Dr. Amanda Williams joined the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) in Fall of 2022, as a lecturer in biological anthropology and forensic sciences. She received her BA (2010) in Anthropology and Sociology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2010), and her MA (2013) and PhD (2020) in Biological Anthropology from the University of Montana. While Dr. Williams primarily serves as a lecturer in our department, she has an extensive background in cultural resource management, where she has previously served as an osteological consultant for several firms and federal agencies in Nevada and California. Williams’s primary research interests include forensic anthropology, taphonomy, and thermally altered human remains.

Publications

Williams, Amanda. 2023. Methods for Analyzing Burned Human Remains, in Burnt Human Remains – Recovery, Analysis, and Interpretation.

Williams, Amanda. 2023. Chapter 6: Anthropology & Human Geography, in An Introduction to Social Sciences: Individuals, society, and culture.