Randall Skelton

Office Location: 226 Social Sciences Office Telephone: 406-243-4245 E-mail: randall.skelton@umontana.edu Curriculum Vitae: Click here

Current Position

Professor of Anthropology

Description

I'm a physical/biological anthropologist.

Office Hours

Office hours for autumn 2009 are MWF 8:00 - 8:50 and TR 11-12.

Field of Study

Physical/Biological Anthropology

Human and Primate Evolution

Phylogenetic Analysis (Cladistics), Statistics and Informatics in Anthropology

Forensic Anthropology and Skeletal Biology

Research Interests

Finding ways to improve phylogenetic analysis as applied to morphological data.

 

Courses

Number	Title	When I Teach It
101H	Introduction to Anthropology	Wintersession
210	Intro to Physical Anthropology	When nobody else is available
286	Survey of the Forensic Sciences	When nobody else is available
310	Human Variation	Summer
314	Principles of Forensic Anthropology	Every Fall
401	Anthropological Data Analysis	When nobody else is available
402	Advanced Anth Statistics	Every Spring
410	Human Evolution	Spring of even numbered years
411	Primatology	Fall of odd numbered years
412	Osteology	When nobody else is available
?? (495)	Theory & Methods in Biological Anthro	Every fall as part of a team
488	Forensic Science & Technology	Spring of odd numbered years
511	Seminars in Physical Anth	Occasionally
512	Advanced Forensic Anth	Every Spring

Hobbies

When I have time I play video games.  The games I like best are all the Arc the Lad, except the most recent one; the Shadow Hearts series; and the original dotHack series (not! GU).

Education

 

Where	When	Degree Earned
Yuba Community College, Marysville, CA	1973 – 1975	A.A. in Life Sciences
University of California, Davis	1975 – 1977	B.S. in Anthropology
University of California, Davis	1977 – 1979	M.A. in Anthropology
University of California, Davis	1979 – 1983	Ph.D. in Anthropology
University of Montana	2001 – 2006	B.S. in Computer Science & Mathematical Sciences

 

Teaching Experience

1991-present: Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor,
                           Anthropology, The University of Montana
1988-1991:      Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Emory University.
1980-1988:      Visiting Lecturer/Assistant Prof, Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
1985-1988       Research Associate, Anthropology, University of California, Davis.
1977-1983       Teaching Assistant & Reader, Anthropology, University of California, Davis.

Selected Publications

Skelton, Randall R., 2003. Finding a Perfect Body for Sacagawea. A Confluence of Cultures: Native Americans and the Expedition of Lewis and Clark, 2003 Symposium Proceedings, pp. 146-148. Also featured prominently on the DVD produced from the symposium.

Graber, Robert Bates, Skelton, Randall R., Rowlett, Ralph M., Kephart, Ronald, and Brown, Susan Love, 2000. Meeting Anthropology Phase to Phase. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Skelton, Randall R, 1997. How Children Score on Discriminant Functions Designed for Adults. Intermountain J. of Sci. 3(1):47-53.

Skelton, R.R., H.M. McHenry, and G.M. Drawhorn, 1986. Phylogenetic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Current Anthropology 27:21-43.

Publications

Skelton, Randall R., 2000. Physical Anthropology. Section in Microsoft Encarta 2000 encyclopedia.

Skelton, Randall R., 1998. Book review of WHAT THE BONES SAY: TASMANIAN ABORIGINES, SCIENCE AND DOMINATION. International J. of Osteoarchaeology, 8(3):224-227.

Skelton, Randall R., 1996. A Suggested Method for Using Means Data in Discriminant Functions Using Anthropometric Data. Journal of World Anthropology 1(4). http://wings.buffalo.edu/research/anthrogis/JWA/V1N4/skelton-art.txt.

Skelton, Randall R., 1995. The Impact of the Human Remains & Burial Site Protection Act on the Practice of Archaeology in Montana. Archaeology in Montana 36(1):33-35.

Skelton, Randall R., 1994. Book Review of Kingdon, Jonathan, 1993, Self-Made Man: Human Evolution from Eden to Extinction? John Wiley, New York. ISBN 0-471-30538-3. xiii + 368 pp. $27.95 (cloth). Am. J. Phys. Anthrop. 94:160-161.

Skelton, R.R. and McHenry, H.M., 1992. Evolutionary Relationships among Plio-Pleistocene Hominids. J. Human Evolution 23:309-349.

Skelton, Randall R., 1990. Primate Evolution Textbooks. Amer. J. Primatology 21:73-75.

Skelton, Randall R., 1990. Beneath the surface: The promise and problems of the Laetoli site. Amer. J. of Primatology 20:57-62.

Skelton, R.R. and H.M. McHenry, 1986. On the phylogenetic analysis of early hominids. Reply. Current Anthropology 27:363-365.

Skelton, R.R., H.M. McHenry, and G.M. Drawhorn, 1986. Phylogenetic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Current Anthropology 27:21-43.

McHenry, Henry M. and Randall R. Skelton, 1985. Is Australopithecus africanus ancestral to Homo? In: Hominid Evolution: Past, Present and Future. Phillip V. Tobias (ed.). Pp. 221-226. Alan R. Liss, New York.

Skelton, R.R., H.M. McHenry, and G.M. Drawhorn, 1984. Phylogenetic analysis of Plio-Pleistocene hominids. Amer. J. Physical Anthropology 63(2):219.

Skelton, Randall R., 1983. Amino acid racemization dating: Its reliability for North American Archaeology. Ph.D dissertation in Anthropology, U of CA, Davis.

Skelton, R.R., 1982. A test of the applicability of amino acid racemization dating for Northern California. Amer. J. Physical Anthropology 57(2):228-229.

 

Affiliations

Member: Montana State Burial Protection Board

Member: American Academy of Forensic Sciences

 

Specialized Skills

Physical Anthropology; Phylogenetic Analysis; Forensic Anthropology

International Experience

Basically none.  I attended a convention in Canada once a long time ago.

Countries Visited

• United States
  
• Canada
  

Languages Known

• English