Contact Information
607 S. Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
Aimée Carbaugh (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She holds a minor in American Indian Studies and is a research assistant in the NAGPRA Office. Aimée has over a decade of experience in bioarchaeology. Her research applies Indigenous methodologies to bioarchaeological practices, modeling community-collaborative approaches to research with Indigenous Ancestors that emphasizes Ancestors as persons. Working in Illinois, Aimée's research addresses the care and documentation of Ancestors in research contexts, this includes acknowledging the harm caused by settler colonialism and reconnecting Ancestors and descendant communities.
Research Interests
Bioarchaeology, Indigenous methodologies, collaborative research practices, research ethics, data sovereignty, NAGPRA, North American Midwest, archival and collections-based research
Education
M.Sc. in Human Osteoarchaeology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
B.A. in Anthropology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Awards and Honors
2023–2024 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Graduate College, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2023 Keller Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2023 Bordin/Gillette Fellowship, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
2022 Linda S. Cordell Research Award, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
2020 Permanent Fund Grant, Illinois Association for Advancement of Archaeology
2020 Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies Graduate Student Fellowship, Newberry Library
2010 Beinecke Scholarship, A program of the Sperry Fund
Additional Campus Affiliations
Research Assistant, NAGPRA Office
Highlighted Publications
Bader, A. C., A. E. Carbaugh, J. L. Davis, K. L. Krupa, and R. S. Malhi. (2023). Biological samples taken from Native American Ancestors are human remains under NAGPRA. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 181(4):527–534. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24726
Bader, A. C., A. E. Carbaugh, J. Bardill, R. S. Malhi, B. Petzelt, and J. Mitchell. (2021). Building relationships to shift accountability: Doing paleogenomic research with Indigenous Nations and Ancestors. In Working with and for Ancestors: Collaboration in the Care and Study of Ancestral Remains, edited by C. H. Meloche, L. Spake, and K. L. Nichols, pp. 167–177. Routledge, Abingdon.