Jo Osborn

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Jo Osborn is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University. As an anthropological archaeologist and zooarchaeologist, her research investigates how human societies adapt to environmental change and disruption across diverse South American landscapes, but especially in the Central Andes. She incorporates methods such as zooarchaeology, ethnohistory, and Bayesian analysis to understand how these challenges are reflected in past subsistence and economic systems.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Texas A&M University
  • 2024–2025
    Visiting Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico
  • 2023–2024
    Postdoctoral research associate, University of Exeter

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Michigan, PhD Anthropology

Professional Memberships

  • Society for American Archaeology
  • Institute of Andean Studies

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