Jill Scott
Background:
Jill is a biological anthropology doctoral candidate at the University of Iowa with a focus on paleoanthropology. She received her BA in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2006 and her MA in Anthropology from the University of Iowa in May 2009. She has completed paleontological fieldwork in southeastern Montana in 2003, both historic and prehistoric archaeological fieldwork in western and southern Illinois in 2005, and paleoanthropological fieldwork in South Africa in both 2006 (Gladysvale Cave) and 2007 (Matjhabeng), in addition to analyzing skeletal collections at various domestic and international repositories. Jill’s current research focuses primarily on craniofacial evolution within the genus Homo during the Middle and Late Pleistocene throughout the Old World. More specifically, Jill’s dissertation research focuses on assessing the evolutionary significance of the chin in Homo sapiens in collaboration with researchers in the University of Iowa Department of Orthodontics. Jill has served as a teaching assistant for Human Origins, sole instructor for Forensic Anthropology and CSI, and is currently instructing The Anthropology of Violence and The Evolution of Human Sex. Additionally, Jill has enjoyed serving in a number of officer roles for the Graduate Student Anthropology Association.
Publications and Presentations:
2011 Marshall SD, Low LE, Holton NE, Franciscus RG, Frazier M, Qian F, Mann K,
Schneider G, Scott JE, Southard TE. Chin development as a result of differential jaw
growth. American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics. 139:456-464.
2011 Laird MF, Holton NE, Scott JE, Franciscus RG, Marshall SD, Southard TE. Variation in
the mandibular curve of Spee in fossil Homo and extant populations. American Journal of
Physical Anthropology. 52S:194.
2010 Scott JE, Holton NE, Laird MF, Franciscus RG, Marshall SD, Southard TE. Spatial
determinants of chin prominence in extant humans. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology. 50S:211.
2010 Laird MF, Holton NE, Scott JE, Franciscus RG, Marshall SD, Southard TE. The
influence of lower facial projection on the mandibular curve of Spee in extant humans.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 50S:150.
2009 Scott JE, Holton NE, Franciscus RG, Marshall SD, Southard TE. Differential growth of
the maxilla and mandible as an explanation for variation in mentum osseum size.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 48S:233.
2007 Scott JE, Polk JD. In vitro study of shock absorption in simulated intervertebral disks
and the implications for bipedal distance running. American Journal of Physical
Anthropology. 44S:212.
