography to Survey Healthcare Seeking Practices of Online Transgender Individuals
- Alina Lindquist BA (2019)
Honors Thesis: Emic Perspectives on Ritualistic Ingestion of Entheogenic Substances - Alexia Janda BA (2019)
Honors Thesis: An Examination of the Relationship Between Acculturative Stress and Eating and Body Image Disorders Among Asian Americans