Shelley L. Smith, Ph.D.

mailto:slsmith@uta.edu

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Education:

Ph.D. 1990, A.M. 1985; The University of Michigan

B.S. in Anthropology, B.A. in Philosophy, 1984; Southern Methodist University

Research Interests:

        Professor Smith has conducted research in multiple areas of biological anthropology, with studies encompassing modern and pre-modern hominids. Her interests include both skeletal biology and human evolution. Her recent research investigates the growth and development of skeletal and dental tissues. She holds an adjunct position at the Baylor College of Dentistry (Texas A&M Health Science Center) in Dallas, which allows her to work in conjunction with colleagues there who have common interests in understanding the coordinated three-dimensional growth and development of the bone and soft tissue of the craniofacial area. Some of her previous research with hand and foot bones, as well as her more recent research, has practical applications in forensic anthropology.  

Undergraduate Courses:

ANTH 2307 Biological Anthropology

ANTH 3409 Human Evolution

ANTH 3313 Primate Evolution and Behavior

ANTH 4315 Growth, Development and Evolution

Graduate Courses:

ANTH 5330 Anthropological Methods: Biological

ANTH 5351 Emergence of Humankind

Selected Publications:

S.L. Smith and G.S. Throckmorton (2006) Technical Note: Comparability of Radiographic and 3D-Ultrasound Measurements of FacialMidline Tissue Depths.   Journal of Forensic Sciences 51(2):244-247.

S.L. Smith and P.H. Buschang (2005) Longitudinal models of long bone growth during adolescence.   American Journal of Human Biology 17:731-745.

S.L. Smith and P.H. Buschang (2004) Variation in longitudinal diaphyseal long bone growth in children three to ten years of age. American Journal of Human Biology 16:648-657.

S.L. Smith (2004) Skeletal age, dental age, and the maturation of KNM-WT 15000. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 125:105-120.

S.L. Smith (2000) Shape variation of the human pollical distal phalanx and metacarpal.  American Journal of Physical Anthropology 113:329-348.

S.L. Smith and F.B. Harrold (1997)  A paradigm’s worth of difference?  Understanding the impasse over modern human origins. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 40:113-138.
S.L. Smith  (1996)  Attribution of hand bones to sex and population groups. Journal of Forensic Sciences 41:469-477.



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