Katie Zejdlik
Katie Zejdlik
katzejdlik@gmail.com
Education
2015
2012
2009
2007
2003
PhD Indiana University (Anthropology)
M.A. Indiana University (Anthropology)
M.S. University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee (Anthropology)
Museum Studies Certification, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
B.A. University of North Dakota (Anthropology and Honors), Summa cum
Laude
Professional Qualifications
Wisconsin Qualified Burial Excavator
Wisconsin Qualified Burial Analyst
Research Interests
I am an archaeologist and a skeletal analyst. My primary research interests include dental
anthropology, biological distance analysis, population movement and interaction,
paleopathology and physiology, mortuary practices, social memory and landscape,
culturally modified human bone, and social and skeletal indicators of violence. My
dissertation examined dental metrics and discrete traits as a proxy for population genetics
in investigations of migration within and between indigenous Americans in the North
American Midwest.
Professional Archaeology Positions
2015-present
2015
2014-2015
2015
2014
2011-2012,
2013-2014
2013
2011
2010-2011
Visiting Lecturer, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C.
Lecturer, University of Hawaii-West Oahu, Kapolei, HI
DPAA ORISE Forensic Research Fellow, JBPPH Hawaii
Field Director, Archaeotek, Medieval Funerary Excavtion, Odorheiu Secuiesc,
Romania
Archaeologist/ Osteologist, Cultural Surveys Hawai’i, Kailua, HI
Prehistory Research Fellow, Glenn A. Black Laboratory for Archaeology,
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Osteologist and Field Crew Supervisor, Historical Research Management
Services, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Graduate Archaeology Field Assistant, Aztalan Site, WI, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Graduate Lab Assistant: Osteology, Glenn A. Black Laboratory for
Archaeology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Katie Zejdlik
2009-2010
2009
2008
2007-2010
2007
2006-2008
2002-2003
2002
Archaeological Field Crew Leader and Osteologist, Historical Research
Management Services, Department of Anthropology, University of
Wisconsin- Milwaukee
Museum Associate, Center for American Archeology, Kampsville, IL
Osteology Laboratory Assistant, Animas La Plata Project, SWCA, Durango,
CO
Archaeological Field Staff, Kampsville, IL, Arizona State University
Osteology Lab, Old Catholic Cemetery project, Historical Research
Management Services, Department of Anthropology, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Collections Management, Anthropology Department, Milwaukee Public
Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Archaeology Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University
of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Field School student, Bivouac Site, Ramsey County, ND; University of North
Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Professional Museum Positions
2010
2008
2007-2008
2007
2006
S.C. Johnson & Son: Frank Lloyd Wright Research Library and Fortaleza
Hall
Wisconsin Archaeology: Pieces of the Puzzle Exhibit, Milwaukee Public
Museum, permanent exhibit
Exhibit and Collections Management Internship, Milwaukee Public
Museum, 372 hours
The Art of Deception: More Than Meets the Eye, Student Exhibit,
Milwaukee Public Museum, temporary exhibit
Collections Management Internship, Milwaukee Public Museum, 97 hourshttp://www.mpm.edu/research-collections/anthropology/onlinecollections-research/dubay-site/resources
Teaching Experience
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2007- 2010
Emerging Humanity, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii,
West Oahu, spring 2015
Forensic Investigations- first 6 lectures, Department of Anthropology,
University of Hawaii, West Oahu, fall 2014
Teaching Assistant, Prehistoric Diet and Nutrition, Department of
Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, spring semester
Teaching Assistant, People and Animals, Department of Anthropology,
Indiana University, Bloomington, fall semester
Advanced Techniques in Archaeological Fieldword, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, summer semester
Teaching Assistant, Basic and Advanced Archaeological Field and Lab
Methods, Archaeological Field School, School of Human Evolution and
Social Change, Arizona State University, 4 summers
Katie Zejdlik
2009
2008
2007
2007
2006- 2007
2006-2007
2002
Teaching Assistant, Criminalistics, Department of Anthropology, University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, spring semester
Teaching Assistant, Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Department of Anthropology,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, fall semester
Teaching Assistant, Criminalistics, Department of Anthropology, University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, spring semester
Anatomy and Physiology 2 Labs, Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, spring semester
Teaching Assistant, Archaeology of Death, Department of Anthropology,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, fall semester
Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab, Department of Biological Sciences,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, fall and spring semesters
Teaching Assistant, Human Skeleton, Department of Anthropology,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, fall and spring semesters
Teaching Assistant, Intro to Honors colloquium, Honors Department,
University of North Dakota, fall semester
Publications
Zejdlik, Katie and Andrew R. Thompson. 2015. Application of biological distance analysis
in archaeology illustrated through two case studies from the Midwest. Midcontinental
Journal of Archaeology, accepted.
Zejdlik, Katie. 2015. Opportunity Knocks: Non-ritual use of Human bone at the Aztalan
Site, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. In Redefining Death, ed. Eve Hargrave, Kris Hedman,
Shirley J. Schermer and Robin M. Lillie. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Zejdlik, Katie. 2013. Unmingling Commingled Museum Collections: A Photographic
Method. In Commingled and Disarticulated Human Remains: Working Towards Improved
Theory, Method and Data, ed. Anna J. Osterholtz, Kathryn M. Baustian and Debra L.
Martin. New York: Springer.
Stodder, Ann L., Kent Johnson, Andrea Chan, Elizabeth Handwerk, and Katie Z.
Rudolph. 2006. Publishing Patterns in Paleopathology: Findings of the Publications
Exploration Committee. Paleopathology Newsletter, 134:6-13.
Technical Reports
Katie Z. Rudolph. Wisconsin Archaeology Exhibit: Front-end Evaluation. Internal
technical report submitted to exhibits committee, Milwaukee Public Museum (2007).
Katie Zejdlik
Papers Presented (2011-2015, see below for full list)
2015
Katie Zejdlik, “Investigation of biological relationships at the Late Woodland/
Mississippian transition in the northern Mississippian hinterlands.” Paper given at the
80th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California.
(2015).
Katie Zejdlik, “An examination of bio-distance between Late Woodland and
Mississippian individuals from the northern hinterlands using odontometric analysis.”
Invited poster for the symposium “Kampsville: Celebrating Six Decades of
Anthropological Research” organized by Katie Zejdlik and Kathryn E.D. Kulhavy. Paper
given at the 84th annual meeting of the Association for Physical Anthropologists, St.
Louis, Missouri. (2015).
Aimee Carbaugh and Katie Zejdlik, “Ear removal: Skeletal evidence for trophy taking in
the prehistoric Mississippian Midwest.” Invited poster for the symposium, “Cahokia:
Biological Evidence of Impacts and Interactions” organized by Kristin M. Hedman. Paper
given at the 84th annual meeting of the Association for Physical Anthropologists, St.
Louis, Missouri. (2015).
2014
Katie Zejdlik, Kristin Hedman, Andrew R. Thompson, Thomas E. Emerson, “Mound 72
Principal Individuals: A Reassessment of Sex and its Importance to Mississippian
Mortuary Practices.” Paper given at the 79th annual meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Austin, Texas. (2014).
2013
Katie Zejdlik and Della Collins Cook, “Differential diagnosis of healed scalping or a
severe burn at the Mississippian Banks Village Site in Arkansas.” Poster given at the 40th
annual North American meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Knoxville, Tennessee.
(2013).
Katie Zejdlik, “Modern medical literature and the lived experience of a trophy victim”.
Paper given at the 78th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
Honolulu, Hawaii. (2013).
2012
Della Collins Cook and Katie Zejdlik, “Possible Survived Scalping from Banks Village
Site, Crittenden County, Arkansas”. Paper given at the 69th annual meeting of the
Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (2012).
Katie Z. Rudolph and Andrew Thompson, “An analysis of methods and importance of
interobserver error in odontometric studies”. Poster given at the 81st annual meeting of
the Association for Physical Anthropologists, Portland, Oregon. (2012).
Katie Zejdlik
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Treponematosis: Diagnostic Challenges in a Commingled,
Fragmented Skeletal Assemblage.” Poster given at the 39th annual meeting of the
Paleopathological Association, Portland, Oregon. (2012).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Found! Using photographs to sort of commingled museum
collections.” Invited paper given in the “Commingled and Disarticulated Human Remains:
Working Towards Improved Theory, Method and Data” symposium at the 77th annual
meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, Tennessee. (2012).
John D. Richards, Thomas Zych and Katie Z.Rudolph, “Recent Archaeological
Investigations at the Aztalan Site (47JE0001).” Poster given in the “Recent Archaeological
Investigations at the Aztalan Site (47JE0001)” symposium at the 77th annual meeting of
the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, Tennessee. (2012).
2011
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Scalping in the Midwest: An Aztalan Case Study.” Paper given for the
annual meeting of the Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association, Normal,
Illinois (2011).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Aztalan: Archaeology and Skeletal Biology.” Invited lecture given for
the Center for American Archaeology Summer Lecture Series, Kampsville, Illinois (2010).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Osteological evidence of trauma and intergroup hostility at the
Aztalan site, (47JE1), Jefferson County, Wisconsin.” Poster given at the 80th annual
meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. (2011).
Honors and Awards
2009
2003
1999
1999
First Place: Student Paper Competition, Anthropology Student Union MiniConference, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Phi Beta Kappa, University of North Dakota
Alpha Lambda Delta, University of North Dakota (President 1999-2000)
Phi Eta Sigma, University of North Dakota
Funding
2013
2011-2012
2011, 2013
2008
2009
Wisconsin Archaeological Society Research Award ($500)
Prehistory Research Fellow for the Mathers Museum of World
Cultures/Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology ($30,000 total 2 years)
David Skomp Summer Feasibility Study Award ($3,600 total 2 years)
Ritzenthaler Internship, Department of Anthropology, University of
Wisconsin- Milwaukee ($360)
Graduate School Student Travel Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
($400)
Katie Zejdlik
Professional Associations
Archaeological Anthropology
Society for American Archaeology
-Island and Coastal Interest Group
-Women in Archaeology Interest Group
Midwest Archaeological Conference
Center for American Archeology (Co-Chair of Alumni/ae Committee 2010-present)
Wisconsin Archeological Society (Programming Chair 2008-2010)
Biological Anthropology
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Paleopathology Association
Dental Anthropology Association
International Association for Dental Research
General Anthropology
Anthropology Graduate Student Association, Indiana University
(Symposium Committee 2010-2011, Co-Programming Chair 2011-2012
Darwin Club- Biological Anthropology Journal Club
(Chair of Steering Committee 2011-2012)
Outreach
STEAM Career Fair at Cathedral Catholic Academy
Judge for Indiana grade school State Science Fair
Volunteer Milwaukee Public Museum
Wisconsin Archaeological Society Outreach Program Chair
Career Fair for STEAM Event
2014
2011, 2013-2014
2006-2009
2008-2010
2014
Papers Presented (full list)
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Scalping as an Indicator of Social Interaction at the Aztalan Site
(47JE1).” Paper given at the 56th annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeology Conference,
Bloomington, Indiana. (2010).
Jason L. King, Katie Z. Rudolph, and Jane E. Buikstra, “Habitation Occupations at
Floodplain Mound Sites in the Lower Illinois Valley: Evidence from the Mound House
Site (11GE7).” Paper given at the 56th annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeology
Conference, Bloomington, Indiana. (2010).
Jason Hermann, Jason L. King, Katie Z. Rudolph, and Jane E. Buikstra, “Knowing
Without Digging: An Electrical Resistance Profile of Mound 1 at Mound House (11GE7),
Greene County, Illinois.” Paper given at the 56th annual meeting of the Midwest
Archaeology Conference, Bloomington, Indiana. (2010).
Katie Zejdlik
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Structure and Renewal at the Mound House Site in Greene County,
Illinois.” Paper given at the 76th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology,
St. Louis, Missouri. (2010).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Mortuary Variability and Intergroup Hostility at Aztalan.” Invited
lecture given for the Wisconsin Archeological Society- Charles E. Brown Chapter,
Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. (2009).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Intergroup Hostility at Aztalan: A View from the East Bank.” Paper
given at the 55th annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Iowa City,
Iowa. (2009).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Cannibalism, Hostility and Mortuary Variability at the Aztalan Site,
Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Invited lecture given for the Center for American
Archaeology Summer Lecture Series, Kampsville, Illinois (2009).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Mortuary Variability at the Aztalan site (47JE1), Jefferson County,
WI.” Paper presented at the 75th annual meeting of the Society for American
Archaeology, Atlanta, Georgia. (2009).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Analyzing Assumptions: A Re-examination of the Aztalan Human
Remains.” Invited lecture for the Kenosha Archaeological Society, Kenosha Public
Museum, Kenosha, Wisconsin. (2009).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Human Tibia Hide Flesher at the Aztalan Site (47JE1), Jefferson
County, WI.” Paper presented at the 3rd annual University of Milwaukee, Anthropology
Student Union Mini-Conference, Milwaukee, WI. (2009).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Perimortem Processing, Violence and Mortuary Variability at the
Aztalan Site, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.” Invited lecture for the Wisconsin
Archeological Society- Ritzenthaler Chapter, University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh, Oshkosh,
Wisconsin. (2009).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Rearticulating Context: Establishing provenience of the Aztalan
human remains.” Paper presented at the 54th annual meeting of the Midwest
Archaeological Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (2008).
Katie Z. Rudolph, “Modified Human Tibia at the Aztalan Site, Jefferson County,
Wisconsin.” Paper presented at the 54th annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeological
Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (2008).
Jason L. King, Katie Z. Rudolph, Ashley Evans, Mallorie Hatch, and Jane E. Buikstra.
“Studying Change and the Limits of Typological Approaches: Woodland Period Ceramics
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at the Mound House site (11GE7).” Paper presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the
Midwest Archaeological Conference, Notre Dame, Indiana. (2007).