I research how the human-animal relationship interacts with environments across time and space. The broad spectrum revolution, the ways in which human colonization events (especially human colonization of Europe and the post-Columbian European colonization of the Americas) impact human-animal and human-environment interactions, and the role of the human-animal relationship in facilitating global and near-global distributions of particular types of animals (especially cats, dogs, horses, and honeybees) are just a few of the topics I study.
I am Professor and Regents' Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico as well as director of the UNM Zooarchaeology Lab. Lab alums can be found working all over the world; they include Dr. William Taylor, Dr. Cyler Conrad, Dr. Caroline Gabe, Dr. Jonathan Dombrosky, Dr. Milena Carvalho, Dr. Asia Alsgaard, Dr. Mark Williams, and Dr. Thatcher Selzer-Rogers. I am unfortunately unable to accept new graduate students at the moment, but hope to be able to do so again in coming years; I'll keep this space updated.
To learn more about my work, take a look at my curriculum vitae. If you are looking for information about my non-academic work, my personal website can be found here: emilylenajones.com/.
