Faculty Profile for Dr. Deborah Lenz Cunningham

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Dr. Deborah Lenz Cunningham
Senior Lecturer — Anthropology
ELA 266
phone: (512) 245-8272
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Gignac, P. M., Aceves, V., Baker, S. A., Barnes, J. J., Bell, J., Boyer, D., … Zobek, C. M. (2024). The role of networks to overcome large-scale challenges in tomography: The non-clinical tomography users research network. Tomography of Materials and Structures, 5.
  • Sylvester, A., Wescott, D. J., Cunningham, D. L., & Gleiber, D. S. (2023). Effects of obesity on talar micro- and macro-morphology. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 68(2), 369–381.
  • Li, H., Shi, G., Meckel, L., Cunningham, D. L., Wescott, D. J., Sylvester, A. D., … Zbijewski, W. (2023). Body mass classification from skeletal elements using landmark-free morphological atlas estimation with diffeomorphic shape mapping (Vol. 12468).
  • Cunningham, D. L., Rogers, M. V., Wescott, D. J., & McCarthy, R. C. (2019). Re-evaluation of the body mass estimates for the KNM-ER 5428 Homo erectus talus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 170(1), 148–155.
  • Christensen, A. M., Smith, M. A., Wescott, D. J., Gleiber, D. S., & Cunningham, D. L. (2018). The use of industrial x-ray computed tomography technologies in forensic anthropology. Forensic Anthropology, 1(2), 124–140.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University, College of Liberal Arts. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: URC Poster Winner, Texas State University Honors College. April 26, 2019

Selected Grants

  • Cunningham, Deborah L (Principal). Postcranial proportional variation in Australopithecus, National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $9000. (Submitted: 2002, Funded: December 31, 2004). Grant.
  • Cunningham, Deborah L (Principal). Postcranial proportional variation in Australopithecus, P.E.O. Chapter Z of Kansas, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $500. (Submitted: 2002, Funded: December 31, 2004). Grant.
  • Cunningham, Deborah L (Principal). Postcranial proportional variation in Australopithecus, Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $800. (Submitted: 2002, Funded: December 31, 2004). Grant.
  • Cunningham, Deborah L (Principal). Postcranial proportional variation in Australopithecus, Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $975. (Submitted: 2002, Funded: December 31, 2004). Grant.
  • Cunningham, Deborah L (Principal). Postcranial proportional variation in Australopithecus, American Museum of Natural History Collection Study Grant, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $950. (Submitted: 2002, Funded: December 31, 2004). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Social Media Manager
Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS)
2021-Present
CT scanner operator
Shelby Garza
2023-2023
CT scanner operator
Dr. Michelle Hamilton
2023-2023
CT scanner operator
Ingram School of Engineering (Chong Beng Wei, Pratik Gujar)
2023-2023
CT scanner operator
Dr. David Kilby
2021-2021