Micayla Spiros
- Doctoral Student
- Forensic Anthropology Laboratory
- Human Osteology Teaching Assistant
Contact
East Fee Hall
Research Interests
Forensic Anthropology
Skeletal Biology
Human Variation
Population Affinity Estimation
Postcranial Variation
Macromorphoscopic Traits
Cognitive Bias
Biographical Info
Micayla is a biological anthropology doctoral student with a focus in forensic anthropology. She is working with Dr. Hefner as a graduate assistant researching biocultural influences and ontogeny of macromorphoscopic traits and human variation. She earned her B.A. in Anthropology from Miami University, Ohio in 2016 and her M.Sc. in Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology from University College London in 2017.
Current Research Projects
The Macromorphoscopic Databank
Publications
Spiros, MC, Plemons, AM, & Biggs, JA. (2022). Pedagogical access and ethical considerations in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology. Science & Justice.
Spiros, MC, Nakhaeizadeh, S., Thompson, T., Morgan, R., Olsson, V., Berivoe, A., Arvidsson, M, Hefner, JT. (2022). Using Eye-Tracking Technology to Quantify the Effect of Experience and Education on Forensic Anthropological Analyses. Forensic Anthropology.
Dunn, RR, Spiros, MC, Kamnikar, KR, Plemons, AM, & Hefner, JT. (2020). Ancestry estimation in forensic anthropology: A review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Forensic Science, 2(4), e1369.
Kamnikar KR, Plemons AM, Spiros MC, Hefner JT. (2020) Ancestry estimation using morphological characteristics. In: Valdes J, Quinto Sanchez M, editors. Avances en Antropologia Forense.
Spiros, MC, & Hefner, JT. (2020). Ancestry estimation using cranial and postcranial macromorphoscopic traits. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 65(3), 921-929.
Spiros, MC. 2019. Standardization of postcranial nonmetric traits and their utility in ancestry analysis. Forensic Anthropology, 2(1), 29.