Select Publications and Presentations

Select Grants, Fellowships, and Honors

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ocobock C, Niclou A, Loewen T, Arslanian K, Gibson R, Valeggia C. Demystifying mentorship: tips for successfully navigating the mentor-mentee journey. American Journal of Human Biology, e23690. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23690

Amorim CEG, Dasari M, Durgavich L, Hinde K, Kissel M, Lewton K L, Loewen T. Integrative approaches to dispersing science: A case study of March Mammal Madness. American Journal of Human Biology, e23659. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23659

Loewen, T, Kenneth Nystrom, and Martina Čelhar. Bioarchaeological Analysis of Skeletal Remains from Nadin Necropolis. Archaeologia Adriatica. (In press)

Williams SA,  Zeng I, Paton G, Yelverton C, Dunham C, Ostrofsky KR, Shukman S, Avilez MV, Eyre J, Loewen T, Meyer MR, Prang TC. Inferring lumbar lordosis in Neandertals and other hominins. PNAS Nexus. (Accepted PNASNEXUS-2021-00121)
  • Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship $28,000
  • AAUW Dissertation Fellowship (awarded & declined to accept Ford Fellowship)
  • 2021 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award Number: 2128747, $25,191                                          Bioimperialism and Romanization: A Microevolutionary Analysis of Population Change in the Roman Adriatic ​
  • 2020 GPSA Outstanding Mentor Award $750
  • 2017-2019 American Association of Biological Anthropologists Ethics Committee Fellow
  • 2017 Lambda Alpha Honor Society The Graduate Research Grant $2000

Web, Educational, and Creative Posts

“As Philly reckons with MOVE remains tragedy, anthropologists must confront our role.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. 05/10/2021. Invited op-ed.
“Black In BioAnth Week.” Cite Black Authors. 02/01/2021. Invited guest contributor.

Book Reviews

“Bioarchaeology of frontiers and borderlands.” Edited by Cristina I. Tica and Debra L. Martin. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. 2019. 314 pp. ISBN 0-978-16-83400-84-4. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. (2021) https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24347

Teaching Experience

Adjunct/ Instructor Teaching Experience (original courses)
2021 Summer ASM-294, Bones, Bodies, & Bioarchaeology, ASU
(co-taught and co-developed with Dr. Jane Buikstra)

2018 Spring ANTH-1205, Forensic Science, CUNY Brooklyn College
Course Development
2020 Summer ASM-294, Bones, Bodies, & Bioarchaeology (CANVAS course), ASU
Developed with Dr. Jane Buikstra