In this episode, Melissa McCarthy (Georgia State University) shares her journey to a Master’s degree, for which she will conduct research in dental anthropology. She hopes to use microscopic methods to study tooth morphology and microwear as a means of identifying human remains recovered at or near the U.S. and Mexican border.

Melissa also recounts her non-traditional path into archaeology, anthropology and forensics, having worked a number of jobs before attending college and participating in excavations for the first time.

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