…now that I’m officially a doctor.

Current and former members of the LBA in attendance at the presentation of the Higuchi Research Achievement Award to Dr. Crawford in 2006
From the left, front row, we have Rohina (PhD 2007), Anne, Dr. Crawford, Kristie, Geetha, Chris, and Norberto. Back row: Jay (defending his dissertation on July 16), me (PhD #30), and Marion. Not pictured are our two most recent graduates:

Phil & Mark - Dr. Crawford's 28th and 29th PhDs - Spring 2009
What Kaity will miss most, now that I’m graduating:

Primate fossils - the big one on the bottom is a cast of a gorilla skull

Neandertal fossil casts
I had to take her into the teaching lab before I turned in my keys, so she could say goodbye to the fossils.
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Image credits: Higuchi Award photo – LBA website, recent Docs – Mark’s Facebook profile