FACULTY & STAFF DIRECTORY Carlina de la Cova Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology University of South Carolina Phone Number: 803-777-2957 Email: delacova@mailbox.sc.edu Office: Gambrell Hall 409 Curriculum vitae: Download PDF Research Interests: Paleopathology, skeletal health disparities, social inequality, the African Diaspora, nineteenth century medicine Recent Accomplishments Provost Social Science Grant, “Embodying trauma and disease in 19th-century-born African American and Euro-American females in cadaver collections, $18,848 Provost Distributed Learning Grant to create an online version of ANTH 367 Basic Forensic Anthropology, $7944 Collaborator with John Gerdes, Jr., PI, ASPIRE III, 3-D Modeling Service Bureau Grant. Award allowed for the purchase of 3D printers to use for research purposes, $99,993 Co-PI with Charles Cobb, PI, and Sharon DeWitte, Co-PI, Visiting Scholar Grant, “Building Collaborations in Bioarchaeology and Physical Anthropology,” $7600 Bio A native of Florida, Dr. de la Cova received her Ph.D. in 2008 from Indiana University, Bloomington. Prior to joining the department, de la Cova taught at Indiana University and the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She became a member of the anthropology department in 2011 and is currently an Assistant Professor with a dual appointment in anthropology and African American Studies. Apart from her academic interests, de la Cova is an avid Sherlockian, which is reflected in her ANTH 362 Forensics of Sherlock Holmes course. She is also a Deputy Coroner for the Richland County Coroner’s Office in Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. de la Cova is jointly appointed with African American Studies Program. Research Dr. de la Cova’s cross-disciplinary work analyzes the biological and skeletal impact of social marginalization, incorporating methods from biological anthropology, history, sociology, cultural anthropology, public health, and medicine. Her research program, which is reflected in her publications, examines skeletal health disparities amongst African American and Euro-American indigents born during the Antebellum (1822-1860), Civil War (1861-1865), and Reconstruction (1866-1877) time periods, focusing on the relationship between race, culture, socioeconomic status, environment, migration, social marginalization and salubrity. Her current projects focus on the biological impact of the Great Migration, institutionalization, and social marginalization, as well as the social origins of anatomical collections and the social stigma of dissection.