Kristina Killgrove

Kristina Killgrove
Kristina Killgrove excavating at Oplontis, Italy.
BornMarch 10, 1977
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Children2
AwardsSociety for American Anthropology Excellence in Public Archaeology Award; American Anthropological Association New Directions Award for Excellence in Public Anthropology
Scientific career
FieldsBioarchaeology, Roman archaeology, science communication
InstitutionsUniversity of West Florida, Vanderbilt University, SUNY Cortland, UNC Chapel Hill, Ronin Institute
Thesis Mobility and Migration in Imperial Rome
Academic advisorsNicola Terrenato
Websitewww.killgrove.org

Kristina Killgrove (born March 10, 1977) is an American bioarchaeologist, science communicator, and author who primarily covers anthropology and archaeology news and engages in research on ancient Roman skeletons. She is a regular contributor to Live Science[1] and previously to Mental Floss, Science Uncovered, and Forbes. From 2012 to 2018, she was faculty in anthropology at the University of West Florida[2] and she has maintained an affiliation as a research scholar at the Ronin Institute since 2011.[3] She is currently affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[4]

Biography

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Killgrove grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia, where her father was employed as an engineer for the National Ground Intelligence Center and her mother was a nurse. She has one brother. She is a graduate of Albemarle High School and the University of Virginia, earning a B.A. with a double major in classical archaeology and Latin.[5] Killgrove attended East Carolina University and earned an M.A. in anthropology, then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned an M.A. in classical archaeology and a PhD in anthropology.[5] She has taught college courses at the University of West Florida,[2] Vanderbilt University, UNC Chapel Hill, SUNY Cortland, and Durham Technical Community College.[5] Killgrove is married[6] to Patrick Reynolds, a GitHub principal engineer and the Oracle of Bacon; they have two children.[7][8] In 2019, she resigned her position as chair of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) media relations committee to protest SAA's failure to eject an archaeologist accused of sexual harassment from their annual conference.[9][10]

Research projects

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Killgrove's first research project for her dissertation focused on skeletons from two cemeteries in Imperial-era Rome.[11] This work included palaeodietary reconstruction[12] as well as the first strontium isotope study of human migration in the Italian peninsula.[13][14][15] From 2010 to 2017, Killgrove worked on the human skeletal material recovered from the site of Gabii, under the aegis of a project headed by Nicola Terrenato.[16] Since 2017, she has led a team working at the Vesuvian site of Oplontis.[17][18][19]

SciComm

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Killgrove has written a blog, Powered by Osteons, since 2007.[20] In 2013, she contributed to the 'Ask A Scientist' column of the short-lived British pop-sci magazine Science Uncovered.[21] From 2015 to 2020, she was a contributor at Forbes, covering archaeology and anthropology news in her own column.[22] In 2016, she began contributing occasional essays for Mental Floss[23] and in 2022 she started writing for Live Science.[1] Killgrove has won two awards for her science communication.[24][25] She has also provided expert commentary for numerous media outlets, including CNN, the BBC, LiveScience, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Newsweek, NPR, and Quirks & Quarks.[26]

Awards

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Academic publications

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  • Killgrove, K., and R. Tykot. 2018. Diet and collapse: a stable isotope study of Imperial-era Gabii (1st–3rd c AD). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.05.054.
  • Killgrove K. and J. Montgomery. 2016. All roads lead to Rome: exploring human migration to the Eternal City through biochemistry of skeletons from two Imperial-era sites (1st–3rd c AD). PLOS ONE 11(2): e0147585. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147585.
  • Meyers Emery, K., and K. Killgrove. 2015. Bones, bodies, and blogs: outreach and engagement in bioarchaeology. Internet Archaeology 39. doi: 10.11141/ia.39.5.
  • Killgrove, K. 2013. Biohistory of the Roman Republic: the potential of isotope analysis of human skeletal remains. Post-Classical Archaeologies 3:41–62.
  • Killgrove, K., and R. Tykot. 2013. Food for Rome: a stable isotope investigation of diet in the Imperial period (1st–3rd centuries AD). Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 32(1):28–38. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2012.08.002.
  • Montgomery, J., J. Evans, S. Chenery, V. Pashley, K. Killgrove. 2010. "Gleaming, white and deadly": lead exposure and geographic origins in the Roman period. In Roman Diasporas: Archaeological Approaches to Mobility and Diversity in the Roman Empire, H. Eckardt ed. Journal of Roman Archaeology supplement 78, Chapter 11, pp. 199–226.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Articles by: Kristina Killgrove | Live Science". livescience.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
  2. ^ a b "Killgrove". University of West Florida (uwf.edu). Archived from the original on 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  3. ^ "Kristina Killgrove | Ronin Institute". ronininstitute.org. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  4. ^ "Dr. Killgrove". killgrove.web.unc.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  5. ^ a b c "Curriculum Vitae". Kristina Killgrove, PhD. 2011-08-03. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  6. ^ "Migration and Mobility in Imperial Rome". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  7. ^ "Three Kids, a Dead Raccoon, and My Crockpot: A Photo-Essay". www.poweredbyosteons.org. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  8. ^ Killgrove, Kristina (2019-05-02). "The Skeleton In My Closet". EIDOLON. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  9. ^ Wade, Lizzie (2019-04-15). "#MeToo controversy erupts at archaeology meeting". Science. 364 (6437): 219–220. Bibcode:2019Sci...364..219W. doi:10.1126/science.364.6437.219. PMID 31000641. S2CID 122541727. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  10. ^ Wade, Lizzie (2019-04-18). "Archaeological society tries to stem continuing controversy over #MeToo scandal". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  11. ^ "Past Research". Kristina Killgrove, PhD. 2011-08-03. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  12. ^ "Most Ancient Romans Ate Like Animals". Live Science. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  13. ^ "Publications". Kristina Killgrove, PhD. 2011-08-03. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  14. ^ "Teeth and Bones from Ancient Rome Hold Clues to Migration and Slavery". 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  15. ^ "Photos: Migrants to Ancient Rome Uncovered in Cemetery". Live Science. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  16. ^ "Conferences and Talks | Gabii Project". sites.lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  17. ^ "Scavi di Oplontis, un feto e due donne incinte tra le vittime dell'eruzione del Vesuvio". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  18. ^ "Ancient Oplontis residents had bad teeth – Lifestyle". ANSA.it. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  19. ^ "Faces of Oplontis". Faces of Oplontis. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  20. ^ "Powered By Osteons". www.poweredbyosteons.org. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  21. ^ Science Uncovered Issue 01 at Bookogs. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  22. ^ Killgrove, Kristina. "Kristina Killgrove". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  23. ^ "Mental Floss". Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  24. ^ a b "Society for American Archaeology honors UWF professor for public education – UWF Newsroom". UWF Newsroom. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  25. ^ a b "UWF professor receives prestigious award". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  26. ^ "Expert Opinion". Kristina Killgrove, PhD. 2018-03-22. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
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