Campus Directory

Division Social Sciences Division

Department/ College/ Unit Anthropology Department

Title Continuing Lecturer

Affiliation Faculty

Areas of Expertise Archaeology
Anthropology
Death/Mortality Studies
Gender Studies
Latin American and Latino Studies

Primary Office Location Social Sciences 1
409

Office Hours for Students/ Office Hours Tuesday and Thursday 12-1pm

Mail Stop Social Sciences 1 Faculty Services

Selected Publications

2026                     “Gender roles and identity at Chiribaya Alta, Peru: A multiple correspondence analysis of mortuary contexts” by Emily A. Schach and Jane E. Buikstra. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. Volume 83, September issue. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2026.101795

2026                     “Precipitation Variability, Fertility, and Metabolic Stress over 5 Millennia in the Ancient Andes: A Bioarchaeological Path Analysis” by Thomas J. Snyder, Mark N. Grote, and Emily A. Schach. Science Advances. Volume 12. Issue 18. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz1998

2021                     “Stable oxygen and radiogenic strontium variability in the Osmore Drainage, Peru: Implications for intra-regional Andean paleomobility studies” by Allisen C. Dahlstedt, Emily Schach, Sarah I. Baitzel, and Kelly J. Knudson. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Volume 37:102933.

2021                     Lost Tribes and Sunken Lands: A Study Guide by Donna Nash and Emily Schach. 4th Edition. Kendall Hunt Publishing, Dubuque, IA.

2020                     “Drinking Locally: A Water 87Sr/86Sr Isoscape for Geolocation of Archeological Samples in the Peruvian Andes” by Beth K. Scaffidi, Tiffiny A. Tung, Gwyneth Gordon, Aleksa K. Alaica, Luis Manuel González La Rosa, Sara J. Marsteller, Allisen Dahlstedt, Emily Schach, and Kelly J. Knudson. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Volume 8:281.

Courses ANTH 1
ANTH 100
ANTH 101
ANTH 102A
ANTH 103
ANTH 105
ANTH 194A