Autumn Baker

Email: Skullvangelist@gmail.com

Education

MS, Biological Anthropology, Portland State University, Portland, OR (June 2024)

• Applied skills track research, exam, and portfolio: Focus on paleopathology, applied craniometric and morphoscopic forensic methods, and statistical modeling in Excel and Stata
  (Mentor: Dr. Amiee Potter, Advisor: Dr. Charles Klein)
• GPA: 3.75, GPA for program: 3.80

BS, Anthropology, Portland State University, Portland, OR (August 2022)

• McNair Scholar Thesis: Science Literacy and Popular Culture: Forensic Anthropology in Application and Fiction
  (Mentors: Dr. Michele Gamburd and Dr. Amiee Potter)
  Research included morphoscopic osteological assessments, theory, research design, proposal writing, Social Justice and Human Rights, De-colonization of Biological Science and Theory
• GPA: 3.70, GPA for major: 3.82

AST, Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR (2019)

• Areas of focus: Pre-medicine, anthropology, biology, human anatomy and physiology, philosophy, De-colonization of Biological Science and Theory
• GPA: 3.7

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Baker, Autumn L. (2023). Science Literacy and Popular Culture: Forensic Anthropology in Application and Fiction, PSU McNair Scholars Online Journal: Vol. 16: Iss. 1, Article 9.
  https://doi.org/10.15760/mcnair.2023.16.1.9

Research Interests

• Human Osteology and Anatomy
• Forensic Methods
• Paleopathological Osseus Remodeling
• Social Justice and Human Rights
• De-colonization of Biological Science and Theory
• Inclusive Access to Science
• Epistemology and Ethics

Certifications

• CITI Human Researcher Certification (January 2022)
• McNair Scholar Program Graduate (September 2022)

Research Experience

McNair Scholar Graduate

• Designed, proposed, funded, coordinated, researched, presented, and published a biocultural research project examining the sociocultural implications and influences of pop-cultural representations of forensic anthropology methods.
• Applied discipline-standard methods based on what could be observed in pop-cultural sources, such as the OSSA and decision-tree modeling method, and applied these methodologically in multiple settings and institutions.
• Presented findings at the McNair Scholar’s Symposium (Portland State University, August 2022).

Graduate Research

• Focused on forensic standards of morphometric and morphoscopic methods and their accuracy over time concerning morphological variations in constructing a biological profile.
• Used statistical modeling to track and create a frequency distribution of measurements to determine accuracy and validate progress over time using Excel and Stata.
• Culminating in a portfolio presentation at Portland State University in Spring 2024.

Honors and Awards

Honors Society (2018-ongoing)

Cum Laude (Portland State University, August 2022)

McNair Scholar Program Graduate (Portland State University, August 2022)

President’s List (Portland State University 2019-2024, Portland Community College, 2018-2019)

Dean’s List (Portland Community College, 2017)

Phi Theta Kappa (Portland Community College 2018-ongoing)