Myles

Myles pursued URAP during the academic year of 2018-2019 and this is what they had to say about the experience! “I worked Dr. Erin Waxenbaum and was able to continue my study and focus on Forensic Anthropology by not only working as her TA for the Human Osteology course, but also working with her on 4 cases at the Medical Examiner’s office at Rush Hospital in the city. For me the research was less focused on my own projects and shaping my current thesis work on Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” and more focused on exposing me to the methods and practices of Forensic Anthropologists in the field. It really helped inform me about what I wanted to do with my life and the options I have as a professor when I eventually do receive a position at a University. This project and experience was very much separate from my Mellon interests however gaining information for the multitude of options I could have as a professor helped push me in the direction of applying to the fellowship.”