 Professor Phone: 406-243-4245 Office: Social Sciences 226 Email: randall.skelton@umontana.edu |
Current Office Hours
My FALL semester office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
My SPRING semester office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Background
I'm a physical/biological anthropologist.
Education
Where When Degree Earned
Yuba Community College 1973-1975 AA in Life Sciences
University of California, Davis 1975-1977 BS in Anthropology
University of California, Davis 1977-1979 MA in Anthropology
University of California, Davis 1979-1983 PhD in Anthropology
University of Montana, Missoula 2001-2006 BS in Computer Science & Mathematical Sciences
Courses Taught
FALL Semester
ANTY 314: Principles of Forensic Anthropology ANTY 515: Theory & Methods in Biological Anthropology ANTY 311: Primatology (even years) ANTY 514: Seminar in Paleoanth & Evolutionary Analysis (odd years)
WINTERSESSION
ANTY 101H: Anthropology & the Human Experience
SPRING Semester
ANTY 408: Advanced Anthropological Statistics ANTY 512: Advanced Forensic Anthropology ANTY 312: Human Evolution (even years) CJUS 488: Forensic Science Beyond the Crime Lab (odd years)
SUMMER Session
ANTY 310: Human Variation ANTY 101H: Anthropology & the Human Experience
OTHER Classes Taught Occasionally
ANTY 210N: Introduction to Physical Anthropology ANTY 401: Anthropological Data Analysis ANTY 412: Osteology CJSU 125: Fundamentals of Forensic ScienceTeaching Experience
1991-present: Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor, Anthropology, The University of Montana
1988-1991: Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
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.
Research Interests
Phylogenetic analysis as applied to morphological and continuous data
Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene Hominins
Field of Study
Physical/Biological Anthropology
Human and Primate Evolution
Phylogenetic Analysis (Cladistics), Statistics and Informatics in Anthropology
Forensic Anthropology and Skeletal Biology
Selected Publications
Tornow, Matthew A. and Skelton, Randall R. 2012. A priori assumptions about characters as a cause of incongruence between molecular and morphological hypotheses of primate interrelationships. Primates 53(1):83–96.
Prentiss, Anna Marie; Skelton, Randall R.; Eldridge, Niles; Quinn, Colin, 2011. Get Rad! The Evolution of the Skateboard Deck. Evolution, Education, & Outreach. "Online First" prepublication version available at http://www.springerlink.com/ content/1936-6426/preprint/?sort=p_OnlineDate&sortorder=desc&o=10
Skelton, Randall R., 2011. A Survey of the Forensic Sciences. Raleigh, NC: Lulu Press.
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: 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.
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).