Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, The School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Ph.D. The University of Toronto 1984 (Anthropology)
M.A. The University of Calgary 1974 (Archaeology)
M. Museol. The University of Toronto 1972 (Museum Studies)
B.A. The University of Toronto 1971 (Anthropology)
Liz Salter's research and publication record is eclectic: including archaeological faunal analysis from the eastern and western Arctic, human skeletal analysis from Baffin Island, southern Ontario and a historic burial site in Toronto, human growth and development in two populations in northern Quebec, and most recently craniofacial anthropometry. Her publications range from site reports to aspects of craniofacial dysmorphology useful in diagnosing children with a variety of craniofacial anomalies. The latter was summarized in "Craniofacial Anthropometry", co-authored with John C. Kolar (Charles C. Thomas, 1997). In 1997 Liz Salter and John Kolar received the PRAXIS Award from the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists "for excellence in applying anthropology to problems of the contemporary world."
While an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto (1985-87), she was awarded the best teacher in the Social Sciences in 1986-87. She was also responsible for obtaining (along with John Reid) the J.C.B. Grant Skeletal Collection for the Department of Anthropology.
At the University of Texas at Dallas, Liz is appointed as the Associate Dean for the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and is a Senior Lecturer III. Her responsibilities are divided among teaching and administration. Her courses include: Bones, Bodies and Disease, the former Caribbean Research lab, Human Female: Biology and Culture, Humans: Our Place in Nature and the former Native American Cultures . A planned team taught field trip course with Dr. Duquaine-Watson to Costa Rica is proposed for May 2012 at the graduate and undergraduate level. Her administrative duties include the administration of the Undergraduate programs in Interdisciplinary Studies (catalog copy, advising, recruiting efforts, membership in the Committee on Undergraduate Education, and membership on the Core Curriculum Committee.) Liz is also a member of the Academic Senate, and participates in many other activities both on campus and off.. Please see my posted Curriculum Vitae for more details.
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Areas of Expertise:
Skeletal Biology, Craniofacial Anthropometry, Aging
Field Experience: Obtained research funding and led four crews to Baffin Island (1975-1979)
Participated with Dr. Homer Montgomery on a field trip to the island of Antigua (1999)
Proposed field course (undergraduate and graduate) with Dr. Jillian Duquaine-Watson to Costa Rica (May 2012)
Research Grants:
1987 Ontario Heritage Foundation research grant (for curation of the J.C.B. Grant skeletal collection - $30,000), University of Toronto. I was the Principle Investigator, but the award was transferred to Dr. P. Stuart Macadam then at the University of Toronto as I was no longer in Toronto and no longer in a position to carry out the work.
*1975-1978 Four museum contracts, National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada (for summer archaeological research on Baffin Island, N.W.T.)
*1975-1978 four Research grants, Arctic Institute of North America (for summer
archaeological research on Baffin Island, N.W.T.)
*While I cannot remember the amounts for the museum and Arctic Institute contracts, the grants/contracts were sufficient to fund four summers of field work for crews of 2-4 people to travel to and from Baffin Island and to work there for 6 week periods.
Selected Publications:
Craniofacial Anthropometry: Practical Measurement of the Head and Face for Clinical, Surgical and Research Use. (co-authored with J.C. Kolar) Charles C. Thomas, 1996
Preoperative Craniofacial Dysmorphology in Isolated Sagittal Synostosis: A comprehensive Anthropometric Evaluation (with John C. Kolar and Seth M. Weinberg) in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 21(5):1404-1410 (2010)
Anthropometry (with J,C, Kolar) In: Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics (edited by Neil J. Salkind) Sage Publications (2006)
Preoperative Anthropometric Dysmorphology in Metopic Synostosis. (with John C. Kolar) American Journal of Physical Anthropology 103:341-351 (1997)
Three-dimensional caricatures of human heads: distinctiveness and the perception of facial age. (with A. J. O'Toole, T. Vetter and H. Volz) Perception 25:719-732 (1997)
Skeletal Biology in the Twentieth Century: from Piltdown to the Present (with J. C. Kolar) Reviews in Anthropology 22:153-164 (1993)
Selected Honors :
Praxis Award 1997 (with J.C. Kolar) from the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists for excellence in applying anthropology to problems of the contemporary world. Teaching Award 1987- Best Teacher in the Social Sciences. Awarded by the Students Administrative Council and the Association of Part-time University Students, University of Toronto. Two Teaching Awards from Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2002, 2004-5)
Contact Information:
Hoblitzelle Hall , Room 2.114
For appointments call: 972-883-2323.
Direct line 972-883- 2484
Fax: (972)-883-2440
e-mail: emsalter@utdallas.edu |
