Anthropology Graduate Students
 | John Beran received his bachelor's degree in social sciences from Kansas State University in 2014. His research project title is The Evolution of the Portales Historic Downtown and the Economic Factors Affecting It. John is currently working as an Anthropology Department graduate assistant. |  | Amber Clarkson is from Lee's Summit, Missouri. She received her bachelor's degree in anthropology from University of Central Missouri - Warrensburg in 2020. She's interested in faunal remains and human evolution. Her research project title is Reinvestigating the Folsom Wedge at the Blackwater Draw Site, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. Amber is currently working as an Anthropology Department graduate assistant. | |
 | Cash Ficke is from Lincoln, New Mexico. He received his bachelor's degree in anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology from Eastern New Mexico University in 2018. After graduation he did CRM work in three states and is currently employed by WSP Inc. as a report writer. His thesis title is The Importance of Social Memory at Casas Grandes Using Stylistic Attributes on Pottery from the Miles Collection at Eastern New Mexico University. He currently works at the Blackwater Draw Site. In the future, Cash plans to work as a field director or project manager and eventually open his own consulting firm. | | Janae Hughes received her bachelor's degree in forensic biology from St. Mary's University in San Antonio in 2021. Janae currently works as an Anthropology Department graduate assistant. | |
| Jonah Jankovik is from Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. She received her bachelor's degree in anthropology with a concentration in archaeology from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in 2019. She's interested in historic and prehistoric ceramics. Her thesis is titled Locating Temper Sources in the Sapillo Valley for the Analysis of Lake Roberts Vista Site Painted Sherds. Jonah is currently working as an Anthropology Department graduate assistant. |  | Erick Martinez is from El Paso, by way of San Diego. He received his bachelor's degree in anthropology from University of Texas at El Paso in 2015. His thesis title is Patterned Variability of Los Esteros Lake Project (N.M.) Projectile Points. Erick plans to go on to a Ph.D. program. | |
 | Taylor McCoy, from Williamsport, Indiana, received her bachelor's degree in anthropology from University of Southern Indiana in 2018. Her thesis title is The Geospatial Modelling of Previous Investigations at Blackwater Draw Locality 1. Taylor plans to work in the future for a CRM or BLM firm and eventually work in museum curation or administration. | | Fanxiu Meng is from Beijing, China. She received her bachelor's degree in philosophy and anthropology from Eastern New Mexico University in 2018. She first came to ENMU as an exchange student from Sichuan University in China where she studied philosophy with a minor in archaeology. Her thesis title is The Study of Paleoindian Use of the North Bank at the Blackwater Draw Site, Focusing on Debitage and Stone Tool Patterns. Meng currently works at the Blackwater Draw Museum. Her future plans include getting a Ph.D. and traveling around the world. | |
| Esteban Rangel received his bachelor's degree in anthroplogy from Texas State University in San Marcos in 2020. He currently works as an Anthropology Department graduate assistant and at the Blackwater Draw Museum. | | Jose Ruiz Rivero received his bachelor's degree in anthropology with an emphasis in cultural anthropology from Eastern New Mexico University in 2021. He currently works as an Anthropology Department graduate assistant. | |
 | Jacob Spurlin is from Fort Worth, Texas. He received his bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology from University of North Texas in 2020. He's interested in religion and worldview. His thesis title is Choctow Placenames: What Can They Tell Us? Jacob is currently working as an Anthropology Department graduate assistant. |  | Dennis Tinucci received his bachelor's degree in anthropology from Eastern New Mexico University in 1972 and his master's degree in social anthropology from University of Amsterdam in 2007. He currently works as an Anthropology Department graduate assistant. | |
| | Darla Wright is from Amarillo, Texas. She received her bachelor's degree in anthropology from Arizona State University in 2001 and her master's degree in early childhood education and special education from University of Texas at Austin in 2003. She's interested in Plains archaeology. |