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Nancy Tatarek

Nancy-Tatarek, portrait
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Bentley Annex 149
International Studies
Latin American Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
tatarek@ohio.edu
740-593-1378

Teaching Awards

University Professor 2008-09

Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award 2004-05

Education

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1999

Research & Specialization

  • Biological Anthropology
  • Skeletal Biology
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Stature
  • Anthropometric History
  • Aging
  • Spinal Neural Canal
  • Spinal Stenosis

Courses Taught

  • ANTH 2010: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
  • ANTH 3460: Human Osteology
  • ANTH 3550: Medical Anthropology
  • ANTH 4470: Forensic Anthropology
  • ANTH 4480: Bones, Blood, & Violence

Selected Publications

Tatarek, Nancy E. 2006. "Geographical Height Variation in Ohio Convicts Born 1780-1849. Economic and Human Biology 4(2), 222-236.

KL Opel, DT Chung, J Drabek, NE Tatarek, LM Jantz, BR McCord. 2006. "The Application of Miniplex Primer Sets in the Analysis of Degraded DNA from Human Skeletal Remains." Journal of Forensic Sciences 51(2), 351-356.

Tatarek, Nancy E. 2005. ā€œVariation in the human cervical neural canal." The Spine Journal: 5: 623-631.

BR McCord, KL Opel, DT Chung, J Drabek, NE Tatarek, LM Jantz, J Butler. 2005. ā€œThe Development of Miniplex Primer Sets for the Analysis of Degraded DNA.ā€ Proc SPIE: 5778, 617-25.

Tatarek, Nancy E. and Sciulli, Paul W. 2005. ā€œEstimation of Sex, Race and Stature From the Lower Extremity.ā€ In Forensic Pathology of the Lower Extremity. Edited by Rich, Jeremy, Dorothy Dean, and Robert Powers. The Humana Press, Inc.

Tatarek, Nancy E. and Dean, Dorothy E. 2005. ā€œAnatomy of the Lower Extremity.ā€ in Forensic Pathology of the Lower Extremity. Edited by Rich, Jeremy; Dean, Dorothy and Powers, Robert. September, 2003. The Humana Press, Inc.

Dean, Dorothy; Tatarek, Nancy E.; Rich, Jeremy; Powers, Robert; Brogdon, B.G.; and Lewis, Bradley. 2004. ā€œUndefeated by Surgery: The Utility of Post-Surgical Foot and Ankle Radiographs as a Basis for Identification: Focus on the Ankle.ā€ Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine, April 2004.

Sciulli, Paul W., Lease, Loren R., Brown, Boyd P., Tatarek, Nancy E. 2003. ā€œA Preliminary Investigation of Population Dynamics of the Upper Ohio Valley: AD 1200-1650.ā€ Archaeology of Eastern North America (2003) 31:1-14.

Rich, Jeremy; Tatarek, Nancy; Powers, Robert; Brogdon, BG; Lewis, Bradley; and Dean, Dorothy. 2002. ā€œUsing Pre- and Post-Surgical Foot and Ankle Radiographs for Identification.ā€ Journal of Forensic Sciences. Vol. 47, No. 6.

Tatarek, Nancy E. and Sciulli, Paul W. 2000. ā€œComparisons of population structure in Ohioā€™s Late Archaic and Late Prehistoric periods.ā€ American Journal of Physical Anthropology:112: 363-76.