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Inui Choi
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9623 Damrau Rd.
Amherst, WI 54406
email: ichoi@wi-net.com
Department of Philosophy
University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 54481
email: ichoi@uwsp.edu
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
ABD in biological anthropology – present
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
M.A. in biological anthropology, June 1991,UIUC
B.A. in anthropology, May 1986
With a Degree in Honors and Cum Laude, Northern Illinois University (NIU), DeKalb, Illinois
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
LECTURER
Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
Department of Social Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Pacific Rim Group, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
COURSES TAUGHT
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
Anth 101: Human Diversity
Anth 105: Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Anth 311: Human Evolution
Anth 350: Cultural Ecology
Anth 390: Special Topics in Primate Ecology
Anth 396: Special Topics in Cultural Ecology
FYS 101: Hormones, Behavior, and Evolution
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Cultural Ecology
Native Americans
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FIELDWORK
Field osteologist for an archaeological project directed by Dr. Terry Jones, Social Sciences
Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA .
Farwestern Environmental Firm, Sacramento, CA. Field osteologist.
Cultural resource management, Paso Robles, CA. Consultant as a human osteologist.
Albion Environmental Firm, Santa Cruz, CA. Field osteologist on an excavation of a PaleoIndian site in Fort Hunter Ligget, CA
Ethnographic and Ethnomusicology fieldwork in China and Thailand in the issues of “Cultural
Identity.”
Florida State Museum, Gainesville, Florida. Excavation of Indian burials in a Spanish Mission
site in Amelia Island, Florida.
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. Excavation of Indian burials in a Spanish
mission site on St. Catherines Island, Georgia.
Northern Illinois University. Excavation of an Early Mississippian site in Illinois.
LABORATORY RESEARCH
Examination of dental microwear patterns on tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi) dentitions involving
the use of scanning and transmission electron microscope.
Examination of Neandertal dentitions from Krapina, Croatia.
Data collection on primate dentitions from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago,
Michigan State University Museum, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Examination of human dentitions excavated from a Spanish mission cemetery on St.
Catherines Island, Georgia.
CONSULTANT
Consultant as a field osteologist to identify human remains and identify/speciate other
mammalian species.
Human osteology and pathology consultant at the University of Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Web site designer
AutoCAD drafter
Technical illustrator for academic publications.
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Head Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, UIUC
Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, UIUC
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RESEARCH ASSISTANT
The Museum of Natural History, UIUC
Dr. Olga Soffer, Department of Anthropology, UIUC
PUBLICATION
Stressed to the max: Physical perturbation in the Krapina Neandertals. (1997) Current
Anthropology 38(5)
The paleodemography of Santa Catalina de Guale. In Clark Spencer Larsen (ed): The
archaeology of Mission Santa Catalina de Guale: 2. Biocultural interpretations of a population
in transition. Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History No. 68. 1990.
New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
“Stressed to the max: Physical perturbation in the Krapina Neandertals.” A paper presented at
the 63rd annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Denver,
Colorado. April 1994
“A preliminary study of intersexual variability in dental microwear patterns in tamarin
monkeys, Saguinus geoffroyi.” A paper presented at the 13th annual meeting of the American
Society of Primatologists. Davis, California. July 1990
“Demographic implications of European contact in northern Spanish Florida.” A paper
presented at symposium titled “Postcontact biocultural adaptation of native American
populations on St. Catherins Island, Georgia” at the 56th annual meeting of the American
Association of Physical Anthropologists. New York, NY. April 1987
PUBLIC LECTURES
Monkeys, hormones, and reproduction. Sponsored by Winchester Academy, Waupaca, WI
A number of public lectures on Human Evolution, Primate Ecology, and Primate Behavior were
given to public schools in CA and WI.
“Dental macro and microwear patterns: Reconstruction of demography and diet.” Sponsored
by the Central Coast Biological Society.
“Osteology and Archaeology.” Sponsored by the San Luis Obispo County Archaeological
Society.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Faculty Merit Increase, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Summer research grant, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Excellent Instructor Award for the course “Primate Morphology and Behavior.” UIUC
Summer Research Grant, Department of Anthropology, UIUC
University Graduate Fellowship, Graduate College, UIUC
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Dean’s Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, NIU
Outstanding Undergraduate Award, Department of Anthropology, NIU
Undergraduate Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, NIU
University Honors Program, NIU